Creating your first schedule

This walk-through was replayed inside the application to write this page — every screen described below is the one you'll actually see, not a reconstruction.

1. From the home screen, create the schedule

On /, the "My schedules" page opens on an empty state the first time: "No schedule yet." and a Create a schedule button.

• Click Create a schedule (or New schedule, at the top of the page, if it already holds some schedules).
• A text field opens in its place, with a Create button just below.
• Type a name (for example "Lilac Street site") and click Create.

The schedule opens right away in the editor, on the Timeline tab.

2. A new schedule isn't empty

A schedule you've just created already carries one phase ("Phase 1") and three empty rows underneath — no plan to draw yourself before you can start working. Two prompts guide you:

• in the left-hand panel: "Click a cell to name a first activity." ;
• in the middle of the time grid: "A first block is drawn here: click opposite a row, then drag."

3. Name a row

Click the empty cell under "Phase 1", in the Activity column: it turns into a text field. Type a name (for example "Foundations") and confirm with Enter.

4. Draw a first block

On the same row, in the time grid to the right, click where the block should start and drag horizontally to the end date, then release. A blue block appears, with a text field ready to receive its name.

Type the block's name (for example "Earthworks") and confirm with Enter, then click elsewhere to close the field.

What you just did is exactly what the "Summary" line, just above the grid, already shows: the number of rows, the number of blocks, and the period covered, in working units (weekends don't count toward a duration, unless you turn them on in Settings).

5. It saves itself

At the top of the screen, next to the schedule's name, an indicator says Saved: every gesture (naming a row, drawing a block) is written right away, with no "Save" button. Go back to "← Schedules": the schedule shows up in the list, with the right row and block counts.

What this page doesn't cover

• Adding dependencies between blocks, placing milestones, changing a block's color or icon: see the guide The timeline: blocks, links and milestones.
• Inviting someone else onto this schedule: see the guide Sharing and roles.
• Changing the calendar (working days, holidays, closures): see the guide The calendar, closures and absences.