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title: "Heatmap mode (Objectives)"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/BPEdc/2533786605/Heatmap%20mode%20(Objectives)"
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You can color-code the objectives displayed when the Heatmap mode is enabled.
Use color coding in different ways, one of which is monitoring ongoing objectives' health status. For example, the Release Train Engineer can better keep track of objective completion during Scrum of Scrums meetings.
Click the **View** button in the top menu to open the available options:
- None
- By status
- Manually
## Heatmap mode (options)
### None
Heatmap mode is off.
### By status
There are three default colors used in this mode, which change together with objective status changes:
- **Completed** (green)
- **Abandoned** (grey)
- **Failed** (red)
An objective will not be highlighted when it is in the Open status.
## Manually
Heatmap mode is set to **Manually** and lets you edit colors associated with individual objectives.
> Macro (excerpt)
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> You can change the colors manually by editing the Objective. To open the "Details dialog," double-click on the Objective or right-click and select Details.
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> The health status can be presented following the traffic light convention:
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> - Green
> - Yellow
> - Red
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> Each health status can have a description defining its meaning. For example, green indicates being on track, yellow indicates being at risk, and red indicates being off track.
>
> 
### Colors configuration
Settings are applicable only in a manual heatmap mode.
Settings are changed per Box type.
App admins can define the colors for each Box type in App administration > [Box types](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2534474284) > Select the box type to edit > [Objectives](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2534638316) > Colors.
