What is the word for a combination of a task and the time when the task should be executed?

Question

I have a triplet of {auditor, task, time}. What is the single word for the combination of {task, time}?
The context: Scheduling optimization for financial auditors.
Example sentence: The optimization problem can be represented as a graph with auditor nodes on the left and ___ nodes on the right.
Assignment is likely not a good choice, because I am already using it to express that a worker does the task.
Similarly, I am already using engagement to describe a set of tasks. Activity fells to be at the same level as task. Shift does not feel to be appropriate because sometimes the task takes 1 hour and sometimes it stretches 10 days.

Richard Kayser · Answer

How about schedule? From Lexico:

schedule: A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.

An audit is a process or procedure with an associated schedule, i.e., list of tasks and times.
Addendum: Based on the comment exchange below, I think the best word is assignment. Your example sentence:

The optimization problem can be represented as a graph with auditor nodes on the left and assignment nodes on the right.

Here assignments pertain to the assignments of individual auditors, with each assignment consisting of a task and start time. All you need to do is come up with a word other than assignment to "express that a worker does the task", presumably one of your workers, not one of the auditors. You could use a word such as lead or task lead to convey that concept.

What is the word for a combination of a task and the time when the task should be executed?

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