Inline editing allows you to quickly update your tasks on the same page instead of jumping between several edit pages. Once you modify a particular field, a change will be instantly reflected on the board, the host platform (your Jira instance currently used), and external platforms (if they are connected). 

Depending on the module structure, inline changes can be made in various areas, as presented in the table. 

Area / ModuleInline editing is available forExample
OverviewColumn views (Hierarchy mode & Timeline mode)

GanttColumn views

Gantt chart (task details dialog)

ScopeColumn views

Board

Task cards

To learn more about customizing Task Cards go to Card view creator.

Backlog
Resources


Task details dialog (Task details)

Workload details → Workload contouring

Workload contouring can be edited only in the manual workload mode. Otherwise, it is calculated automatically. The manual workload mode is available for BigPicture Enterprise. 

TeamsMembership period ("Start Date")

Team member "Availability"
RisksRisk cards

Risk table

CalendarCalendar view / Dashboard

Upcoming tasks 

Task list

BigPicture AdministrationAdministration → Resources → Skills

Editable fields

You can edit inline:

  • fields that are synchronized with external platforms
  • BigPicture built-in fields (that can't be synchronized with external platforms), such as "Color"

The following table presents a list of field types that can be edited inline. 

Field type

Example
Text 

"Name"

"Description"
"Summary"
"Text single line" type custom fields
Number "Story Points"
"Progress"
"Cost [Eur]"
"Number" type custom fields
Date

"Date Picker" Jira fields
Built-in fields, e.g., "End Date", "Start Date"
Fields where data type = date
Select list (single choice)"Select list (single choice)" type custom fields
User data"Assignee"
Estimation data"Original Estimate"
"Remaining Estimate"
Status

"Status"
(changes can be made to column values in the Backlog panel on the right only. Unavailable on Jira Cloud) 

Note:
If Resolution is required by a workflow - inline editing is blocked. 

This applies when Jira workflow displays any extra screen (this typically contains Resolution, but could also be any other field e.g. time spent or version). Even if the screen contains only fields which are not required, a user has to go to Jira to close the task.

"Basic Task status"

Basic Task can have 3 statuses: To-do, In progress, Done. When creating new Basic Task every new task has automatically To-do status. The tasks are not built-in fields in BigPicture, and not integrated with Jira. More information is available in Concept of a field.

MilestoneMilestone
BigPicture built-in fields
(can’t be mapped to display values from external tools)		"Color"
"Duration Working Days"
"Workload Contouring Mode"

"Duration Working Days" can be edited when the "Scheduling Mode" field is set to "Manual" or "Auto top-down". Modifying the value will result in adjusting the "Start Date" and "End Date" fields to new duration in working days. The value cannot be set to "0". BigPicture reverts such a change to the previous value. 

Non-editable fields

There is a group of fields that cannot be edited inline, e.g., the "Team", "Label", "Sprint", "Icon", and "URL link" fields.

Limitations

  1. The inline editing will be disabled when aggregations are selected for a particular column.
  2. Inline editing is possible for fields that can be edited and are not blocked by other settings or factors. As an example, if the "Scheduling Mode" is set to "Locked", you will not be able to edit the "Start Date" and "End Date" fields.