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title: "Administration."
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/297963784/Administration."
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<span style="color: #333333">In this section, you can manage your resources, their working hours and non-working days, and the default setting of boxes.</span>

The business **Administration** section of the app lets you configure features shared by different modules. 

## Security and access

Only a user with the app administrator security role can access the **Administration** page.

To access the BigPicture Administration page:

**Method 1 (Jira Cloud and Jira Data Center)**

1. Open BigPicture.
2. Click the wrench icon at the top.
3. Select the administration section you want to go to.

![Screenshot of the wrench icon expanded in the Gantt module.](media://b8f795b9-9473-49da-9895-600e3bdf33b2)

**Method 2 (Jira Data Center)**

1. Open the BigPicture drop-down menu
2. Click **Administration**.

![Screenshot of accessing the Administration page from the Ap drop-down menu (Jira Data Center).](media://ca7cfe30-a7b3-475f-a0ae-8db7a8cbc56c)

## Features overview

The overview of the features is presented in the table below:

| **Feature** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| [Box types](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297538577) | Configure templates that will be used when adding new boxes using the Overview module. |
| [Resources](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298059874) | Manage the resources' holidays, work time, and capacity in the following sections:<br>- [Individuals](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/296981663)<span style="color: #172b4d"> - </span>This tab lets you add new resources and define the related information concerning resources.
- [Skills](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297603427)<span style="color: #172b4d"> - </span>Each resource possesses a set of skills defined in this section. It is also possible to plan for new skills acquired in the future.
- [Workload plans](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297700790)<span style="color: #172b4d"> - </span>The workload plans are the basis for the resource capacity, i.e. they determine the availability of the resources during the week.
- [Holiday plans](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/296850848)<span style="color: #172b4d"> - </span>The holiday plans allow you to define the unavailability of the resource. There are two types of holidays: fixed and floating.<br>The Gantt module and Resources module use the information to automate the planning of your tasks. |
| [Security](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298287400) | Access and permissions within BigPicture can be managed and assigned to individuals or groups. |