Create a Lookahead Schedule
Background
A Lookahead schedule provides a 1-to-6 week window into your project's master schedule. It gives field teams a dedicated space to build out detailed day-to-day work plans without altering the master schedule logic or shifting critical path dates.
When you import a Read-Only schedule, master activities appear locked in the Lookahead view. Field teams can use this baseline to add granular subtasks, assign company resources, and track immediate progress on the jobsite. Any subtasks or notes created in an active Lookahead will automatically carry over into future Lookaheads if their date ranges overlap.
Things to Consider
Required User Permissions:
To create a lookahead schedule, you need one of the following:
'Admin' permissions on the project's Schedule tool.
'Read Only' or 'Standard' level permissions on the Schedule tool with the 'Create Lookaheads' granular permission enabled on your permissions template.
Additional Information:
When you create a Lookahead in Procore, it will not show up on an integrated schedule in Procore (e.g. Microsoft Project, Primavera).
Lookaheads populate directly from the master schedule. To see changes made to the master schedule reflected on the lookahead you will need to re-upload the master schedule and create a new Lookahead schedule.
You can create multiple lookahead schedules within the same project.
See Create Follow-up Lookahead.
Updating Existing Schedules
When updating an existing schedule file in your third-party scheduling software (e.g., Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Phoenix):
Always use Save to update your file. This preserves the internal activity IDs needed to map existing Lookahead activities in Procore.
Do not use Save As. Using Save As creates a brand new schedule file with new internal IDs. Attempting to upload a Save As copy into Procore will trigger an error because it breaks the associations with your project's Lookahead activities.
