A big part of running a job is coordination — figuring out who does what, and in what order. You’ve already spelled most of that out once, in your scope of work: the sink in the bathroom, the tile in the kitchen, the paint on the exterior columns. Turning that scope into a real task list and a working schedule usually means typing it all out a second time by hand.
Generate Tasks and Schedule does that second pass for you. Point it at a project’s scope of work and it builds a sequenced set of tasks — install the sink, plumb it in, test it — with the dependencies already wired up so the right things happen in the right order. Give it a start date and it goes one step further, assigning start and end dates to every task so you walk away with an instant schedule too. Tasks and a schedule are really two sides of the same coin, and this builds both at once.
Where to Find It
The Generate Tasks and Schedule button lives in two places, because tasks and the schedule are the same list seen two ways:
On a project’s Tasks tab, up near the other task controls.
On a project’s Schedule tab, in the top row of buttons — in both the Calendar and the Gantt views.
Wherever you click it, you get the same window. Only your internal team sees the button — field workers and subcontractors won’t.
Generating Your Tasks
Click Generate Tasks and Schedule and a window titled Generate from Scope opens. This is a two-click flow on purpose: opening the window doesn’t do anything yet, so you can look things over before committing.
Inside you’ll see:
A short note explaining that we’ll build tasks from the items in your scope of work.
A scope items count — a quick sanity check of how much we’re about to work from (for example, “34 scope items”). If the project has no scope yet, it’ll say so and the Generate button stays switched off — there’s nothing to build from until you’ve got a scope.
A Start Date field, blank to begin with.
If the project has no scope yet, the count turns red, a “No scope items found” note appears, and Generate Tasks stays disabled until you’ve added some scope.
The Start Date is the switch between “just tasks” and “tasks plus a schedule.”
Leave it blank and we generate the task list and its dependencies only — no dates. You’ll get the what and the in what order, and you can slot in your own dates later.
Pick a date and we also lay the tasks out on a calendar, assigning each one a start and end date working forward from the day you chose.
When you’re ready, click Generate Tasks. A short “Reviewing your scope…” screen appears while we read through your scope and build the plan. Larger scopes take a little longer; if it’s running long you’ll see a note letting you know you can keep waiting or close the window and check back.
Reviewing Before You Commit
Nothing is added to your project until you say so. When the generation finishes, you get a preview of the proposed tasks so you can look them over.
Each task shows its name, and a Depends on tag when it’s waiting on another task to finish first — so you can see the running order at a glance.
If you chose a start date, each task also shows its duration and its date range, and you get a List / Gantt toggle so you can flip between a simple list and a timeline view of the proposed schedule.
If it looks good, click Confirm & Add Tasks and everything drops into your project. If it’s not what you wanted, click Back to start over, or just close the window — either way we throw the proposed set away and nothing is saved.
What Gets Added — and What Doesn’t
This never touches work you’ve already done. Generating tasks adds a fresh set alongside whatever tasks and schedule you already have. It won’t overwrite an existing task, move a date you’ve already set, or replace your current schedule. If you run it on a project that already has tasks, you’ll simply end up with both sets — so it’s safe to try.
That does mean running it more than once will stack up duplicate tasks, so it’s best used as a starting point on a project you haven’t built out by hand yet.
Once the tasks are in, they’re ordinary Eano tasks. You can reassign them, rename them, adjust their dates, add or remove dependencies, and see them on your Schedule and Gantt views right alongside anything else. The generator gives you a first draft of the plan — from there it’s yours to shape.
A Few Things Worth Knowing
The schedule works in business days. When we assign dates, we skip weekends, and we build in lead and wait time where it makes sense — a task like ordering cabinets carries the wait before its install can start, so the schedule reflects real procurement timing, not just hands-on days.
Assignments aren’t part of the generation. We build the tasks and their order; deciding who does each one is still yours to do, the same way you’d assign any task.
Bigger scopes, more tasks. The generator scales the level of detail to your scope — a single-room remodel might come back as a few dozen actionable tasks, while a whole-house job produces a much longer list.
Related Articles
Organizing Work with the Tasks Tab — assigning, filtering, and managing tasks once they’re in.
Building and Adjusting Your Schedule in the Gantt View — wiring up dependencies, cascading date changes, and color-coding your timeline.