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

To create a new box:

1. Click the +Add new button.

2. Choose a box type and complete a box name.

3. Start and end dates are automatically set to today. You can edit start/end dates now or later.

4. Add monday boards to populate the scope of a box.

5. Adjust the icon and its color for a box (box scope configuration can be modified at any later point).

6. Click Create.

Configure scope definition

You can add/remove boards from a box scope on this screen. 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.

You can find out more here.

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

Baselines

To assess the performance of your project over time, you can set Baselines and track deviations from your initial schedule.

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.