Backlog panel

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.

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.

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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.

Search box

You can find tasks quickly with the search box functionality. The search box operates in two modes:

  • Text search

  • JQL search

Search box inside the Backlog panel.

You can also filter the tasks by the following filters:

  • No dates

  • No assignee

  • No team

  • No skills

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

Example:

Checking the No team and No skill 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

Inline edit

You can quickly make changes (e.g., add dates, change an assignee, modify a summary) with inline editing.

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.

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.

 

Method 2:

Double-click and complete the missing dates.