Every project is really a pile of smaller jobs — order the materials, schedule the inspection, frame the wall, call the client back. The Tasks tab is where you keep all of those straight: create them, assign them, give them dates, and track them from kickoff to completion, all in one place instead of scattered across texts and sticky notes.
This article covers creating tasks, scheduling them down to the hour, linking them in the right order, and the different ways to view and manage them.
Creating a Task
In a project’s Tasks tab, click Add Task and fill in the details:
Title — keep it clear and specific.
Assignee — the team member or subcontractor responsible.
Due Date — a start and end date to set the timeline (optional).
Description — any notes or instructions (optional).
Attachments — related files, drawings, or photos.
You can also give a task a color using the little swatch next to the title. It’s a quick way to tag related work so it stands out at a glance on the calendar and the Gantt view.
Any task you give a due date also shows up in the Schedule tab and the global Schedule section, so it lands on your calendar without extra steps.
Scheduling a Task Down to the Hour
For a lot of high-level work, a date is all you need — “pour the foundation this week” doesn’t need an exact hour. But plenty of jobs are the opposite. When your tile crew can hit three houses in a morning, “sometime Monday” isn’t good enough. You need 8–10 AM here, 11 AM–1 PM there, 2–4 PM at the third, so nobody trips over the plumber.
That’s what task times are for. Every task starts as an all-day task, but you can pin it to a precise window whenever you need to.
In the task, look for the All day checkbox under the dates.
Uncheck it, and a start time and end time appear right next to the start and end dates.
You can:
Pick a time from the dropdown — it lists every half hour, 12:00 AM through 11:30 PM.
Type your own — enter something like
9:30 amor2:15 pmand it’ll snap into place, so you’re not limited to the half-hour marks.
Leave All day checked and the task stays date-only — no time attached. That’s the right choice for anything that spans a stretch of days, because it keeps the task as a tidy banner across the top of the calendar instead of a ribbon stretched over every hour of those days.
A few things worth knowing about times:
Times are optional, and that’s on purpose. A task with no time set is treated as all-day. Only add a time when the hour actually matters.
They show up everywhere the dates do. Once a task has a time, that time appears anywhere Eano shows its start or end — the task list, the calendar, and the Gantt tooltip.
Times follow your clock. A task is shown in your own time zone (the one on your computer or phone), so 2:00 PM reads as 2:00 PM for you no matter where the work is stored.
Multi-day timed tasks span continuously. If you set both a date range and times — say 2:30 PM on the 12th through 4:15 PM on the 15th — the task shows as one continuous block across that whole stretch, just like a multi-day event on Google Calendar. An all-day task over the same range stays a simple banner instead.
Putting Tasks in Order with Dependencies
Some work can’t start until something else is done — you can’t paint before the drywall’s up. With task dependencies, you can link tasks so they happen in the right sequence.
Make one task depend on another, and when the prerequisite is marked complete, the dependent task automatically becomes active. It keeps your schedule honest, prevents overlaps, and makes sure the team tackles things in the order that actually works.
Seeing Everything on the Schedule
Tasks roll straight into your project’s schedule. On the left-side navigation menu, open the Schedule section to see all your work laid out on a timeline, color-coded so you can read it at a glance.
Tasks with times land at their exact hour on the calendar, so you can see the tile crew’s 8–10 AM and the plumber’s afternoon window sitting side by side instead of piled onto the same day. All-day tasks stay up top as banners. On the Gantt view, you can drag a task to reschedule it, and its times ride along in the tooltip; to link two tasks, start a connection from one and then click the task it should connect to.
The colors aren’t random — and you get to decide what they mean. Look for the small color-code toggle in the Schedule header:
Color code by project gives each project its own color, so you can instantly tell which job a piece of work belongs to.
Color code by status recolors the schedule by each project’s status instead, so you can see at a glance what stage everything is in.
On top of that, each individual task shows in its own color, taken from its project tag. Tag a project “Kitchen Remodel” in red and its tasks ride that same red on the timeline; a task with no tag color set just appears in a neutral gray.
If you’ve connected your Google Calendar to Eano Pro, anything from Google that wasn’t scheduled through Eano shows up in light gray, so you can tell your Eano tasks apart from the rest of your calendar at a glance.
Different Ways to View Tasks
The Tasks tab gives you two layouts, depending on how you like to work:
List view — best for a quick overview and bulk updates.
Card view — better for visual tracking and drag-and-drop organization.
You can also filter by status and assignee to zero in on a specific person’s workload or just the tasks that still need attention.
A Few Things Worth Knowing
Assignees get notified. When you assign someone a task, they’re notified — so nothing depends on you remembering to tell them.
Tasks and the schedule stay in sync. A dated task automatically appears on the Schedule tab and the main Schedule page; you don’t maintain them in two places.
Times are optional. Add them only when the hour matters; leave a task all-day when a date is enough.
Reminders still run at the day level. Adding a precise time doesn’t change when reminders fire — a 24-hour reminder still lands the day before, and an overdue task is flagged the next day, not the minute it slips past.
Dependencies keep sequencing automatic. Finish a prerequisite and its dependent task activates on its own, so the running order takes care of itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I create a task? In a project’s Tasks tab, click Add Task and fill in the title, assignee, dates, description, and any attachments.
How do task dependencies work? You link one task to another so it can’t start until the first is done. When the prerequisite is completed, the dependent task automatically becomes active.
Do tasks show up on the calendar? Yes. Any task with a due date appears in the Schedule tab and the global Schedule section. If Google Calendar is connected, your outside events show in light gray to keep them distinct.
How do I give a task a specific time? In the task, uncheck All day under the dates. A start time and end time appear next to the start and end dates — pick a half-hour slot from the dropdown or type your own, like 9:30 am. Leave All day checked to keep the task date-only.
Do I have to set a time on every task? No. Times are completely optional. A task with no time is treated as all-day, which is best for anything spanning several days so it stays a clean banner on the calendar rather than stretching across every hour.
Does adding a time change when I get reminded? No. Reminders still work at the day level — a 24-hour reminder lands the day before, and an overdue task is flagged the following day, not the exact minute it becomes late.
What’s the difference between list and card view? List view is best for quick overviews and bulk updates; card view is better for visual tracking and drag-and-drop. You can also filter by status and assignee in either.
Will my team know when I assign them something? Yes — assignees are notified when they get a new task, so everyone stays in the loop.
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