Work package settings

To change basic settings for work package tracking in OpenProject, navigate to Administration → Work packages → Work packages settings.

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You can adjust the following:

  1. Allow cross-project work package relations, i.e. that work packages created in one project can have relations to work packages in another project, for example parent-children work packages.

  2. Display subprojects work packages in main projects by default. This way the work packages of subprojects will always be visible in the main project if a user has the corresponding role in the subproject to see work packages.

  3. Use current date as start date for new work packages. This way the current date will always be set as a start date if your create new work packages. Also, if you copy projects, the new work packages will get the current date as start date.

  4. Default highlighting mode (Enterprise add-on) defines which should be the default attribute highlighting mode, e.g. to highlight the following criteria in the work package table. This setting is only available for Enterprise on-premises and Enterprise cloud users.

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  5. Customize the appearance of the work package lists to define which work package attributes are displayed in the work package lists by default and in what order.

Do not forget to save your changes with the green Save button at the bottom.