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title: "Create box in the Overview module"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/BGdc/3525247578/Create%20box%20in%20the%20Overview%20module"
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In this article, you will learn how to add, edit, and delete Boxes using the Overview module, including adding new boxes under the Home (root) Box.

Boxes can be organized into a hierarchical structure, and their periods follow the [scheduling](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3525739054) rules.

![overview-panel.png](media://bf7d70fd-de39-45c9-bdf4-42c7ba9463e4)

 Keep in mind:

- A box type contains the default settings and rules applicable to multiple boxes (all boxes of a given type). Box type settings are adjusted in Box type administration.
- Box configuration refers to the settings of a single, individual Box. They are dependent on the Box type settings.

## Security and configuration

- You need a box admin or sub-box creator security role to create, edit, and delete boxes.
- To configure a box type information and parent types, go to **App Administration** > **Box types** > select a box type > **Basics**.
- To configure box type scheduling rules (period mode and sequentiality), go to **App Administration** > **Box types** > select a box type > **Advanced**.

## Create a box 

> ℹ️ When you create a box, you automatically become its admin (Box Admin).

The video presents how to create a box in BigPicture.

 

 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. Choose one or more Jira projects to populate the scope of a box.
5. Adjust the icon and its color for a box.
6. Click **Create**.

![Overview module, adding a new box.](media://7667ff9a-648c-4818-89b3-6583ceb3772a)

Alternatively, you can click in-between the items on the list:

![Overview module, plus icon between boxes.](media://b46e0dde-704b-45ca-926e-f7bdec866e36)

Next, select a box type you want to use. 

> ℹ️ The list of available box types might vary depending on where you are in the app—Home view or the Overview module of a box and where you click when adding new boxes. Make sure to define the "Parent type" correctly in the App's administration > box types (click on the box type name to edit) > General > Basics > Parent types (requires App admin security role).

![Box types choosing when adding a box.](media://07379e51-ee5a-47fe-a06a-b69d59ebefdc)

If needed, edit the fields:

| **Field** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Box type** | Select a box type from the list. |
| **Box name** | Specify the box name. |
| **Start/end date** | Start and end dates are automatically set to today. Click to change start/end dates.<br>![Box adding panel.](media://845e5390-fbef-4b70-aef6-6b16b154c2d2) |
| **Icon** | Select the icon from the dropdown.<br>![Choosing an icon during box creation.](media://a2350675-e62d-46d4-8921-6e8277a915ac) |
| **Color** | Select the icon color.<br>![Choosing an icon during box creation.](media://318ef185-0427-45f1-9bd9-fa985f2680b6) |
| **Projects** | **Optional field**<br>You can select Jira projects that will be in the scope of the new box.<br>Advanced [scope definition](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3525148839) options are available after the box has been created. You can base the scope on Jira boards and filters and narrow it down.<br>![Choosing a project during box creation.](media://cf2b3864-7fe8-49aa-bc75-f20413662da9) |

> ℹ️ If the button is greyed out and you see the message "There are no box types available for this level":
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ - Same-level boxes can't be created
> ℹ️ - Sub-boxes can't be created
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ ![Greyed-out plus icon.](media://fb7cc30a-91bc-462a-b105-c2d7309ace69)
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ Firstly, check the "Type" of the box you are presently in.
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ ![Program Increment in the Type column.](media://04722f11-382e-42d7-b38e-59b651c52379)
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ Go to "Administration" to verify box type settings. Make sure that "parent types" have been set as needed.

### Create same-level and sub-boxes

> ℹ️ The App can suggest the Start / End dates when your boxes are sequential. When overlapping is enabled, no end date will be indicated.
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ Go to App Administration > box types > General to change the sequentiality settings.

Click the "box type" button or use the indent/outdent arrow next to the button in the box creation dialog to switch between same-level and sub-boxes. It appears when you want to add a box by clicking in-between the items, and the box type in the row above is a parent type to other box types.

Select from the list of available box types or click the "outdent arrow' to include the same-level box types and the "indent arrow" to narrow the list to sub-box types.

![Choosing the Box Type during adding box.](media://ac08bdc0-1c69-480c-9495-e3a868c4934a)

When you click the indentation arrow, it will reverse, and the available box types are narrowed to same-level boxes only, that is, Iteration, as the Iteration box type is not a parent type to any other box types:

![Clicking the indentation arrow during bo creation.](media://bda7be7b-ef67-4948-a53f-cd3417d795c6)

### Next timebox naming scheme

When creating a consecutive "Sub scope" box, the App suggests a name. 

The last number in the string (the name of the previous box) is incremented by 1, even if it isn't the last character in a string.

If no numbers are present, "2" is added to the end of the name string.

![Panel of adding a box.](media://882b00b7-e21d-4054-85f3-a8bd04b91c9c)