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title: "Planned tasks."
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/296982742/Planned%20tasks."
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When working with the backlog, you can display or hide already planned tasks. A planned task refers to a task that has already been scheduled in one of the boxes.

![image](media://8baa7566-2571-42d8-a7bc-f64b9909067f)

The following rules apply:

| **Task state** | **Display** |
| --- | --- |
| Any task that is unplanned and within the applied filter | white background, black font |
| Any parent task that is unplanned and outside of the applied filter (parents must be displayed to present task hierarchy properly) | white background, grey font |
| Any task that is already planned and within the applied filter | green background, black font |
| Any parent task that is already planned and outside of the applied filter (parents must be displayed to present task hierarchy properly) | green background, grey font |