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title: "BigPicture 8.15.0 Release Notes"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/297996257/BigPicture%208.15.0%20Release%20Notes"
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| **Category** | **Feature description** | **Sneak peek** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Migration (JCMA) | <span style="color: #003366">[BigTemplate](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215229/bigtemplate-export-to-pdf-word-excel?tab=overview&hosting=cloud)</span><span style="color: #091e42"> can be migrated </span><span style="color: #091e42">[using JCMA](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=dlp&title=Migration%20using%20Jira%20Cloud%20Migration%20Assistant%20%28JCMA%29.&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=297996257)</span><span style="color: #091e42">.</span> |  |
| [Scheduling](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/296851336) | When the “**Start date**” field is synchronized with “**Start date**” and the “**End date**” field is synchronized with “**End date**”:<br>- Changes made to the start and end dates resize a task.<br>When the “**Start date**” field is synchronized with “**Original Estimate**” and the “**End date**” field is synchronized either to “**Original Estimate**” or “**Time Spent + Remaining Estimate**”:<br>- Changes made to the end date resize the task.
- Changes made to the start date move the task. The scheduling mechanism moves a task and **does NOT** change the duration of a task. |  |
| Board module | The [purple color of dependencies](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297865660) means that the <span style="color: #091e42">target task is out-of-view. </span> | ![image](media://f8732823-3ce1-4913-ba5c-70fcc5ee4179) |
| [Task period alignment](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298387386) | The **"Task period alignment"** section is redesigned. The **"Precise alignment"** option is available <span style="color: #333333">only for sequential boxes with sub-scope.</span> | ![image](media://1671eec0-dd5c-4052-84a5-dd32088446d5) |
| [Skills](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297603427) | The flow of deleting a skill is redesigned. You can remove skills along with their connections to resources or tasks.<br>When you click the "**Delete**" button, you are informed if a skill is assigned to any resources or tasks. Once you confirm the removal, a skill that was related to any resources or tasks is deleted from those resources and tasks. | ![image](media://4094797c-573f-45ac-b95d-f9e43828e29b) |
| Filtering | Basic tasks are included when using the [date filter](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/296851062) and in the export with date range. | ![image](media://695719e7-2054-4061-b18b-e0621db5ee54) |
| [Search box](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298060889) | There is a switcher for JQL/TEXT search.<br><span style="color: #091e42">The colors of icons are adjusted:</span><br>![image](media://1dfcd127-ce4d-4fc5-a530-8f971906cc4a)<br>![image](media://4bf51a4e-2e6a-4152-9955-2814f3cf7947)<br><span style="color: #091e42">The icon changes its color to red if the JQL query typed is incorrect.</span><br>![image](media://c8c52291-f8f9-4ad6-a280-b73f0e42c2c7) | ![image](media://d5beb28f-4629-435a-81bc-7819469c4597) |
| Dependencies (soft links) | <span style="color: #333333">Links marked as soft (go to </span><span style="color: #333333">[dependency configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298126901)</span><span style="color: #333333"> to check the link mapping) can be used as structure builders.</span> | ![image](media://4ae09a70-c102-4837-b919-8322b5dca83b) |
| [Overview module](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298288087) | The** "Closed date" **column<span style="color: #172b4d"> provides a possibility to compare the end date to the date of actual closing (changing the status to "Closed").</span><br><span style="color: #172b4d">The column is not inline-editable and has the same aggregations as other types of the Date type i.e. None, Minimum, Maximum.</span> | ![image](media://6ec53ce9-13d8-4f2d-aa34-ea98ba735ba4) |
| <span style="color: #091e42">Usability</span> | Change the width of the **"Group"** column when [grouping tasks](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298354243). | ![image](media://fe3eafc6-31e5-4f9e-b737-0549e27db4a4) |
| You can see the Gantt timeline with months and week numbers simultaneously.<br>New zoom steps on the [Gantt timeline](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298387108):<br>1. 2 weeks (min)
2. 1 month
3. 1 quarter
4. 6 months
5. 1 year
6. 2 years
7. 4 years (max) | ![image](media://6cb30080-cef6-4f43-abed-0e488a9882e9) |
| <span style="color: #172b4d">An empty tab </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**"Gantt"**</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> is removed from App Configuration > Modules.</span> | ![image](media://a2a5dde2-daf0-42a6-ac23-1ac6e27c7223) |
| Initiate a new dependency by <span style="color: #000c34">dropping a dependency on the taskbar or on a dependency dot of a target task. A dot and half of a taskbar pulsate indicating that a dependency can be created. </span> |  |
| When upgrading Jira to version 9, you will see a screen informing you that the data migration was successful and now you should update BigPicture to a version compatible with Jira 9. | ![image](media://bd3e3b43-8e8e-485c-8417-8cddffad35bd) |
| Interface (color themes) | The color themes are no longer available.<br>- The color theme picker is removed from the **"My settings"** drop-down menu.
- The **"Accent color"** section is removed from the **"Preferences"** page. | ![image](media://0fa3ce56-ed09-4d3f-91c0-f8d80337b65a) |
| [Reports module](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297670273) | You **cannot** see a report if it includes tasks you do not have access to. |  |
| [Public API](https://developer.bigpicture.one/reference/whatisbigpicture) | Two endpoints are added to public API:<br>- Get the field definition of a Box
- Get selected fields of a Box |  |