• Flow Production Tracking

Introduction to Flow Generative Scheduling

Connect to Flow Production Tracking to use existing production schedule data, create scheduling scenarios, and quickly refine those scenarios before applying them to your projects.


Course overview

Project scope, deadlines, and resource availability are all constraints that impact a schedule. These constraints often change throughout a project's lifecycle and production teams need to be capable of making swift adjustments to keep their projects moving forward. Flow Generative Scheduling is a tool that simplifies the iteration process of production schedule.

After completion, you should be able to:

  • Get started with Flow Generative Scheduling.
  • Manage playgrounds.
  • Navigate playgrounds.
  • Generate and refine a schedule.
  • Send a schedule to Flow Production Tracking.

Before you start

About the author 

This learning series was created by Jessica Parsons, Technical Account Specialist (M&E/Flow Production Tracking) at Autodesk.

Course outline

30 min.

Get started with Flow Generative Scheduling

Flow Generative Scheduling is a tool that facilitates schedule generation and iteration. Learn about its capabilities, requirements for use, and how to access it. 

Flow Generative Scheduling is a tool that facilitates schedule generation and iteration. Learn about its capabilities, requirements for use, and how to access it.

This content series takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

  • Grasp key concepts of Flow Generative Scheduling.
  • Identify usage requirements.
  • Gain access through Flow Production Tracking.
  • Operate the connection setup tool.
  • Understand key terminology.

Before you start

About the author 

This content series was created by Jessica Parsons, Technical Account Specialist (M&E/Flow Production Tracking) at Autodesk.


20 min.

Manage playgrounds

A playground is a sandbox in which you will generate schedule scenarios. Learn more about playgrounds and how to manage them.

A playground is a sandbox in which you will generate schedule scenarios. Learn more about playgrounds and how to manage them.

This content series takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

  • Create, duplicate, and delete playgrounds.
  • Work with multiple sites.

Before you start

About the author 

This content series was created by Jessica Parsons, Technical Account Specialist (M&E/Flow Production Tracking) at Autodesk.


30 min.

Navigate playgrounds

Learn everything you need to know to successfully navigate each of your playgrounds, and ultimately create your schedule scenarios.

Learn everything you need to know to successfully navigate each of your playgrounds, and ultimately create your schedule scenarios.

This content series takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

  • Navigate the Resource tab.
  • Navigate the Schedule tab.

Before you start

About the author 

This content series was created by Jessica Parsons, Technical Account Specialist (M&E/Flow Production Tracking) at Autodesk.


50 min.

Generate and refine a schedule

This content series covers how to generate and refine a schedule in Flow Generative Scheduling. Learn what kind of constraints you can use to refine your schedule scenarios, how to use the priority feature, and how to shape resources to give you the outcome you're looking for.

This content series covers how to generate and refine a schedule in Flow Generative Scheduling. Learn what kind of constraints you can use to refine your schedule scenarios, how to use the priority feature, and how to shape resources to give you the outcome you're looking for.

This content series takes approximately 50 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

  • Generate a schedule.
  • Work with constraints.
  • Set priorities.
  • Shape resources.

Before you start

About the author 

This content series was created by Jessica Parsons, Technical Account Specialist (M&E/Flow Production Tracking) at Autodesk.


10 min.

Send a schedule to Flow Production Tracking

Once you generate and refine a schedule, send the scenario back to Flow Production Tracking and apply the new task dates to your live production schedule.

Once you generate and refine a schedule, send the scenario back to Flow Production Tracking and apply the new task dates to your live production schedule.

This content series takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

  • Send a schedule to Flow Production Tracking.

Before you start

About the author 

This content series was created by Jessica Parsons, Technical Account Specialist (M&E/Flow Production Tracking) at Autodesk.