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Column mapping lets BigPicture know where data can be found in monday board columns, regardless of the column name. You can work with all items and subitems in a single BigPicture box, even if your monday boards don't have an identical column setup.

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Info

For boxes based on multiple monday boards, the column mapping is configured on the App configuration > General > Fields page. Read more about the column mapping on the Fields page.

See the video:

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How to access the column mapping?

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  1. Click the cog icon.

  2. Click the Column mapping button.

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  3. Now, you can:

    1. Restore default settings

    2. Reset to defaults

    3. Make changes

  4. When ready, click Save.

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Column mapping (App configuration)

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Column mapping rules are defined for each monday board separately.

Column mapping reminders

The app prompts you to check the column mapping:

  • when you add or remove boards in Scope::

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  • when you make an edit to a built-in field that does not have mapping:

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Available fields

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BigPicture fields

  • Start date - can be mapped to a timeline or date column. When date column is chosen, end date field has to be mapped to another date column.

  • End date - can be mapped to a timeline or date column. When date column is chosen, end date field has to be mapped to another date column.

  • Story Points

  • Actual cost

  • Estimated cost

  • Status - can be mapped to a status column.

  • Assignee - can be mapped to a people column.

  • Original estimate

  • Time spent

Unconfigurable fields

IconThe icon, keyitem ID, item name (summary) fields are mapped out of the box.

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In the pop-up, you can see the current column mapping of a project.

You are also informed who changed the column mapping recently. No person is displayed if you are the user who made recent changes or if there was no column mapping update before.

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At the top, you can see info regarding the current setup. The message lets you know if a custom configuration (custom mapping) exists for a project.

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Note

The action CANNOT be undone.

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Limitations

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  • Box editors and box viewers have read-only access to the column mapping of a box. The column mapping option is greyed out for them.