Remap Parent Task Dates based on Subtasks
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Zeb
From Josef:
Remapping subtasks from parent task due date is great. But we also need it the othe way: whenever a subtask is delayed and rescheduled then the parent task due date should be updated according to new due dates for subtasks.
Ideally the parent task due date could be auto-updated to max(due date for all subtasks) or due date for the last subtask in a chain of dependencies.
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Bugra Oktay
2/26 (Embarrassed) Update:
The public release is delayed for another couple weeks :( We are now shooting for a March release. If you cannot wait, please sign up for our beta release here and I'll enable it for you asap:2/17 Update:
Releasing parent subtask date sync by the end of this month (I know you heard that before but true this time). The release was delayed to make some improvements to this feature before its release:
- You'll now access it from any view, not just Gantt
- You'll be able to turn on/off subtask date sync for an entire list.
- You'll have a ClickApp to disable access to this feature for your entire workspace.
Please let us know if you have any feedback on the above or anything else you see missing.
Cheers!
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Drue Phoenix
I've noticed ‘set parent task based on sub-tasks’ no longer operates permanently, but only on an as selected basis.
Once I switch views from Gantt and come back, it will no longer auto-adjust the parent field dates if I move the sub-tasks individually.
The feature seems to have lost the ability to permanently adjust the parent task based off of the sub-task dates.
One chosen, an icon shows up to the left of the parent task date, the gantt portion remains a block in appearance.
This used to be possible, and the bar would be skinnier and appear more a horizontal parenthesis.
Help? How can I adjust this?
Kim Hoang (BF)
Bugra Oktay
Is this request related to the feature request below?
What we need is summary (parent) tasks to automatically update their start and end dates when subtask dates change. At the moment, this does not seem to work at all.
I’m not sure whether I’m already included in the beta for this functionality. Could you please confirm my beta status or let me know how I can get access?
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Rob Slowen
Hi Bugra Oktay
I have signed up for the Beta of this but no reply.
This thread is very long and hard to distinguish what features are being released
Is this just specifically applying to dates or is it being built into automations in general to allow triggers at Task level apply actions at a sub-task level (and vice versa)
Which would be more flexible as we can apply this across multiple different field types and not just dates?
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Bugra Oktay
Rob Slowen: This feature is referring to the capability of parent tasks reflecting their subtasks' collective date range (i.e. becoming a summary task). Moving that parent task along the timeline also moves all of its subtasks in concert. So, it's specifically about dates.
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Harry Luk
can we use a parent custom field, to change the specific subtask's due date?
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Bugra Oktay
Harry Luk: That's not in the scope of this feature. It sounds like something you can do with automations but unsure. What's your use case?
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Paul Holencik
Has anyone found a way to implement this across the entire list in beta? Its great it exists, but is frustrating to go through all 400 tasks we have to implement it
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Bugra Oktay
Paul Holencik: We are working on that. You'll soon be able to do that for an entire list.
Natalie Williams
It's nice that this is coming, but why hasn't the issue with remapping subtasks based on parent tasks been fixed?
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Bugra Oktay
Natalie Williams: What's the issue there?
Natalie Williams
Bugra Oktay it's 3 ongoing issues. When you remap, adjusting the start date, then the due date, the option to remap subtasks doesn't pop up. If you try to go to an earlier date, the same thing, no option to remap. And if your subtasks have start and due dates, and you remap the start dates aren't remapped. I can email a video demoing all the issues if that would help
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Bugra Oktay
2/26 (Embarrassed) Update:
The public release is delayed for another couple weeks :( We are now shooting for a March release. If you cannot wait, please sign up for our beta release here and I'll enable it for you asap:2/17 Update:
Releasing parent subtask date sync by the end of this month (I know you heard that before but true this time). The release was delayed to make some improvements to this feature before its release:
- You'll now access it from any view, not just Gantt
- You'll be able to turn on/off subtask date sync for an entire list.
- You'll have a ClickApp to disable access to this feature for your entire workspace.
Please let us know if you have any feedback on the above or anything else you see missing.
Cheers!
Greg Madhere
Bugra Oktay This is excellent news. 🎉
Emily Anthony
Bugra Oktay
Question: Will we be able to turn this feature on as a default across our entire workspace? Or will it have to be enabled at the list level each time a new list is created?
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Amy Makiewicz
Emily Anthony THIS! Would love if there was a setting to just make this a default setting!
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Domen Glušič
Bugra Oktay in case parent start date is empty it shall auto populate with earliest child task start date and the same for due date.
Robert Hudman
Me too Amy!
Huw Whyment
Bugra Oktay sounds good - i would love it if we were syncing more than just dates though - manually needing to change parent task status when it could be synced to the child tasks would be pretty easy to automate i'd hope? what about assignees? it feels like syncing dates just exposes the fact theres a lot more that could be synced that leaves the parent task looking a bit bare and our teams often dont know whether to add detail to the parent or the child tasks. Even removing the assignee and other fields for a parent task might be a better option than leaving them open to interpretation
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Bugra Oktay
Emily Anthony: Access to the feature will be enabled for the entire workspace by default. You can turn it off using the ClickApp.
This only enables users to turn on/off parent subtask date sync for a task or a list when they need to. It will not automatically turn it on for all lists within the workspace.
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Bugra Oktay
Domen Glušič: it sure will.
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Bugra Oktay
Huw Whyment: rollup and rolldown of other fields is also under consideration. Date sync is just coming sooner than others.
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Domen Glušič
Bugra Oktay It seems feature is not mentioned in this weeks 4.02 release. So this month's ETA is not happening?
Liam
Hi Bugra Oktay, I've signed up — just waiting on access to the new stuff.
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Heinrich Schroeder
Bugra Oktay A couple days left of March - any update?
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Jennifer Shelden
Is this different than "Use Subtask Dates" that I can see now, or has the feature been launched? Will this feature be available in all views? (Use Subtask Dates is only available in Gantt view as far as I can tell)
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Bugra Oktay
Jennifer Shelden: It's the same functionality but now persistent and accessible from any view. It's coming this month.
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Heinrich Schroeder
Is there a new ETA?
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Bugra Oktay
Heinrich Schroeder: EO Feb.
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Searchie
Is there an option to define a final due date? A milestone by which the parent task must be completed. Example: a project with all sorts of preparations, but the scheduled installation date at the customer's location cannot be changed.
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Bugra Oktay
Searchie: No, that's not in the scope.
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