Add Tasks to the Project Planning (Gantt)

It is best to add project tasks to planning elements (activities) only after you have set the logical and chronological order along with any constraints. The start and end dates are initially taken from the activity to which the task is assigned. If the task's schedule differs from the activity's dates, you can edit the task in the side panel of the Gantt chart by selecting the task and clicking .

You have several options for assigning project tasks to planning elements in the Gantt chart:

1. Assign existing project tasks to a planning element using drag and drop.
2. Create tasks manually, as described below.

Add New Project Tasks Manually in the Planning

If no project tasks exist yet, you can create new tasks manually. This requires the permissions Edit Projects, Edit Planning, and Edit Tasks. Proceed as follows:

1. Select the activity or milestone to which you want to assign the new task.
2. Click the blue New Task button.
3. The new task appears. Enter a name directly in the planning list. Alternatively, open the task (click next to the element name, or right-click and select Edit) to enter details in the side panel.

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Start and end dates are initially taken from the parent activity. Whether new tasks under activities adopt the duration of the parent activity as effort depends on the organization setting. Administrators can instead configure newly created tasks to use the default task effort. For details, see Default Effort. Effort is relevant for the workload display and resource utilization.

Show or Hide Tasks

You can choose to show all, open, or no tasks in the planning:

See Also

• Dependencies Between Planning Elements
• Create, Edit, and Delete Planning Elements