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title: "Manage column views"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/BPEdc/2533786650/Manage%20column%20views"
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On this page, you can learn how to:
- Configure default column views (box type configuration).
- Set inheritance mode to determine available default column views (box type configuration).
- Configure column views for a particular box (box configuration).
## Security and access
Keep in mind:
- A box type contains the default settings applicable to multiple boxes (all boxes of a given type). Those settings are adjusted in the BigPicture Administration.
- Box configuration refers to the settings of a single, individual box. They are dependent on the box type settings.
The table presents what you can configure at the box type and box levels.
| **Area** | **Security and access** | **What can be configured** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Box type configuration | Only a user with the App admin security role can access and manage the box type configuration.
Go to the** App Administration** >** Box type **>** choose the box type you want to edit** >** Gantt / Scope** >** Column views**.
 | For a box type (all boxes of a given type), you can configure:
- Inheritance mode
- Default column views |
| Box configuration | Only a user with a minimum box admin security role can access and manage the box configuration.
Go to **box configuration** >** Gantt / Scope** >** Column views**.
Alternatively, you can access the box configuration page directly from the Gantt / Scope module. Navigate to the **Current view** and select the **Manage Column views** from the drop-down menu.
 | For a particular box, you can configure:
- Column views |
## Inheritance mode
Selecting an inheritance mode determines if an upper-level box imposes the configuration. As a result, when the inheritance mode is set to **inherited** or **own with inherited**, the column views from upper-level boxes appear in the column views drop-down of the Gantt and Scope modules.
See more about inheritance mode on the [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2535489755](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2535489755) page.
## Column view creator
To learn more about managing column views, see the [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2534998957](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2534998957) page.
## Default column views
> ℹ️ Changing the default column views doesn't impact existing boxes of a given type - only boxes created after changed settings are affected.
### Portfolio boxes (none scope boxes)
The table presents the default columns views for portfolio boxes.
| **Module name** | **Default column views for portfolio boxes** |
| --- | --- |
| Gantt module | - Essentials Portfolio
- Agile Portfolio
- Classic Portfolio
 |
| Scope module | - Essentials Portfolio
- Agile Portfolio
- Classic Portfolio
- Baseline Portfolio
- Time tracking Portfolio
 |