Statuses by task type
Ivan Villa
Problem:
Often within a single list, we have different types of tasks: some represent projects, designs, and smaller action items. Each one should go through their own set of statuses, but this is currently not possible.
We are forced to either use dropdown custom fields as a workaround or create large status sets to try and encompass everything, leading to confusion among people.
Ask:
- Give the ability for statuses to be set by type.
- This will allow each task type to have its own status workflow.
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Piotr Kania
Is it on a roadmap? Struggling with epics, user stories, tasks and subtasks and same statuses available to each. There is always someone who will set the status that they should not...
Reuben Helmuth
I cannot believe this wasn't implemented from the very start. It's sorely needed.
Evasounds
AnyUpdate on this feature, this is critical!
Jeremy Stoller
Without this feature and custom fields by task type, the whole task type concept is broken.
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Lilly
Is there an update on this request?
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Shannon Kiefer
Agreed - I have some tasks that represent a collection, subtasks represent individual products, further subtasks for the labels of those items, etc. My statuses list is currently bulky and confusing due to different statuses needed for each type.
Leo Bastian
Please consider building this as a work around until you finally hopefully sooner than later implement Statuses by Task Type ....
I need different Statuses based on the Flight Levels we're talking about: E.g. initiatives or Epics don't care about Software Development Statuses and the other way around, however I still want to keep them connected via sub-tasks to properly track them. An Initiative will also have different status depending on who looks at it, e.g. additional things during Discovery or Delivery ....
Currently, proper aggregation of different items under "statuses" doesn't exist. So the work around is using Custom drop down fields, without the quality of life that easy Filtering by Task Types does (ever tried filtering by different types holy moly ... long filters, terrible maintenance). And I loose time in status calculation ....
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justinwj
These sorts of ideas need to be encompassed in Task Designer that allows for thorough customization of task, this specific request and everything else too. it seems like 'Task Types' is the beginning of doing this.
Ivan Villa
Merged in a post:
Workflows/Status Determined by Task Type
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Jenee Lindley
Now that we have task types, status workflows should be tied to that instead of to the list. That way, we can have a list with multiple task types and their applicable workflows and not have to have one type of task in one list/status workflow and separate lists for other task types/status workflows. For example, I have various types of communication vehicles so I have those set up as task types - memo, bulletin, splash carousel, etc. - that follow their own separate workflows, but the way ClickUp is designed right now, I have to keep those in separate lists because I can only have one status workflow per list.
Leo Bastian
Just now considering if I should bother establishing yet another dropdown custom field workaround or if it is not worth it, because this might finally come or next month/year or not ...
Leo Bastian
Ivan Villa any news? :S
Ivan Villa
Hey Leo Bastian, We don't have a date yet as we're still planning how to implement this across the app. Once we have more details, we'll make sure to update this post.
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Motty Chen
Ivan Villa -
task typeAllow the user to determine the association of statuses to either lists or task types.
Alternatively - consider status for a combination of location and task-type.
For example:
List A & Task Type B
or
All list / Task type B
or
List A & All task-types
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