Meet the new BigPicture navigation
A faster, smarter, and more intuitive way to work is here. We’ve redesigned BigPicture navigation to give you a smoother experience and better access to what matters most.
→ Discover what’s new, explore key improvements, and review feature name updates on the New navigation page.
→ The rollout will happen gradually, and the previous navigation will be retired in September 2026.
Module | Feature | Description | Sneak peek |
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Gantt | New Gantt module is here! | The new Gantt module officially replaces the previous one. It is packed with new features but also includes improvements and redesign of already know features such as the grouping, critical path, column views. | |
Gantt | What if scenario mode | Create and save different scenarios to find the perfect one. Finally, you can now undo each step and view the history of changes directly on the Gantt and merge to commit the changes. |  |
All | Box switcher | The Box switcher is as mini version of the Hierarchy mode of the Overview module and it shows all Boxes together with the Box structure. You can now use the Box Switcher to easily shift between different Boxes and their hierarchy when working with different modules. | |
All | New security roles | The security roles include two global roles - App User and App Admin. At the Box level, we have added a new role which allows users to create sub-Boxes | |
All | Inheritance mode | When creating a new Box type or moving a sub-Box to a different parent Box, thanks to the Inheritance mode, the Box type configuration can be passed on from the upper-level Box type to the sub-Box type. The are three Inheritance modes which determine whether users will be able to customise the Box settings. Inheritance modes can be set for:
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All | Right-click dialog | Right-click opens new possibilities, whether you want to change the status of a Box or a color of a taskbar just right-click to open a dialog with all the commonly used features. | |
All | Box configuration - Add new Tool | Do you want to see an even bigger picture? Now you can add new tools and connect with Trello. Once connected, you will see aa new list of items which can be synchronized:
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All | New fields (multi-platform) | Integration with connected such as Trello or other Jira instances required some unification of the commonly used fields so we have added built-in fields such as the status, start date, color, skills etc. to assure that the correct information is displayed once the filed is added to a Column Views or Card Views. | |
All | Enhanced JQL | BigPicture 8 introduces its own set of JQL syntax functions. Using the enhanced JQLThose functions can search items based on data stored exclusively in the App's database (i.e. Box properties, soft links, etc.) | |
Business administration | Box period mode | Structure your Boxes like the tasks on your Gantt using the Auto top-down or manual mode. | |
Overview | New module - Overview | The Overview or the command centre is now a module which means that you can manage your Boxes and their sub-Boxes using three different modes:
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Overview | Program Wizard | The Program Wizard was removed and Cloning and Import features were moved. Creating a new Box with sample data is not possible anymore. |
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Overview | New aggregations and columns added in the Hierarchy mode | The Hierarchy mode now provides an real overview of all you work in BigPicture. Thank to the new columns and aggregations you can check and monitor the status or time tracking progress for each Box and sub-Boxes as well. New aggregations and columns include:
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Gadgets | New Gadgets for Jira dashboards and Confluence pages:
| Show your Boxes with and their structure using this brand new Gadget. New Gantt module means that there is a brand new Gadget with the Resources panel and the Infobar showing the most important data. | |
Gantt | Column Views | Manage you Column View directly using the Gantt's interface. Add different fields as columns and change the way data is displayed and aggregated. |
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Gantt | Group tasks | Group your task using color coded groups and aggregate data within each group. |
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Gantt | Critical path | Highlight tasks which impact the duration of your Project. View the list all you tasks on the critical path and find them with a single click using the Inforbar. | |