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What is a Portfolio Box? 

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Introduction

Portfolio boxes help you organize your work and provide you with reporting capabilities. 

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Create a

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portfolio box

Method 1

  1. Go to the Home (root) box > Overview module.

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  2. Select the Portfolio box type.

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Overview "Create new Portfolio" tile

Set up a portfolio Box - a Box in which you can nest your projects. Portfolio Boxes help you organize your work and provide you with reporting capabilities. 
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  1. Enter:

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    1. Name (required)

  1. Start and end dates are automatically set to today. You can edit start/end dates now or later.

  2. Change:

    1. Icon (optional)

    2. Icon color (optional)

  3. Click Create.

The video presents how to create a portfolio box.

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Method 2

  1. Go to the Home (root) box > Overview module.

  2. Click the arrow to see tiles.

  3. Click Create new Portfolio.

  4. Select the Portfolio box type.

  5. Enter:

    1. Name (required)

  6. Start and end dates are automatically set to today. You can edit start/end dates now or later.

  7. Change:

    1. Icon (optional)

    2. Icon color (optional)

  8. Click Create.

The video presents how to create a portfolio box.

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Resources module

There is no data to aggregate - add boxes

The Resources module in a Portfolio box aggregates data from sub-boxes. No sub-boxes were detected. The Portfolio box is empty. To use the Resources module, add sub-boxes to a Portfolio.Image Removed

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Create new boxes

  1. Click "Add items"

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  2. Select “Import Jira Projects” and click “Add”.

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  3. Select one or more Jira projects to import.
    If you select multiple projects, you can enable the toggle switch to create a separate box for each Jira project.

  4. Define the box type.

  5. When ready, click “Import”.

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  6. New sub-boxes are now visible.

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Move existing boxes

  1. Click "Add items".

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  2. Select "Add existing"

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  2. Select boxes. You can move multiple boxes at the same time.

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  2. Click "Add".

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There is no data to aggregate - add tasks

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Add tasks (Overview module)

Add tasks to boxes in the Portfolio. Repeat for all boxes. 

  1. Go to the "Overview" module".

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  2.  Right-click OR "More actions".

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  2. Go to Tasks > Scope definition

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  2. Define the scope - you can use Jira projects, Jira boards and Jira filters.

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  2. Optional: Use the "narrow down" field to exclude tasks

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Add tasks (already existing in Jira)

To add tasks to the first Box you can use the following process.

  1. Click the "Add tasks"

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  2. Select a box (step available only when you have multiple boxes)

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  2. Click "Add tasks"

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  2. Click "Manage Scope definition".

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  2. Define the scope - specify which Jira tasks should be included. You can add entire Jira projects, Jira boards or use Jira Filters. 

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  2. Optional: Use the "narrow down" field to exclude tasks.

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  2. Click "Save"

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Filters

Use filters for portfolio boxes in the Resources module. Filters allow you to narrow down the data you display.

Available filters for portfolio boxes:

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Resources module in Portfolio - troubleshooting and setup

The Resources module in a Portfolio box aggregates data from all boxes in the portfolio.

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Portfolio box teams

A portfolio should have the same teams as the boxes it contains.

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Solution: Assign teams to the portfolio Box

  1. If the Teams module isn't active, activate, activate it.

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  2. Go to the "Teams" module in the "Portfolio".

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  2. Use the "Assign existing team" option.

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  2. Add teams that match the boxes in the portfolio. Teams have to be added one by one. 

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Failed to reassign a task

The resources module allows you to move a task (a task gets reassigned).

Issue: A task cannot be assigned to a team , because that team doesn't exist in both boxes (Portfolio and the task the box is in).
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A task is in the "Classic project - House Build" box.

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"Classic project - House Build" box has four teams:

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In the "Portfolio" box there are more than those four teams:

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Moving a task in the Resources module of the Portfolio box lets you reassign it to a different team. Teams have to be from the same box.

A task isn't being moved to a different box - only the team assignment is changed.

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