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Go to your project’s 'Settings' page in BIMcollab, and open the 'Issue Management' tab.
Click on any property like Milestones, Areas, Labels, Types, Priorities, Groups, or Custom, and then on the ‘New’ button to create a new value.
In order to modify an existing value, you can click on it in the list. To remove an existing value, click on the 'Delete' button.
BIMcollab allows you to modify the following properties:
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones are created to identify specific goals or stages in a project. When creating a milestone, give it a clear name, and define a start and end date. These dates will be used to highlight issues that are beyond their due date.
You can set as many milestones as you like, and they can be used in filtering and graphs. When editing a Milestone, you can activate or deactivate it by clicking on the button 'Assignable'. Only milestones which are assignable are available as a value when creating or editing an issue. This way it is also possible to archive old Milestones.
Areas
Areas
Areas can be used to group the issues in parts of the building. The most common uses can be:
Specific sections of a building
Building stories
Subprojects within a project
When creating an area, give it a clear name and optionally an Area owner. When an Area owner is defined, any new issues assigned to this Area will also be automatically assigned to the Area owner.
Labels
Labels
Labels can be very helpful when filtering issues. They can be used to define the discipline, the model, or any other metric.
Types
Types
This is used to distinguish between different types of issues. For example:
Clash detection
Request.
Fault
Inquery
Priority
Priority
This is used to communicate how urgent it is to find a resolution for an issue.
There are five priorities by default. Unlike the other values, the number of priorities is fixed but the values can be edited. You can change the name of the priority by clicking on the name, and editing it according to the needs of your project. The default priority will always be no.3.
Groups
Groups
Groups represent sub-teams for issue management within your project. Once defined, users can be assigned to one or more groups. From the 'Team Member' tab, click on the name of the team member, and in the 'Edit team member' menu assign them to group(s) as needed.
Issues, where visibility is set to a specific group, will only be seen by the team members belonging to this group.
It is also possible to limit the assignment of issues. In that case, issues can only be assigned to team members belonging to the same group. Team members who are in multiple groups can transfer the issues between the groups if necessary.
The way of assigning does not influence visibility.
💡 Tip: For more information on the issue visibility in combination with user groups, consult the article The issue visibility setting and user groups.
Custom Fields
Custom Fields
Custom fields allow you to define extra fields for issues.
For more information on the Custom Fields, consult the article Custom fields.
⚠️ Note: These properties are not all available on all plans. To check if it’s included in your subscription, review the [plan comparison list] or contact your admin. If the property isn’t available, you may need to upgrade your plan.
The properties that are defined in the project settings will be available in the dropdown menus of the Issue settings in the project.
You can set as many property values as needed, and they can be used in filtering and graphs.
If the project leader has not hidden the project from the administrators, the properties can be managed by an administrator as well. This can be done from the tab 'Projects', on the Administration page.