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Learn how to filter by, read, update, and clear the people column on monday boards using the platform API

The people column represents a person(s) who is assigned items. You can filter by, read, update, and clear the people column via the API.

Filter by the people column

Using the items_page object, you can easily filter a board's items by specific columns or column values. The table below contains the people column's supported operators and compare values.

OperatorsCompare values
any_of
  • The user IDs to filter by ("person-123456")
  • "assigned_to_me" (items assigned to the user making the API call)
  • "person-0" (blank values)
    • not_any_of
  • The user IDs to filter by ("person-123456")
  • "assigned_to_me" (items assigned to the user making the API call)
  • "person-0" (blank values)
    • is_emptynull
    is_not_emptynull
    contains_textThe partial or whole name to filter by (exactly as written)
    not_contains_textThe partial or whole name to filter by (exactly as written)
    contains_termsThe partial or whole name to filter by (in any order)
    starts_withThe value the item starts with
    ends_withThe value the item ends with

    Examples

    The following example returns all items on the specified board assigned to anyone except the user running the query.

    query {
  boards (ids: 1234567890) {
    items_page (query_params: {rules: [{column_id: "people", compare_value: ["assigned_to_me"], operator:not_any_of}]}) {
      items {
        id
        name
      }
    }
  }
}

    Read the people column

    You can query the people column using the column_values object that enables you to return column-specific subfields by sending a fragment in your query. Values for the people column are of the PeopleValue type. 

    query {
  items (ids:[1234567890, 9876543210]) {
    column_values {
      ... on PeopleValue {
        persons_and_teams
      }
    }
  }
}

    Fields

    FieldDescription
    column Column!The column the value belongs to.
    id ID!The column's unique identifier.
    persons_and_teams [\[PeopleEntity!\]](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/other-types#people-entity)The column's people or team values.
    text StringThe column's value as text. This field will return "" if the column has an empty value.
    type ColumnType!The column's type.
    updated_at DateThe column's last updated date.
    value JSONThe column's JSON-formatted raw value.

    Update the people column

    You can update a people column using the change_simple_column_value mutation and sending a simple string in the value argument. You can also use the change_multiple_column_values mutation and pass a JSON string in the column_values argument.

    Simple strings

    To update a people column, send a string of user IDs separated by a comma that you want to add to the column. 

    mutation {
  change_simple_column_value(item_id:9876543210, board_id:1234567890, column_id:"people", value:"123456, 654321") {
    id
  }
}

    fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValue: String!, $columnId: String!) { change_simple_column_value (item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_id: $columnId, value: $myColumnValue) { id } }",
    variables : JSON.stringify({
      myBoardId: 1234567890,
      myItemId: 9876543210,
      columnId: "people",
      myColumnValue: "123456, 654321"
      })
    })
  })

    JSON

    To update a people column, send an array with the people or team IDs you want to add to the column. 

    mutation {
  change_multiple_column_values(item_id:9876543210, board_id:1234567890, column_values: "{\"people\" : {\"personsAndTeams\":[{\"id\":\"4616627\",\"kind\":\"person\"},{\"id\":\"4616666\",\"kind\":\"person\"},{\"id\":\"51166\",\"kind\":\"team\"}]}}") {
    id
  }
}

    fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValues:JSON!) { change_multiple_column_values(item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_values: $myColumnValues) { id }}",
    variables : JSON.stringify({
      myBoardId: 1234567890,
      myItemId: 9876543210,
      myColumnValues:"{\"people\": {\"personAndTeams\": [{\"id\": \"4616627\", \"kind\": \"person\"}, {\"id\": \"4616666\", \"kind\": \"person\"}, {\"id\": \"51166\", \"kind\": \"team\"}]}}"
    })
  })
})

    Clear the people column

    You have two options to clear a people column. First, you can use the change_multiple_column_values mutation and pass null, an empty string, or an empty object in the column_values argument. 

    mutation {
  change_multiple_column_values(item_id:9876543210, board_id:1234567890, column_values: "{\"people\" : null}") {
    id
  }
}

    fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValues:JSON!) { change_multiple_column_values(item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_values: $myColumnValues) { id } }",
    variables : JSON.stringify({
      myBoardId: 1234567890,
      myItemId: 9876543210,
      myColumnValues: "{\"people\" : null}"
    })
  })
})

    You can also use the change_simple_column_value mutation and pass an empty string in the value argument.

    mutation {
  change_simple_column_value(item_id:9876543210, board_id:1234567890, column_id: "people", value: "") {
    id
  }
}

    fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValue: String!, $columnId: String!) { change_simple_column_value (item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_id: $columnId, value: $myColumnValue) { id } }",
    variables : JSON.stringify({
      myBoardId: 1234567890,
      myItemId: 9876543210,
      columnId: "phone",
      myColumnValue: ""
      })
    })
  })

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