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title: "Timeboxes (Gantt chart)"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/2212497501/Timeboxes%20(Gantt%20chart)"
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> Macro (aura-html)

## Overview

[Timeboxes](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211746298) define consecutive timeframes used for work planning. They represent such sub-boxes as Sprints, Iterations, Program Increments, and Stages.

> 📝 - You can only display sequential box types using the Gantt module.
> 📝 - The boxes with [sequentiality](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2212268915) set as **Overlapping** will not be displayed. You can change the sequentiality on the [box type configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2212266090) page: **Administration** > **Box types** > select box type > **Advanced** (requires the [App Admin](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211580061) security role).

You can create and edit timeboxes using the [Hierarchy](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211582663) and [Timeline](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2212529505) view modes of the Overview module.

Timeboxes are suitable for both agile and non-agile teams. Non-agile teams can simply rename Program Increments and Iterations to years, quarters, or months, and start planning their short- or long-term goals using the [Board module](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211938517).

In the SAFe ART box, timeboxes can represent:

- Program Increment
- Iteration

In a waterfall/classic box, timeboxes can represent:

- Stages

In the Hybrid Project box, timeboxes can represent:

- Hybrid Stages

## Overlapping boxes

You can only show sequential timeboxes which means they can not overlap.

## Box status colors

The colors of the boxes reflect the current status:

- <span style="color: #97a0af">**Not started**</span> (gray)
- <span style="color: #4c9aff">**In progress**</span> (blue)
- <span style="color: #36b37e">**Closed**</span> (green)

> ℹ️ You can change the box status using the Overview module's [Kanban board mode](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211842894), or by using the **right-click** context menu.

## Auto-scheduling 

You can enable auto-scheduling of your tasks. When you do, the app will update your tasks' dates to fit within the boxes' period when you plan a task in different timeboxes.

There are two strategies:

- Precise alignment
- Smart alignment

## Enable timeboxes on the Gantt chart

![Gantt timeline with Markers selected in the Show On Timeline box.](media://ee253312-fc2f-4184-a058-9d0627020a7e)

1. [Configure timeboxes](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211746298) for your project.
2. Click **More actions** (**…**) in the upper-right corner of the Gantt timeline to open the context menu.
3. Check the **Timeboxes**.

<span style="color: #4d5156">In the example below, you can see the Program Increment, which is the higher-level (parent) timebox to Iteration timeboxes.</span>

![Timeboxes on the Gantt timeline.](media://b0e4b112-ec5f-4582-bc4b-98188f3b7db4)