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title: "Unscheduled tasks panel."
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## Unscheduled tasks

Unscheduled tasks are:

- Tasks without start and end dates defined
- Tasks with one date (start or end date defined)

Such tasks are easily available from the Unscheduled tasks sidebar in the Resources module for better management.

> ℹ️ The Unscheduled tasks sidebar is available from the 8.19 version of BigPicture.

## View unscheduled tasks

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

![unscheduled-tasks-panel.png](media://c416459a-06df-42ef-9bdb-6ac983729846)

## Available columns

The following columns are available in the **Unscheduled tasks** sidebar:

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

![unscheduled-tasks-panel-opened.png](media://00c0ae4e-ae2f-4484-a113-f74a48a7dd0d)

## 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

![unscheduled-tasks-list.png](media://988fbd90-4940-4536-9a19-047b77b41cf0)

## 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).

![unscheduled-tasks-inline.png](media://d2b67b0a-b1f9-425c-94b4-abfe226992f1)

## 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 **Schedule**.

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<summary>Read more</summary>

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

![image](media://f5579938-7c6b-42b9-bd31-a46967437ec6)
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**Method 2:**

Double-click and complete the missing dates.

![unscheduled-tasks-calendar.png](media://f0e3c65b-ecb2-4f00-a9b0-6f799f75665c)