Skip Recurring Task
Gene
Please add a skip recurrence option for tasks. I would like the repeating task to move on to the next occurrence and stop showing in my today view. Sorry but some recurrences just can't happen but they will happen next time. BTW you still haven't solved true 2 ways sync for Google Calendar especially for recurring tasks.
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Ralph Stokes
Wouldn't it be better to just be able to remove or change single instances of a recurrence? For example, if I know my morning repeating instance of check emails can't happen this morning I can either delete it or change the time without effecting any other occurrences of the task.
I think this is what is really needed.
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Avrumi Eisner
This feature would be very helpful.
However i saw some ppl posted here that they feel that by marking the task as completed just because they dont wanna disturb the recurrence of the task makes them feel as lying to themselves...
I have found a solution (actually one of the Clickup support agents provided it to me).
Create a status where you will move the skipped recurring tasks.
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ghgy88
ce option for tasks. I would like the repeating task to move on to the next occurrence and stop showing in my today view. Sorry but some recurrences just can't happen but they will happen next time. BTW you still haven't solved true 2 ways sPubg Name Generator
Lyss
Totally agree, this feature is a must-have!
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hana jijang
It appears that we are all seeking the option to override a single occurrence for various reasons. For instance, if we have a recurring task every Friday but an upcoming Friday is a federal holiday, the desire is to move that task to a different day. Alternatively, if there is a method to copy tasks to multiple future dates without being bound to the recurrence, that would also be acceptable.
pixojoy
Would be great to have a "skip recurrence" button in these places:
- Inbox
- Task view
- Calendar view
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Christian Wolf
I would like to have an integrated skipping option for recurring tasks as well.
There are things that I normally want to do on a regular basis, but sometimes it is just not necessary to do it again yet or I just don't have the time to do it this time, so I postpone it to the next occurence - e.g. taking out a holiday insurance for my next trip, cleaning the fridge, etc.
Of course, I could just mark the task completed in ClickUp without executing it. But that makes me feel bad, like if I was lying to myself (and to my ClickUp!!! xD) checking off something that I haven't actually done. Also I want to be able to track the execution of recurrent tasks in the past, which is not possible if I just mark unexecuted tasks as complete like any other task.
I've created a workaround for me to track the execution of recurrent tasks in the past using a Checkbox custom field and automations. Whenever I want to skip a recurring task, I check my "SKIPPED" checkbox, which automatically marks the task as completed as well. Another automation guarantees that the "SKIPPED" CHECKBOX is set to unchecked again in the new task created for the next occurrence.
The workaround does work quite well for me actually, but it takes a bit of an effort to set it up with all the automations that you have to copy and paste in every space across your whole workspace. (I have another automation that resets the task's status to TO DO whenever I uncheck the "SKIPPED" checkbox again - in case I change my mind and want to execute the task later anyway ;).
An advantage of an integrated skipping option for me would be if ClickUp at the next occurence of the task could automatically tell me that I've skipped it's ancestor(s) and how many times I've already been skipping them without an execution inbetween! For example, if there was an integrated skipping field (...next to the complete checkmark or wherever), there could be a red number superscript on the right side of the skipping field counting the number of times the task has been skipped in a row.
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Rahul Dev
Christian Wolf I'm on the same page as you are. I also feel like cheating myself like you if I mark a task completed or done even if I have not attempted it for the same reasons as you mentioned.
Your workaround is wonderful but quite complex & needs a deeper understanding. I've found another solution. With me mostly it happens that I'm not sure the exact date when I'll execute the task, but I know the tentative date. So, I create a task with recurrences for a week, ten days, etc. I keep marking the recurrence as complete till I complete it. Then I delete the rest of the occurrences.
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Erica Horowitz
Christian Wolf YES! I love your ideas here. ClickUp - we need this!
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Ralph Stokes
Christian Wolf I agree to some extent. But sometimes you still need to do the task (i.e. clean the fridge...) but it just can't be done at the normal reccurring time (i.e. 9am) because of a one-off meeting you have tht morning, so you need to be able to just change the time on that one occurrence but without messing up any more instances of it from the future. In this case the only thing that really works is being able to edit a single instance of that reoccurrence. This is how both google calendar and apple calendar deal with repeating events and clickup should be no different in my opinion!
Andrés
I would say this is a bug more than a feature.
If i re-schedule the immediate task, I should only see future tasks, I should not see recurrent tasks from previous days.
Hieu Huynh
Please add this amazing basic feature
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Michael Ferullo
Definitely concur with this feature request. I find this extremely frustrating as I often either need to wait until the day of the scheduled task has passed (and thus, the next recurring task has been created) and then delete the old task, or I need to set the date manually, which can and does often result in the dates being thrown off since changing the date manually doesn't change the recurring schedule. There are so many times I would like to skip the occurrence and simply can't. Quite frustrating.
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