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title: "BigGantt 8.15.0 Release Notes"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/304939009/BigGantt%208.15.0%20Release%20Notes"
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| **Category** | **Feature description** | **Sneak peek** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Migration (JCMA) | [BigTemplate](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215229/bigtemplate-export-to-pdf-word-excel?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) can be migrated [using JCMA](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIGGANTT/pages/1198260480). | |
| [Scheduling](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIGGANTT/pages/315491695) | When the “**Start date**” field is synchronized with “**Start date**” and the “**End date**” field is synchronized with “**End date**”:
- Changes made to the start and end dates resize a task.
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**”:
- 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. | |
| [Task period alignment](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIGGANTT/pages/315393954) | The **"Task period alignment"** section is redesigned. The **"Precise alignment"** option is available only for sequential boxes with sub-scope. |  |
| Filtering | Basic tasks are included when using the [date filter](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIGGANTT/pages/315459562) and in the export with date range. |  |
| [Search box](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIGGANTT/pages/315885788) | There is a switcher for JQL/TEXT search.
The colors of icons are adjusted:
The icon changes its color to red if the JQL query typed is incorrect.
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| Dependencies (soft links) | Links marked as soft (go to [dependency configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIGGANTT/pages/315884937) to check the link mapping) can be used as structure builders. |  |
| [Overview module](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=BIGGANTT&title=Column%20View) | The** "Closed date" **column provides a possibility to compare the end date to the date of actual closing (changing the status to "Closed").
The column is not inline-editable and has the same aggregations as other types of the Date type i.e. None, Minimum, Maximum. |  |
| Usability | Change the width of the **"Group"** column when [grouping tasks](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIGGANTT/pages/1197703504). |  |
| You can see the Gantt timeline with months and week numbers simultaneously.
New zoom steps on the [Gantt timeline](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIGGANTT/pages/1197638310):
1. 2 weeks (min)
2. 1 month
3. 1 quarter
4. 6 months
5. 1 year
6. 2 years
7. 4 years (max) |  |
| An empty tab **"Gantt"** is removed from App Configuration > Modules. |  |
| Initiate a new dependency by 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. | |
| Interface (color themes) | The color themes are no longer available.
- The color theme picker is removed from the **"My settings"** drop-down menu.
- The **"Accent color"** section is removed from the **"Preferences"** page. |  |