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title: "Backlog panel."
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## Unscheduled tasks

The Backlog panel holds unscheduled tasks, which are:

- Tasks without start and end dates defined
- Tasks with one date (start or end date defined)
- Tasks that are not assigned to any individual, team, or skill

Having those tasks available in the Backlog panel lets you easily assign them by moving a task from the backlog to swimlanes.

> ℹ️ The Backlog sidebar is available from the 8.40 version of BigPicture.

## View Backlog panel

To see unscheduled tasks, open the sidebar on the right.

## Available columns

The following columns are available in the Backlog panel:

- Key
- Summary
- Start Date
- End Date
- Assignee
- Team
- Skills
- Original Estimate

![An overview of the Backlog panel i nthe new resources module.](media://53d96def-f94d-4358-9139-1b25e5792a25)

## Search box

You can find tasks quickly with the **[search box](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298060889)** functionality. The search box operates in two modes:

- Text search
- JQL search

![Search box inside the Backlog panel.](media://93cc2d2c-2f91-4433-9793-1dc27a0d82f5)

You can also filter the tasks by the following filters:

- No dates
- No assignee
- No team

You can also choose more than one filter at a time.

<u>Example</u>:

 Checking the **No team** and **No assignee** checkboxes shows:

- Tasks without a team and with an assignee
- Tasks without an assignee and with a team
- Tasks without an assignee and without a team

![image-20241210-104855.png](media://882b53bb-7fff-4b4f-985e-2edfccc8d5ac)

## Inline edit

You can quickly make changes (e.g., add dates, change an assignee, modify a summary) with [inline editing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297963003).

![backlog-inline.png](media://1594bb65-d170-485b-bda7-075f6ede949c)

## Schedule tasks

To schedule tasks, you can:

**Method 1:**

1. Drag a task onto the grid.
  
2. Make changes if necessary.
3. To confirm, click **Save**.
  

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> ⚠️ Dates **cannot** be added to parent tasks set to Auto bottom-up scheduling mode. A warning appears as the parent’s dates depend on the dates of its subtasks.
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**Method 2:**

Double-click and complete the missing dates.

![backlog-add-dates.png](media://4e111d2f-619c-4968-8720-fc87bca4df65)