Add lead/lag times between dependencies
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Anthony C.
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pixojoy
Is this similar to one of the top feature requests? Should it be merged Caroline Ginty? https://feedback.clickup.com/feature-requests/p/automatic-start-datedue-date-based-on-start-date-due-date-or-duration
Caroline Ginty
FYI Anthony C.
Anthony C.
pixojoy: There are a number of requests here, but the primary ask is to add lead/lag times between dependencies. We currently support a finish to start dependency so you could say, "Start the dependent task X days before or after the finish of the preceding task."
Once we add advanced dependency types the options with lead/lag times open up further as you could then do things like a start to start dependency and say, "Start the dependent task X days after the preceding task starts."
This allows for really nice rescheduling when dates change since you have all the rules set between dependent tasks. It's also great for templates so you can set all the dependencies and lead/lag times then set a date for the first task in the template and dates are set for all the remaining tasks.
Lead and lag times are talked about quite a bit in one of the general Gantt requests on Canny, but there is also a separate request specifically for it that doesn't have much traction.
I'm going to merge it into this request and rename this one to clarify the intent. This will give better visibility to the demand behind lead/lag time, though we are already aware it is important.
Here is the advanced dependency types request too, which gives even more flexibility to scheduling with lead/lag times as mentioned above: https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/gantt-dependency-options
pixojoy
Anthony C.: Great explanation! I had no idea about the lead/lag times concept for dependencies. I think this would be a great addition.
Big thanks for merging it all into one place, and thank you for taking the time to provide these details.
+ Thank you Caroline for the redirect
Reed Piernock
I would very much like the ability to add a due date of a dependency based on the due date of a certain day, like "the Monday before the third Friday of the month" (based on an actual example I need!). Since the Monday before the third Friday could be either the second OR the third Monday of the month, I can't quite get the due dates right.
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Ronnie Wagman
I'm not sure if its exactly been covered here, but simply to be able to set a tasks due date to be relative to the marked completion of its dependent task.
Current dependency rescheduling requires that you adjust the due date manually and all others will then be shifted. We have certain tasks that may take several days one time or several weeks another.
In these cases, continually checking and "kicking the can" of the due date down the road is cumbersome. Rather, it would be much easier if the dependent task had no assigned due date until its blocking task was completed and was then assigned the X number of days from that moment.
However, for Gantt view purposes to still appear with the X number of days beyond the soft due date of the dependent task.
Guy Mannerings
It would be cool to be able to create a Custom Date Field, that is dependent on another Date field.
E.g., I have a list of Contacts to stay in touch with. I have a "Date last contacted" Custom date field. I would like to have a "Date to next contact" field, which is automatically 3 months after the last time I contacted that person.
Then I could use that "date to next contact" field to create tasks from.
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Robert Lee
Please add this functionality! It would be very helpful.
Caroline Ginty
Caroline Ginty
Thanks Emily Airey! I'm going to merge this into the existing FR to add your vote there!
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christian.daish@gmail.com
Caroline Ginty: yes please! And to have dependencies automatically update if the precursor date changes.
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Robert Webb
This would be SUPER helpful for me. I would be able to run my entire Transaction Management with the feature :)
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