Drag and Drop Scheduling

How dragging works on the Board, Calendar, and Gantt views, and what moves when you drop

Drag and Drop Scheduling

Drag-and-drop is an interaction available across the Scheduling workspace, not a separate view. It works in the Board, Calendar, and Gantt views. Click and drag projects to new positions, dates, or crews to update your schedule.

What moves when you drop is different in each view. The Board and Gantt move the following jobs along with the one you dragged. The Calendar moves only the job you dragged.

Quick Start: Drag and Drop

Click and hold a project item
Drag to the new position, date, or crew
Release to drop
DrillerDB saves the change
Check the jobs around it, since some views shift them too

How Drag and Drop Works

Basic Process

Step	Action
1. Click and hold	Start the drag operation
2. Drag	Move to desired location
3. Release	Drop and save the change
4. Check	Look at the neighboring jobs

Works Across the Views

View	Drag Action	Moves Following Jobs?
Board	Reorder within a crew, move between crews, drag a job in from Needs a date	Reorder recalculates the crew's dates
Calendar	Move to a new date or time, resize the length	No. Only the job you drag changes
Gantt	Move along the timeline, resize the right edge	Yes, when grouped By Driller or By Team

Time off, equipment service, and completed jobs cannot be dragged.

Reordering in the Board View

Within a Crew

Action	Result
Drag up	Earlier in the run, earlier date
Drag down	Later in the run, later date
Drop in position	Dates recalculate for the crew's jobs

Step-by-Step: Reorder on the Board

Find the project to move
Click and hold on the project row
Drag up or down in the card
Release when it is in the position you want
The crew's dates recalculate

A job that has started or is finished keeps its date. If you drag one, a message reads "This visit has started or is finished, so a reorder leaves it where it is. Open the job to give it a new date." If you drop over only such jobs, nothing changes.

Between Crews

Action	Result
Drag to a different crew's card	The job moves to that crew
Original crew	Its run recalculates
New crew	The job is added and dated

Step-by-Step: Move Between Crews

Click and hold the project in its current crew's card
Drag to the target crew's card
Drop it in the position you want in that run
Both crews' schedules update

Scheduling From the Needs a Date Column

Drag a job from the Needs a date column onto a crew's card to put it on that crew's schedule. A job in a crew's Unscheduled area drags into the crew's run the same way, and is dated at the end of the run.

Rescheduling in Calendar View

Mode	Drag	Result
Month	To a new day	Changes the scheduled date
Week and Day	To a new day or hour	Changes the date and start time
Week and Day	An edge of the event	Changes the length
Agenda	Not available	Switch to Week or Day to drag jobs

Step-by-Step: Calendar Reschedule

Find the event block on the calendar
Click and hold
Drag to the new date or hour
Release to confirm
A message reads Project rescheduled.

A touch screen needs a press and hold before the drag. On a phone, Month mode does not drag, so switch to Week or Day. A completed job shows "This job is completed. Reopen it to change its schedule."

Rescheduling in Gantt View

Moving Along Timeline

Drag Direction	Result
Drag left	Schedule earlier
Drag right	Schedule later
Release	Snaps to a whole day, or to the hour in Quarter Day zoom

Step-by-Step: Gantt Reschedule

Click and hold the project bar
Drag left (earlier) or right (later)
Release on the target date
DrillerDB saves. Press Escape before you release to cancel

Resizing Bars

Drag Action	Effect
Expand right edge	Increase estimated hours
Shrink right edge	Decrease estimated hours

Resizing a bar changes the project's estimated hours. This affects the project record, not just the schedule display.

Cascade Scheduling

On the Gantt, when you group By Driller or By Team, the later jobs in the same lane slide by the amount you moved. They land on the next working day. Grouping By Status does not cascade. The Calendar never cascades.

When You	Following Jobs in the Lane
Move earlier	Slide earlier
Move later	Slide later
Make longer	Slide later
Make shorter	Slide earlier

Checking After a Move

Dragging does not run a double-booking check. After a move, look at the neighbors yourself. See Conflict Detection for the checks DrillerDB does make, on the Teams view.

If a save fails, the job goes back where it was and a message explains why. On the Gantt it reads "Reschedule failed". On the Calendar it reads "Could not reschedule project."

Touch Support for Mobile and Tablet

Gesture	Action
Press and hold	Start drag
Drag finger	Move item
Lift finger	Drop and save

The Gantt view takes touch drags too. On the Board, tapping a job opens its details.

Recovery

Need To	How
Undo a move	Drag the job back to where it was
See the saved schedule	Reload the page

Troubleshooting

Drag not starting?

Click directly on the item
On a touch screen, press and hold a little longer
In the Calendar, check you are not in Agenda mode, and that the job is not completed

Job snapping to the wrong place?

Release more precisely over the target
On the Gantt, switch to Quarter Day zoom for hour-level control

Changes not saving?

Check internet connection
Look for the error message
Reload and try again

Following jobs moved when I did not expect it?

On the Gantt and Board, that is how sequencing works
Group the Gantt By Status to move one job alone, or use the Calendar

Calendar View - Month, week, day, and agenda calendar
Gantt View - Timeline visualization
Board View - Crew card interface
Conflict Detection - Handling conflicts