This document contains step by step instructions that apply both to BigGantt Cloud and BigPicture Cloud.
Due to the nature of next-gen projects, some features and functionalities of our apps remain unavailable. More details in Missing features and functionalities section.
Configuration in Jira
Set up each of your next-gen projects like below:
- Go to Project settings > Issue types.
- Add Start date (by Jira) and Due date (by Jira) fields to the primary fields list of each Issue type.
- Create two Date-type custom fields1 which will be used for Baselines creation on a Gantt.
1 Name them so that they consist of a key of the given next-gen project e.g. Baseline start date ( key ), Baseline end date ( key ) where "key" is the given next-gen project's key. - Add these custom fields to each Issue type's primary fields list.
App configuration
- Go to Jira settings > Apps > BigGantt > Task configuration.
In "Custom synchronization settings" click "Add Project" button. Select your next-gen project and click "Add and configure".
- Map Start date (by Jira) and Due date (by Jira) fields to both "Task start date" and "Task end date".
- Map "- -" to "Task progress".
- Map custom fields created in step 3. (Configuration in Jira) to both "Task baseline start date" and "Task baseline end date". Finally click "Save".
Alternative setup - not recommended but possible
Missing features & functionalities
App (Module) | Feature/functionality | Missing due to | Future plans | Preview |
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BigGantt (Gantt) BigPicture (Gantt) | Color by status | Rules that have replaced advanced workflow configuration in next-gen projects. | According to Atlassian, workflow configuration is coming soon. For more details, see the info notice at the beginning of this section. | |
BigGantt (Gantt) BigPicture (Gantt) | Resources view | Lack of possibility to use global custom fields - Time Tracking and Story Points. Each next gen project has Story points estimation field only. | According to Atlassian, time estimation is coming soon. For more details, see the info notice at the beginning of this section or the following tickets. Ticket on Atlassian's end: JSWCLOUD-17447 Ticket on SoftwarePlant's end: EXTPLATFORM-460 | |
BigGantt (Gantt) BigPicture (Gantt, Scope) | Synchronization:
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| For more details, see the info notice at the beginning of this section. Click here to navigate. | |
BigGantt (Gantt) BigPicture (Gantt) | Views of fields of Program Perspectives:
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| For more details, see the info notice at the beginning of this section. Click here to navigate. | |
BigTemplate (Jira Issue Detail page) | Single issue export | Missing BigTemplate's Issue export panel. | Ticket on SoftwarePlant's end: PPM-5410 | --- |
BigGantt (Jira Issue Detail page) BigPicture (Jira Issue Detail page) | Status field's view within WBS Widget | No workflow configuration in next-gen projects. | For more details, see the info notice at the beginning of this section. Click here to navigate. | |
BigPicture (Resources) | Resources management | Lack of possibility to use global custom fields - Time Tracking and Story Points. Each next gen project has Story points estimation field only. | Refer to Resources view feature row of this table. Click here to navigate. | |
BigPicture (Risks) | Risk matrix and Risk CRUD list 3 | No risk configuration per Jira project. | Ticket on SoftwarePlant's end: PPM-5408 |
3 If you select custom fields that were created in a given next-gen project and map them to consequence and probability fields (see a thumbnail in Preview column), Risks module will work only for this particular next-gen project and you will be unable to display tasks, which belong to any other Jira project, neither on a Risk matrix nor on Risk CRUD list (the table below the matrix).