Need Archived Cards to be in a List that matches the original card

Hi Belinda,

Trello’s native Archive is board-level, so archived cards are found from the board menu under More - Archived items, and you can search or restore them there. It does not create separate archive sections by original list name. Official doc: https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/archiving-and-deleting-cards/

For a no-code option, try Board Assistant: https://trello.com/power-ups/685016dd47b5654ae385bba6

It has an Extended Activity Log with filter presets. You can filter by archive/deletion actions, date range, board, member, and then open the needed card directly in Trello. That should make it much easier to find the archived cards from a specific period without restoring cards at random.

Since you also need reporting, you can also try Cross-Board Reporting & Dashboards: https://trello.com/power-ups/66291013ec3abfbf13b255c6

It can include archived cards in reports and show fields like card name, list, and archive status, so you can build a table/report for the specific list or month instead of restoring cards manually.

Hi @Belinda Bentley_ PhD ,

Would using operators such as list:"name" work here? For example, when looking at archived items, you can use this operator and parameter to show archived cards from that list specifically 👀

Apart from that, you could maybe create a dedicated "Archive" board, or a specific "Monthly Archive" list, before actually archiving the items. Then, create some kind of monthly report rule that would move the card to the top of the list "Archived - <monthname>" and archive the card 🤔

Just thinking out loud here. I'm not a heavy Trello user, but I've built something like this a while back.

Cheers,
Tobi