Box Types Lifecycle
- Anna Ciepłota
- Magdalena Żaczek
Box status
The box status determines whether you can edit the box information or change the box configuration.
You can set the status of each box as one of the following:
Not started (grey) - it will be executed in the future, so it is still in the planning phase
In progress (blue) - it is currently in execution
Closed (green) - it has already finished
You can see the status of the box you're in at the top left:
And in the box switcher:
Transitions
Box status change
You can change a box status in:
Overview module:
Inline editing "status" column
Right-click menu
Archived boxes
Additional 'status' of a box can be set to - Archived. Once a box is archived, the aggregations can no longer be calculated and the box will not bring any valuable business information.
Archived boxes can be viewed by selecting them from the view dropdown.
Closed boxes
When a box is closed, all its children are also closed. Closed boxes function in read-only mode. Data is no longer synchronized, this means that any changes made to a monday board after a box has been closed are not reflected in a box. You can't change the status of a closed box to ‘not started’ or ‘in progress’ if the parent boxes are closed.
box Configuration is unavailable for closed boxes. When box status is set to 'Closed' you cannot edit the box information or change the box configuration.
Action buttons are disabled:
Limitations
Sub-boxes
You cannot create a sub-box under a closed or archived parent box. The plus icon is grayed out.
Synchronization and scheduling
If a task belongs only to archived or closed boxes, then that task has a scheduling block placed on it.
Box configuration
Closed boxes function in a read-only mode - box configuration can't be accessed.
Inline editing
Closed boxes function in a read-only mode - inline editing of box values disabled.
Exception: The status column value remains responsive and can be used to change the box status.