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title: "The Tree Object – Navigate Hierarchical Entities in Board"
slug: "the-tree-object"
description: "Understand the Board Tree Object: display parent-child hierarchies, sync with Selections, and use node actions to filter, drill, or open target Screens."
tags: ["Objects", "Developer", "Planner", "Tree", "Tree Node Chart", "Power User"]
updated: 2026-01-29T10:02:47Z
published: 2026-03-31T09:00:24Z
canonical: "help.board.com/the-tree-object"
---

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# The Tree Object

The Tree Object (also called Tree Node Chart) is a graphic diagram that shows how items are related to one another: typically, it is used for representing a hierarchical structure in a tree-like form.

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## Examples

The following image shows a simple stock tree with 3 hierarchical nodes. Each node is displayed as a card with additional information about a specific product category, brands, names and other KPIs.

![contents/assets/images/assets/images/tree1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/the-tree-object-image-ep7gp84w.png)

The following image shows a typical organizational chart showing the structure of a sales department. The Tree displayed below has been created using an unbalanced hierarchy.

![contents/assets/images/whats-new-release-notes/assets/images/ue-tree-uh.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/the-tree-object-image-2itu5esn.png)