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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Alex M.
it would be very helpful for several scenarios to be able to do something on a parent task per something triggered per a subtask of said parent.
Juan Grandas
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Dynamic Task Start + End Dates based on all Subtasks
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James Guitard
There is a compelling use case for having a parent Task inherit its Start-End dates based on the total duration for all subtasks.
This should be an optional feature, to be enabled only for certain spaces/folders. Maybe it could be enabled at the task level independently - like a toggle to "Inherit Subtasks Duration" (or something more catchy?)
For example - if we're building a single webpage, we'd make a top-level task: Build X Webpage.
The actual duration of that task should be based on the total time required to complete all the subtasks, ie: UX Wireframe Design, UI Visual Design, FE Dev, BE Dev, QA, Dev Ops, Approvals, etc. Some of these subtasks can overlap, and some are dependencies on others, but ALL of them must be completed before the parent task is DONE.
Additionally, it's hard to forecast an exact start and end date for each subtask. I want more flexibility to change the duration of subtasks and have the parent task inherit the overall duration of all tasks. In other words, the earliest subtask start date will be the parent task start date, and the latest subtask due date will be the parent task due date.
While I can enable 'remap task/subtasks' so dependencies move the dates of the things they're blocking - they do NOT adjust the duration of the parent task.
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Bruno França Pádua
For good project management and good schedule management, we need to have the option of leaving the parent tasks totally dependent on the subtasks, as if they lost their task status and became steps. That's very important.
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Julie Fry
This is basic project management tool expectation. Please put on roadmap!! Subtask dates should auto adjust parent dates (right now, you cannot look at the rolled up version of all tasks and know the actual start and end dates, everything has to be expanded to see the actual start and end dates - and then you have to manually update the parent dates.)
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Cailee Rye
Julie Fry I second all of this. ^
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FERNANDO
Totally agree. Allow me a comment: When a project consists of many tasks, it would be nice if the TASK DESCRIPTION should stand out or be in another color, for example: red. It would be much easier to review the project. thanks
Anton Kiebler
Juan Grandas From my point of view, it would be useful to allow the data of the parent task to be edited, even if there are subtasks, but it should only be allowed to set a due date that is after the latest due date of a subtask and a start date that is before the earliest start date of a subtask. The subtasks should therefore define the minimum time window of the higher-level task.
By the way, this also applies to the list level. It is completely unnecessary to set and constantly update the date of the list if something changes on the due dates of the task. Can't you also make the date of the list dependent on the earliest start date and latest due date of the task it contains?
Shawn Steiner
When my team is creating a new project using a template, it should default to today's date and then propagate all the way down based on already defined lead times.
Shawn Steiner
I agree with the others...we need a flexible method of ensuring all tasks including templates update when they are created which means all they though to all subtasks from top to bottom! This is a major issue with my entire team as currently they manually have to change the dates every time when creating a new Project. Making them hate using ClickUp!
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Ulrik Lorentzen
The subtask with the earliest start date should drive the parent task's start date and the subtask with the latest due date should drive the parent task's due date.
This would be a great feature as we constantly have to adjust our plans manually to have parent tasks match the underlying subtasks.
James Murgatroyd
yes
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