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title: "Box types"
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Box types allow you to set up any number of default boxes - flexible, high-level containers that come preconfigured, partially customized, or fully personalized. In practice, this means unprecedented flexibility in shaping a portfolio hierarchy to suit your business needs best.

A box type is akin to a template, which, once configured, can be used each time you or your team want to start working on a new thing (i.e., a Project, Portfolio, etc.), launch a new SAFe Agile Release Train, or do anything else. Each team can have a different box template to accommodate different types of projects and individual team preferences.

Additionally, if you want to reorganize your work or a team needs. If you edited a box type in a separate tab, refresh the page to ensure changes are reflected in the App. 

> ℹ️ You **can’t **change the box type of a given box - for example, once a box has been created as a "Program Increment", you can't turn it into a "Program”.

## Security and access

Only the App admin can access and change the box type configuration.

See an interactive demo on how to access the box settings. 

*Note that the demo was recorded on the BigPicture Cloud instance; the Financials tab is not available in BigGantt Data Center*.* Also, only four of the listed box types are applicable to BigGantt.*

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> ℹ️ Box information can be checked on the Overview module by adding columns:
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> ℹ️ - Period mode
> ℹ️ - Sequentiality
> ℹ️ - Created date
> ℹ️ - Scope type
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> ℹ️ This doesn't require an App admin role.

## Available box types

Do you carry out many business projects independently of each other? If so, choose the **Program** box structure and an individual box project type - Agile. Or maybe you want to manage a specific project and understand what is going on in it? Choose a project type and divide it into **Stages** or **Iterations**.

> 📝 You can create and configure unlimited box type templates.

Decide which project type would be the best option for your business goals:

- **Agile project - **A built-in type that is recommended for projects run in Agile methodology
- **Iteration - **A built-in type that helps to schedule work iteratively
- **Program - **Basic Box type that lets you divide the work into lower levels, such as iterations and Stages.
- **Stage - **A built-in type that helps to organize classic project scope into stages

## Box type attributes

See the [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGcDRAFT/pages/3538525432](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGcDRAFT/pages/3538525432) page.  

## Manage box types 

See the [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGcDRAFT/pages/3538525491](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGcDRAFT/pages/3538525491) page. 

## “Read more” URL

You can define the link that appears when creating new boxes of this type. For example, it can lead to internal documentation. See the [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGcDRAFT/pages/3538525555](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGcDRAFT/pages/3538525555) page. 

## Box type vs box configuration

**Box type** settings contain the default settings applicable to multiple boxes (all boxes of a given type). Those settings are adjusted in **App Administration**.

Settings that are **only box type specific** are listed below.

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**Box settings** refer to the settings of a single, individual box. They are dependent on the box type settings.

> ℹ️ Some setting pages are nearly identical for both box types and individual boxes. See the [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGcDRAFT/pages/3538526921](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGcDRAFT/pages/3538526921) page to learn more about these settings.