Let subtasks inherit standard/custom fields of parent tasks
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Caroline Ginty
Hi everyone - thank you for all the engagement and votes on this feature request! This is something we are actively thinking about and considering for later this year, in conjunction with the related feature request to allow rolling up Custom Field values from subtasks to parent tasks, which would be the inverse (https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/rollup-custom-field-values-from-subtasks-to-parent-task).
I will update here with more details as we get further into scoping what this would look like!
Rosie Burke
This would help us so much! Also similar but different - the ability to copy a value to a different field when a field is set. Eg, in our Events calendar, we calculate MQLs based on a daily target and the number of days. Everywhere else, we have a static target field - we'd like to auto populate the static field from the calculated one as it's the static one that feeds the reports.
Lindsey Stace
Is there any update on this feature request and has it been added to the roadmap? This would be a game changer for our team who has to manually add in client codes to tasks and sub tasks so we can clearly see work allocation. As outlined by other users this seems like basic functionality and something that they community needs in order to work smarter. Given the product is sold as a productivity tool with a focus on agency it seem a no brainer to action this request.
Barry Griffin
🎉 Can't wait! My mind's eye is already seeing an <Inherit from Parent> option 🙂
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Guy Mannerings
I do think this needs to be handled carefully. There should be options / asked on a per-subtasks-creation basis.
I can see many times where I would NOT want subtasks to inherit custom fields.
Michael
100% ABSOLUTELY Guy Mannerings
Caroline Ginty
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James M. Grosser
I use "Tasks" for Projects and "Subtasks" for To Do items. I use a variety of custom fields to organize my Tasks, such as Project type, client, etc. I would like to be able to filter my Projects by specified criteria (e.g., Project type) and see a list of all the Subtasks. But when I apply a filter, my Subtasks don't appear because the type field is empty (because I don't want to spend my time filling in the type field for every Subtask). In my workflow, the type value for a Subtask is ALWAYS the same as the type value for the parent Task. So, I should be able to configure Clickup so that every time I create a Subtask, the type field inherits the value from the Parent task, right? I mean, this is pretty obvious and basic. But evidently, Clickup can't do this. Why? This is an astounding blunder by Clickup, especially considering that this has been a feature request for what, six years?!?!? Unbelievable.
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Jeremy Smith
This feature request seems like basic functionality that should have always been there.
This, or even just the ability to manually set field values of all subtasks to the value of that field in the parent task.
In addition, a more general way to bulk set field values on multiple tasks/subtasks with a specific value would be great as well.
I am looking forward to not having to click so much!
Melanie von Schorlemer
Thank you for this request. I agree that this is very important to improve our work in ClickUp.
Caroline Ginty Thanks for thinking both ways, rolling down from parent to subtask and rolling up from subtask to parent.
It would be great to have this combined with formulas. For example earliest start dates of all subtasks and latest end dates of all subtasks define the start and end date of the parent task.
Christian Langlois
Hi Caroline! What a great news! This will bring ClickUp to another and higher level of automation! Can't wait to use this feature!
Caroline Ginty
Hi everyone - thank you for all the engagement and votes on this feature request! This is something we are actively thinking about and considering for later this year, in conjunction with the related feature request to allow rolling up Custom Field values from subtasks to parent tasks, which would be the inverse (https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/rollup-custom-field-values-from-subtasks-to-parent-task).
I will update here with more details as we get further into scoping what this would look like!
Filip Kraucher
Caroline Ginty Finally! Can't wait to see this implemented. Very very very needed!
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Justin Clemmons
Caroline Ginty Both of those features sound awesome!
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Karnit Mandel
Caroline Ginty Thank you. I have to say that this has made me stop using CU almost completely and stop my subscription, because, the specific method I use to manage my tasks was based upon inheriting the status of parent, and I have not been able to automate it the way I wanted, so finally I gave up. I hope this will indeed change, as this makes a very big difference for my work. Will follow your updates. Thanks!
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DTE SHOP
Caroline Ginty Awesome! Do you know if there will be an ability to choose which custom fields inherit the values from the parent task and which ones do not?
Ryan MacAlmon
Caroline Ginty can the status of this be updated to "under review"?
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