How do I create a project in Tasktrestle?

Learn what to enter for a Tasktrestle project, including task IDs, durations, planned dates, working days and dependencies.

How do I create a project in Tasktrestle?

For contractors and project managers building a schedule, start with Create project. Enter a project name, a project start date and at least one task.

What does each task need?

Give each task a distinct ID and a name. Then supply either:

A duration in working days.
A planned finish date.

If you supply both, they must agree. You can include up to 200 tasks in a project.

You can also add a trade or crew label, an earliest planned start, predecessor task IDs and a percent complete.

Do I need a start date for every task?

No. Task starts default to the project start. A task's scheduled start also accounts for its predecessors and the working calendar.

Use dates in YYYY-MM-DD format, between 2000 and 2099.

How do I set the calendar?

Choose the working days and add any holiday dates to skip. If you leave the calendar unchanged, Tasktrestle uses Monday through Friday with no holidays.

What do I get back?

Tasktrestle returns the project ID and the schedule, including each task's requested start, scheduled start, scheduled finish, duration, dependencies and progress.

Use Projects to find a saved project, then View project to review its full schedule.