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In this section, you can set up a default Basics basic configuration of a given Box Typebox type. Specify the Box box type name, prefix, icon, description, and available parent types. The Box box attributes are displayed in different modes of the Overview module and the Box box switcher. 

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Once a Box box is created, you can override the default configuration in the Box Configuration box configuration section.

Keep in mind:

  • A “Box type” box type contains the default settings applicable to multiple Boxes boxes (all Boxes boxes of a given type). Those settings are adjusted in Box type administrationin Administration > Box types.

  • Box configuration refers to the settings of a single, individual Boxbox. They are dependent on the “Box type” box type settings. 

Security and

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Only a user with the App admin security role can access and manage the

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box type configuration.

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To access this page:

  1. Go to theApp Administration > Box type >

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  1. choose the

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  1. box type you want to edit > General > Basics.

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Box type name

Default Box box names describe the purpose of a template, e.g., Hybrid Project. Feel free to create your such as a hybrid project. You can create your own types with different names, such as "Tom's Box with Tom's favorite configuration," for example.

A Box box type name : appears in the drop-down used for selecting a

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box type (during the creation of a new

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box) and is:

  • is available Available as a Box box type of filter.

  • is displayed Displayed in a column in the Overview module.

  • is listed Listed in a column in the Box types tab of Administration; a Box in Administration > Box types. A box type name works as a clickable link to the Box type editing page.

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Changing a Box box type name updates all existing Boxes boxes of that type.

In the example below, you can see the drop-down used for selecting a Box box type (during creation of a new Boxbox):

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Prefix

Whenever you create a new Box, the App will use box, BigPicture uses a prefix + a generated number to create a unique Box box ID. The prefix length cannot exceed five characters. The Box box ID is displayed in the Overview module and as a column in Administration (in Administration > Box type)types. With our Enhanced enhanced JQL, you can use the Box box ID to search for issues within the scope of a Boxbox.

For example, if the Waterfall type has a "WSTA" prefix, adding the first Waterfall stage sub-Box box to your Waterfall Project Box box results in a "WSTA-1" prefix. The next stage will be created with a "WSTA-2" prefix.

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Changing a the prefix of a Box box type doesn't impact existing Boxes - only Boxes boxes. Only boxes created after a Box box type configuration has been updated will be affected.

Icon and color

Color-code your Box box type icons - this feature makes it easy to categorize your Boxes boxes and identify their content at first glance. A colored icon is displayed in both the Overview module and the Box box switcher, making finding a particular Box box easy and quick. The default setup can be changed (either during the creation of a Box box or later in its configuration). 

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Changing the color and icon of a Box box type doesn't impact existing Boxes - only Boxes boxes. Only boxes created after a Box box type configuration has been updated will be affected.

Changing the color from blue to green will update the Box type column. The colored icon will remain unchanged. 

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When you try to create a new Program Box, color and icon are automatically recommended, but you can change them.

The Type column will always display the color selected for a Box box type. 

The Icon and its color can always be changed for an individual Boxbox. They don't have to follow the Box box type convention. 

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When you create a new Program box, color, and icon are automatically recommended, but you can change them.

See the video to learn how to change a box icon and its color when creating a new box.

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Status

A Box box template status can exist :

  • Exists as a

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  • Draft draft - a Box box type is not used by any Box. You can delete itbox and can be deleted.

  • In Be in use - a Box box type is used by at least one Boxbox

Even if you archive a Box box type, if any existing Box box uses it, the status remains as "In use, " and a type can't be deleted.

Description

An additional description field allows lets you to summarise the configuration of a Box box type or add instructions on when it should be used. The description is shown as a column in Administration - to edit it, you must go to

To edit the description:

  1. Go to theApp Administration > Box type >

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  1. choose the box type you want to edit > General > Basics > Description.

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Parent

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Parent Box box types determine how you can build the Box box hierarchy (nest Boxesboxes) and, thus, prevent users from making mistakes and mixing methodologies. During Box box type configuration, you decide under what parent types a particular Box box type can be nested. Then, after you have specified parent types for a given Box box type, the App knows possible parent/child relationships; therefore, when . When creating a sub-Boxbox, the list of available Box box type options is limited. Also, the validation mechanism will prevent you from freely using the drag-and-drop mechanism to rearrange the Box hierarchybox hierarchy.

If you don't add any Parent parent types, the Box box type can't be used, as validation rules will not allow it to be placed anywhere in the hierarchy. Make sure to add at least one parent type.

To use a Box box type in the Home (root) Boxbox, add "Main " as a parent type. 

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Changes made to Parent parent types assigned to a Box box type apply to all Boxes boxes of that type (both existing and newly created); however. However, the existing hierarchy won't be altered (a Box box will remain under a parent "A ", even if you can't nest it anymore under a different "A" type Boxbox).

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