> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.nextedy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Scheduling

> The scheduling guides cover how to configure date management, auto-scheduling, duration precision, and timeline constraints in Nextedy GANTT.

export const LastReviewed = ({date}) => {
  if (!date) return null;
  const formatted = new Date(`${date}T00:00:00Z`).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
    year: "numeric",
    month: "long",
    day: "numeric",
    timeZone: "UTC"
  });
  return <p className="mt-10 text-sm text-gray-400 dark:text-zinc-500 not-prose">
      Last reviewed on {formatted}
    </p>;
};

<Columns cols={3}>
  <Card title="Configure Auto-Scheduling" icon="file" href="/gantt/guides/scheduling/configure-auto-scheduling">
    Enable dependency-driven automatic date recalculation so successor tasks adjust when predecessors change.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set the Gantt Time Range" icon="file" href="/gantt/guides/scheduling/set-time-range">
    Limit the visible timeline to a specific start and end date using scripts or page parameters.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Schedule in Hours Instead of Days" icon="file" href="/gantt/guides/scheduling/hour-precision">
    Switch from day-level to hour-level duration precision for fine-grained scheduling.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Derive Parent Schedule from Children" icon="file" href="/gantt/guides/scheduling/parent-derived-schedule">
    Configure parent task bars to automatically span the extents of their child items.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Derive Schedule from Polarion Plans" icon="file" href="/gantt/guides/scheduling/plan-derived-schedule">
    Pull task start and end dates from Polarion plan assignments using item scripts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Prevent Tasks from Moving Outside Parent Range" icon="file" href="/gantt/guides/scheduling/prevent-moving-out-of-parent">
    Enforce constraints that keep child tasks within their parent's date boundaries.
  </Card>
</Columns>

**[Perform What-If Analysis Without Saving](/gantt/guides/scheduling/what-if-analysis)** -- Experiment with schedule changes before committing them to Polarion.

**[Disable Date Rounding on Drag](/gantt/guides/scheduling/date-rounding)** -- Allow precise date placement when dragging task bars.

<Tip title="Related Concepts">
  For background on how auto-scheduling and dependencies work, see [Auto-Scheduling and Dependency Propagation](/gantt/concepts/auto-scheduling) and [Critical Path Analysis](/gantt/concepts/critical-path).
</Tip>

<LastReviewed date="2026-07-02" />