Advanced Dependency Options
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Jeremy Benson
Many times when scheduling I need two tasks to finish at the same time and want to know the required start dates. I would suggest that additional dependency options other than "blocks" or "is blocking" like Start/Start Start/Finish Finish/Finish and +/- days modifiers are needed.
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Bugra Oktay
👋 Hello everyone
We are currently building these advanced dependency options and we'd like to get your take on how these should be represented in our UI.
Please provide your thoughts using this survey.
As always, your input will shape this feature.
Thanks you!
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Cheryl Aquilina
(1) Start and end dates of parent tasks should automatically change to the earliest start date and latest end date of it's subtasks. If this does not happen, one cannot set a dependency on the parent task as dates are currently not set.
(2) If a task is overdue, but it's end date is extended so it's not overdue anymore, the status should not remain 'overdue' but change accordingly.
(3) If a dependency task has it's start or end date changed, the task which is dependent on it should have it's date changed only if the change impacts the critical path.
E.g.
Task A finish date : 10/11/2025
Task B start date: 20/11/2025
Task B cannot start until Task A is finished, and Task
If Task A finish date moves to a date less than 20/11/2025, Task B start date should not be impacted and should not move.
(4) Duration should be automatically calculated if start and date date are populated. Similarly if start date and duration are set, then end date should be automatically calculated.
(5) Indenting and outdenting tasks should be as easy as clicking a button as it is currently not working well and time consuming.
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Robert Camilleri
Hi. When there is a slack/float in the date between the predecessor and successor. Please consider including a way that when you change a predecessor the date of all linked successors are not amended throughout the plan with the same number of days.
Ashley Akacich
This would be very helpful for my teams as well!
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Joseph Plaizier
It seems that these days this is crucial basic project management functionality.
We just moved off another platform that had this feature and we were surprised to learn that ClickUp didn't have it. Please get this created as soon as possible.
Thank you for all your work!
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Sylvan Schurwanz
I support this request.
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Bugra Oktay
👋 Hello everyone
We are currently building these advanced dependency options and we'd like to get your take on how these should be represented in our UI.
Please provide your thoughts using this survey.
As always, your input will shape this feature.
Thanks you!
Robert Hudman
Bugra Oktay - survey done
The one additional request I put in is to be able to have duration adjusters in the relationships.
For example SF+2, mean the second task start two days after the first task finishes.
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Michael Kuczewski
Bugra Oktay will this be only for the higher tiers like was done for duration? I see these both as basic functionality of project management tools, not premium features.
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Gaelle Codron
Bugra Oktay I forgot to mention that we also want to be able to apply delay to the dependencies. When will the dependencies be launched? Pretty urgent here!
Andy Miller
Any chance this is going to relate to this - https://feedback.clickup.com/feature-requests/p/reschedule-dependencies-when-moving-the-task-to-an-earlier-date
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Bugra Oktay
Andy Miller - Hi Andy, moving a blocking task forward and backward should already be moving the dependent tasks the same amount when reschedule dependencies setting is on. Please give this a try and let me know if it doesn't work for you.
Andy Miller
Bugra Oktay Hey. This definitely did not work, unless in Gantt view, i guess. i was hoping for something outside of gantt view workaround
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Bugra Oktay
Merged in a post:
Traditional Predecessor, Relationship or Dependency
Vanessa Machado
It would be helpful if the dependency feature was more representative of traditional PM relationships such as:
Finish-to-Start
Finish-to-Finish
Start-to-Start
Start-to-Finish
It would also be helpful if this was simply a number referring to a task on the list with a field available to be shown in list views. The only other way to do this now is through the Gantt view and it is not the best/easiest way. Dependencies, predecessors or relationships should be more geared towards project managers and reduce the number of clicks required to prepare timelines.
Also including Lag times!!
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Bugra Oktay
Hello everyone - I'm happy to inform you that we are currently working on this feature. Stay tuned for a release date.
German Ramirez
Bugra Oktay Thank you. Looking forward to these features: Finish to Start (FtS), Finish to Finish (FtF), Start to Finish (StF), Start to Start (StS). This allows for advanced project management planning. It would be great to be able to add lags between the dependencies as well--both positive and negative. Thanks again. It would be great to be able to add lags between the dependencies as well.
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Shreyansh Jain
Bugra Oktay This will be extremely helpful.
Thanks
Melanie von Schorlemer
Bugra Oktay Great, I am very excited to know that this is moving forward.
Kim Hoang (BF)
Bugra Oktay Great, please also give us a dedicated dependency columns for Predecessors and Successors
Check out this request here https://feedback.clickup.com/feature-requests/p/dedicated-dependency-columns-for-predecessors-successors
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Roman Langovoy
Bugra Oktay Our team desperately needs these dependencies for our tasks. The office will continue to use MS Project until this feature appears in Clickup, which is unfortunate. Are there any approximate dates for when this feature will be available?
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Massimiliano Dorella
Bugra Oktay Great, I hope this update solves my problem. If I move a blocking activity to another, the blocked activity should move only if the slack between the 2 is zero.
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Bugra Oktay
Hi Roman Langovoy - We are hoping to ship this feature in early September.
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Bugra Oktay
Massimiliano Dorella - as part of this feature, we are also looking at how dependency rescheduling is enforced in existence of slack between tasks. Your problem should be solved once we ship this feature.
Chris Ripley-Duggan
Bugra Oktay any ETA? As others have mentioned, we DESPERATELY need this. Very hard to get members of our team away from MS Project when this isn't supported.
Miranda Cabral
I need this too!!1
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