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
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We are working on this.
Soon, you'll be able to access this feature in Gantt.
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I'd also love to get your input on what we should build next, specifically in the project management space.
If you'd like to share your thoughts, here's a 1-min survey.
Edit:
Survey now closed; we received plenty of responses - thank you!Matthaeus Carvalho
Awesome. I'm looking forward to remap parent task dates.
Anthony Henderson
Hi Bugra Oktay, thanks for the update but 'soon' is a very subjective term. Are we talking days, weeks, or months?
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Bugra Oktay
Anthony Henderson - you are right, I was vague. It's weeks :)
Anthony Henderson
Bugra Oktay Hi Bugra, just checking in on this, is it likely to be before end of May? I am planning some TTV tracking to run off the back of this...
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Bugra Oktay
Anthony Henderson: yes, end of May is the plan.
Tony Henderson
Hi Bugra Oktay, I just checked the release notes and unless I'm missing it, I don't see this feature or https://feedback.clickup.com/feature-requests/p/automatic-start-datedue-date-based-on-start-date-due-date-or-duration, both of which we have been eagerly awaiting.
I really hope this hasn't slipped?
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Bugra Oktay
in progress
We are working on this.
Soon, you'll be able to access this feature in Gantt.
--
I'd also love to get your input on what we should build next, specifically in the project management space.
If you'd like to share your thoughts, here's a 1-min survey.
Edit:
Survey now closed; we received plenty of responses - thank you!M
Mathew Watson
Bugra Oktay will this only be available in gantt or it will go to list view as well down the road? Need this in list/table view as well for sure.
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Bugra Oktay
Mathew Watson - our goal is to bring it everywhere. Starting for now with Gantt.
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Katie Wallace
Bugra Oktay will this only affect the latest subtask due date? We would like the ability for the main task due date to autimatically change to the NEXT due date, not the latest. So if one subtask is due Monday and one on Friday, the main taks would be Monday until the Monday task was closed, then it would automatically change the main task date to Friday since that's the next subtask due date.
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Bugra Oktay
Hi Katie Wallace - earliest start date among subtasks becomes the start date of the parent and the latest due date among subtasks becomes the due date of the parent. So, in this scenario, the parent task's due date will be Friday throughout.
Robert Hudman
Bugra Oktay - So excited for this one!
We use Gantt heavily, and this is one of the main issues we have
Emily Anthony
Bugra OktayI would also like to know if this will be available in all views, not just Gantt.
Lukas Moser
Bugra Oktay I dont like that this is to be view related - makes no sense to be honest and will lead to confusion on users
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Orysya Fedorchuk
Bugra Oktay in my understanding if the feature works in Gantt -> it works in all views. Meaning the information will be updated in all views. Please correct me if I am wrong. And also will you guys make it like dependencies. So how do I enable this feature? Or is it just a feauture enabled on the space/folder/list level?
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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
Merged in a post:
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.
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