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Concept of a field

Concept of a field

Introduction

BigPicture visualizes Information based on the tool connections you have set up. Values of fields in monday, or Trello must be mapped to fields available within BigPicture. Information about the data source can be listed in the “Origin” column and shown as an appropriate icon. 

There are two possible field options:

  • Native external tool fields - they display the value from an external platform; if the value is unavailable, it is left empty.

  • Built-in fields

Built-in fields can map columns from multiple Monday boards and take information from various Monday boards and external platforms (for example, Trello).

Column mapping rules are defined for each monday board separately.

When you add a column, the icon on the right indicates what data is shown - based on a value of a monday field or a built-in field.

Monday.com column types

Each column in monday.com is designated with a specific type. BigPicture supports the following column types from monday.com:

  • Date

  • Dependency

  • Dropdown

  • Long Text

  • Mirror (read-only)

  • Numbers

  • People

  • Status

  • Summary

  • Timeline

  • Text

Mapping options for built-in fields

Built-in fields can function in the following ways:

  • Configurable fields

  • Non-configurable fields

  • Native App fields (don't correspond to any external tool)

  • Fields that vary depending on the external platform (for example, the mapping of a field can be changed for monday but not for Trello; or a field exists in one external platform but not in another)

Configurable fields

For some fields, you can select the value you want to use.

You define synchronization rules on the App Configuration > General > Fields page.

For example, the “Start date” could be mapped to monday “Start date” field → in such case, the built-in end date of the App effectively displays the same value as monday start date.

Non-configurable fields

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