Set up a box

Use monday.com boards

Connect monday.com boards

Start working with BigPicture and connect your monday boards to see your projects in the app.

1. Click Connect monday.com boards

2. Select monday boards to create box(es) and type a box name

3. Click Connect button

Create a box

1. Click Add new

2. Enter box details

   1. name

   2. start/end date

   3. add boards to scope (box scope configuration can be modified at any later point)

3. Click Create

Configure scope definition

On this screen, you can add/remove boards from a box scope. In the Advanced configuration, you can decide if you want your boards and groups to be visualized on the Gantt timeline as tasks.

Steps:

1. Use the Configure Scope button in the message to access scope configuration OR
   

   Configure scope .mov

2. Go to a box (click on its name)

   1. From the module switcher, select Configuration

   2. on the left go to Tasks > Scope definition

Configure task structure

Task structure settings automatically arrange your tasks into a task tree.

Steps:

1. Use the Configure Scope button in the message to access scope configuration OR
   

   Configure task structure.mov

2. In Box Configuration, go to Tasks > Task structure

Configure the field mapping

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