Using the Board view in Planner, how do I see tasks by due date for each bucket?

Dear @Carolyn McCaughan,

I hope you’re having a good day.

Thank you for your question and for sharing the example, I can see why this would be very useful when working primarily in Board view.

Based on my research, and to confirm this more accurately, I also tested this behavior in my own environment. At the moment, Microsoft Planner does not support automatically sorting tasks by due date within each bucket when using Board view. In Board view, the order of tasks inside a bucket is manual only, and tasks are not dynamically reordered based on their due dates.

There are a few possible workarounds, but each comes with limitations. Switching to Schedule view allows you to see tasks ordered by due date, but it changes the visual layout and does not preserve the Kanban‑style bucket structure. Another option some users consider is using Power Automate to move tasks between buckets based on due dates (for example, Today, This Week, Later), but this does not sort tasks within a bucket and may not fit every workflow. Overall, these workarounds can help in certain scenarios, but they don’t fully replace the experience you’re looking for in Board view.

I’ve also noticed that there are multiple similar requests and suggestions across the community, which clearly shows this is a common need and that many users share the same idea and workflow preference.

As a forum moderator, I’m not able to intervene in product design decisions or submit feedback directly to the Planner engineering team. However, on a personal note, I completely agree that being able to automatically sort tasks by due date within each bucket would be both convenient and genuinely useful for users who rely heavily on Board view.

If you’d like to help increase the visibility of this idea, you may consider submitting it through the Microsoft Feedback portal. The more users who submit or upvote similar feedback, the more likely it is to be reviewed and prioritized by the product team. If you decide to create a feedback post, feel free to share the link here, I’d be more than happy to support it, and I believe many others looking for a similar solution would be glad to do the same.

I truly hope Microsoft considers this enhancement in a future update. Thank you again for raising such a thoughtful and practical suggestion.

Warm regards, 

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