diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/attributes.ts b/apps/client/src/services/attributes.ts
index 0b605f5bd..13011b7a6 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/attributes.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/attributes.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ export async function setLabel(noteId: string, name: string, value: string = "",
     });
 }
 
+export async function setRelation(noteId: string, name: string, value: string = "", isInheritable = false) {
+    await server.put(`notes/${noteId}/set-attribute`, {
+        type: "relation",
+        name: name,
+        value: value,
+        isInheritable
+    });
+}
+
 async function removeAttributeById(noteId: string, attributeId: string) {
     await server.remove(`notes/${noteId}/attributes/${attributeId}`);
 }
@@ -116,6 +125,7 @@ function isAffecting(attrRow: AttributeRow, affectedNote: FNote | null | undefin
 export default {
     addLabel,
     setLabel,
+    setRelation,
     setAttribute,
     removeAttributeById,
     removeOwnedLabelByName,
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/api.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/api.ts
index 14ad4d587..6543bafd9 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/api.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/api.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,25 @@ import { ColumnMap } from "./data";
 
 export default class BoardApi {
 
+    private isRelationMode: boolean;
+    statusAttribute: string;
+
     constructor(
         private byColumn: ColumnMap | undefined,
         public columns: string[],
         private parentNote: FNote,
-        readonly statusAttribute: string,
+        statusAttribute: string,
         private viewConfig: BoardViewData,
         private saveConfig: (newConfig: BoardViewData) => void,
         private setBranchIdToEdit: (branchId: string | undefined) => void
-    ) {};
+    ) {
+        this.isRelationMode = statusAttribute.startsWith("~");
+
+        if (statusAttribute.startsWith("~") || statusAttribute.startsWith("#")) {
+            statusAttribute = statusAttribute.substring(1);
+        }
+        this.statusAttribute = statusAttribute;
+    };
 
     async createNewItem(column: string, title: string) {
         try {
@@ -42,7 +52,11 @@ export default class BoardApi {
     }
 
     async changeColumn(noteId: string, newColumn: string) {
-        await attributes.setLabel(noteId, this.statusAttribute, newColumn);
+        if (this.isRelationMode) {
+            await attributes.setRelation(noteId, this.statusAttribute, newColumn);
+        } else {
+            await attributes.setLabel(noteId, this.statusAttribute, newColumn);
+        }
     }
 
     async addNewColumn(columnName: string) {