Open MP-Opt for the first time

A new installation opens on an empty Project Hub. Start by creating one event, then learn where the inputs, tasks, optimisation and review views sit. You do not need to configure every integration before beginning a local plan.

Begin in the Project Hub

The Project Hub is your central dashboard. It displays all saved events as cards, each showing the event name, date range, and a summary of people, groups, and tasks. On a fresh install the hub is empty and prompts you to create your first event.

The Project Hub showing an empty state with the Create Event button — The Project Hub in its empty state - click “Create Event” to get started.

Create the first event

Click the Create Event button in the top-right corner of the Project Hub. A dialogue appears asking for:

Event name - a short label such as “IPC Geneva 2026”.
Start date and End date - the date range of your event. Each date becomes a “day” that you can later assign aliases to (e.g. “Build Day 1”, “Show Day”).

Once you confirm, the event is created and you are taken straight into the Dashboard.

Create Event dialogue with name, start date, and end date fields — The Create Event dialogue.

Read the event dashboard

The Dashboard is the main workspace for an event. It is organised into three tabs across the top:

Input - define your people, groups, capabilities, locations, and task types.
Tasks - build the actual tasks (jobs) that need to happen, using the Task Builder and the Calendar Matrix Interface (CMI).
Optimisation - run the solver, review the optimised schedule, and publish to Google Calendar.

The Dashboard with the three tabs - Input, Tasks, and Optimisation - visible — The Dashboard with its three workflow tabs.

Move between the planning views

The left sidebar provides quick access to every section. The sidebar icons adapt depending on which dashboard tab you are on:

Home - back to the Project Hub
People, Groups, Capabilities, Locations - quick links into the Input tab
Task Builder, CMI - quick links into the Tasks tab
Optimisation, Results, Publishing - quick links into the Optimisation tab
Settings - application and event configuration

Explore the demonstration data

If you want to explore the application without entering your own data, you can import one of the included demo files:

From the Project Hub, click the Import button.
Select a .json backup file (a demo file may be bundled with your installation or available from the Downloads page).
The event, including all people, groups, tasks, and schedule data, will be imported and appear on the Project Hub.

The import dialogue with a JSON file selected — Import a demo event from a JSON backup.

Continue from here

Now that you have an event open, follow the Build a first schedule for a step-by-step walkthrough from adding people to running your first optimisation. Or, explore the core Concepts to understand how the data model fits together.