Labels: unique labels per pipe

Hi ​@jorge-saito , welcome to the community!

At the moment, labels in Pipefy are global, meaning they are shared across all pipes in the account. There isn’t a native way to create labels that are unique or restricted to a specific pipe only.

Because of this limitation, when the account has many pipes with different use cases, the label list can indeed grow a lot and hurt usability.

As a workaround, some best practices that usually help are:

• Using clear naming conventions (for example, prefixing labels with the pipe name or abbreviation).

• Replacing labels with select or dropdown fields inside the pipe, which are pipe-specific and much easier to control.

• Using labels only for truly global concepts (like priority or SLA), and keeping pipe-specific classifications as fields.

If you’re dealing with a high volume of cards, labels can still be very useful for quick visual identification — priorities, categories, lead temperature, payment types, etc. — as long as they’re applied with a clear strategy.

This article explains the fundamentals and good use cases for labels:
👉 https://help.pipefy.com/en/articles/614651-the-basics-of-card-labels

Hi João,

Thank you so much for the warm welcome and for the detailed explanation!

It’s very helpful to understand that labels function on a global level. While the current limitation can indeed impact usability as the number of pipes grows, the workarounds you suggested are excellent.

I particularly like the idea of replacing labels with pipe-specific dropdown fields for more granular control, and using prefix naming conventions for the labels that must remain global. I will also take a look at the article you linked to refine our strategy here.

I appreciate you taking the time to share these best practices!

Best regards,

Jorge Saito