# Getting started

Setting up takes three steps, and the second one is the part people miss: Workflow Hub builds on a Status column, so the board needs one before there is anything to configure.

Once it is installed, everything happens on the board itself.

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## The three steps

![monday.com window with the Workflow Hub board view open, showing a workflow running from No Status through To do, In progress, Ready to ship and Live, with a transition properties panel on the right.](https://help.gocapable.com/images/cccfcd30-f092-42d1-8560-4e422f91d4f4.webp)

The last of those steps in the whole monday.com window, with the workflow open for editing in its own board view.

| **Step**                   | **What you do**                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1\. Install the app        | In the monday.com App Marketplace, search for Workflow Hub, click Install, and add it to your account and the boards you want. |
| 2\. Set up a Status column | Choose or create a board with a Status column. That column becomes the foundation of the workflow.                             |
| 3\. Build the workflow     | Open the board view, add the Workflow Hub view, and design the steps and transitions.                                          |

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**Any Status column will do.** You do not need a special column type or a particular set of labels. Existing boards can adopt a workflow without restructuring.

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## A few things worth knowing

* Install to the specific boards you want, not just the account.
* A board with no Status column cannot carry a workflow. Add one first.
* Sub-items cannot have workflows, so plan the process at item level.

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## Related

[Configure the Status columnThe next step.](https://help.gocapable.com/workflow-hub/configure-the-status-column.html)

[Build a board workflowDesigning it.](https://help.gocapable.com/workflow-hub/build-a-board-workflow.html)

[Who can do whatWho may set this up.](https://help.gocapable.com/workflow-hub/who-can-do-what.html)

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_Install, add a Status column, build._