Introduction
To start working in BigPicture for monday.com, you need to create a box and add tasks to this box.
It is not required for tasks to have the start and end dates defined:
Tasks have dates if the “Start Date” and “End Date” fields are defined in monday and the field mapping is configured. For more information, refer to the field mapping article.
Tasks without dates (the “Start Date” and “End Date” fields are not defined in monday) can be also added to a box.
Add dates to tasks without dates
There are multiple ways to add dates to tasks without dates. You can add both dates (“Start Date” and “End Date”) or only one of them. A task with one date is semi-transparent as presented below:
No “Start Date”:
No “End Date”:
Gantt module
Hover the mouse cursor over a task on the Gantt timeline and click the “+” icon to add dates to a task.
Edit the “Start Date” and “End Date” fields in the column view (make sure that these columns are added to the current column view).
Resources module
Unscheduled tasks are visible in the sidebar on the right. Drag tasks onto the grid or double-click to edit the dates.
Delete dates from tasks
You can delete dates from tasks. As a result, such tasks (without dates) disappear from the Gantt timeline, the Resources module, and the Calendar module.
Edit dates of tasks
Apart from modifying the “Start Date” and “End Date” fields in monday, you can change dates by the following actions in BigPicture:
Edit dates:
in the column view
Move a task:
on the Gantt timeline
in the Resources module
in the Calendar module
Inline edit dates:
in the Gantt module
in the Resources module
Changes in dates caused by other mechanisms
Scheduling
Tasks without dates and tasks where dates have been deleted are excluded from the scheduling mechanism (are considered locked tasks).
Tasks with one date (“Start Date” or “End Date”) are included in the scheduling mechanism.
Auto bottom-up mode
A task without dates in the scheduling mode set to auto bottom-up can get dates when dates for children tasks are added.
A task with dates in the scheduling mode set to auto bottom-up can lose dates when dates for children tasks are deleted.
Auto top-down and Locked modes
Tasks in the scheduling mode set to auto top-down or locked can modify the dates of their children.
Conversion to milestones
Constraints
Overdue tasks
Critical path
When one tasks on a critical path doesn’t have start/end dates, the entire critical path is disrupted. Once the start/end dates are provided the critical path will be calculated normally and include all the connected tasks.
Dependencies
When there are many tasks linked by dependencies and one of the tasks loses both dates (start and end dates), dependencies are saved. The arrow between tasks will temporarily disappear, but you can still check the dependency by switching to the “Collapsed” display and clicking on a number in a dot next to the task.
Once you assign at least one date to the task, the arrow between tasks will appear.
