Schedule a task

Schedule a task

Scheduling a task in MaxScheduler is the main activity. First you need to have entries in the List view (bottom blue area). This is done manually or through importing.

Scheduling is done using your mouse. Click on a List entry and hold down the mouse button. Drag the task to the location where you want to place the item. The column represents a resource and the rows are time slots.

Squeeze in a task

In some cases you may have an existing schedule with tasks slotted. You may want to place a task within a consecutive block of scheduled items. This can be done with our squeeze feature:

i) Save the current schedule through File | Save, just in case.

ii) Hold down the SHIFT key

iii) Drag and drop the task you want to the area where you want it inserted, squeezed in

iv) Release the shift key

v) The block of consecutive tasks should shift down enough to accommodate the inserted task. You may need to be make a finer drag/drop for perfect alignment

Shift down a block of scheduled tasks

Sometimes a resource like a machine breaks and you need to shift down the entire column of tasks to reflect when tasks can continue to be done. We have added a feature to accommodate this situation:

i) Save the current schedule through File | Save, just in case.

ii) Hold down the CTRL key

iii) Select the first scheduled task of a column of consecutively scheduled tasks

iv) Drag and drop the first task to the position you want

v) The consecutively scheduled tasks should drop down on the schedule by the amount you rescheduled the first task