Feature Requests

The relationship field could come automatically when a task is duplicated. And when selecting several tasks at once, you could also have the option of selecting the relationship in bulk.

Asking for rollups to make links in text fields clickable. If the linked rollup has a hyperlink that was typed in, that hyperlink should be transferable to a rollup and make it a hyperlink

We are utilizing custom field relationships to associate all work across spaces and teams with our clients. Example: Client A has 3 projects in Implementation, 7 issues in Support, and 3 items in Engineering/Development that are all visible in Client A's record(task). We currently have 72 relationship custom fields, and the number keeps growing. We are running into some issues navigating these and have concerns with maintaining these relationships. We would like to request the following items be considered: The use of the same relationship field across lists. We would like to build a single client relationship field that can be added to multiple spaces and lists to connect items back to the client's record instead of having to create unique relationship fields for each list. This would reduce the number of duplicate 'client' fields. Currently, task cards display all relationships at a glance. When you click on one relationship type, it opens the Related tab. It would be better if when you clicked on the relationship, it not only opened the related tab, but also went directly to the corresponding section in the related tab. For example, if I click on the 25 Client Contacts link under Relationships, it would open to the Client Contacts section on the Related Tab regardless of its relationship order. This would help us tremendously as it eliminates our need to scroll through a large amount of empty sections in the Related Tab to locate the existing relationship. Better yet, if we could have the ability to filter the Related Tab in tasks down to only those sections where a relationship exists, we could more easily navigate our relationships.

Hi ClickUp team, We're restructuring a List (Event Production) using custom Task Types to model a parent/child task hierarchy: a mother task type ("Evento") with several daughter and granddaughter task types (e.g. "Equipamento", "Nome Fornecedor", "Financeiro"), each with its own set of Task Type Fields, so that only the fields relevant to that type of subtask show up on it. This works well for standard field types (dropdown, text, number, checkbox, etc.) — we can lock a field to appear only on a specific Task Type. The problem: we also have a Relationship field ("Fornecedor Relacionado", type Relationship/tasks) that we need to lock to a single Task Type ("Equipamento") the same way, so it only shows up on that specific subtask type and not on every task in the list. When we try to add it under Task Type Fields, ClickUp shows: "This field is currently not supported by task type." and the "Add" option is greyed out. What we need: the ability to restrict a Relationship field (and ideally Formula fields too, since we expect the same limitation there) to a specific Task Type, exactly like we can already do with dropdown/text/number/checkbox fields. Is this a known limitation? Is there a workaround, or is this on the roadmap to support? Any guidance would help us finish this reorg without exposing Relationship/Formula fields across every task in the list. Thanks!

Hi ClickUp team! I run an indie game studio and use ClickUp to map interconnected game systems and entities, not just track production tasks. Task relationships are genuinely useful for this, but creating and managing them gets cumbersome as the map grows across multiple projects. Two improvements would make a big difference: Link visible tasks by clicking them in List view Currently, creating a relationship or dependency requires opening a menu, searching for a task by name, and checking that it’s the right one, even when both tasks are already visible next to each other. I’d love a “connect mode”: * Choose “Link task,” “Blocks,” or “Blocked by” on task A. * Click task B directly in the list to create the connection. * Support subtasks as both the source and target. * Show the dependency direction clearly before creating it, with an undo option afterward. Gantt already supports drawing dependencies between tasks. A similar interaction in List view would let us build connections without switching views or assigning dates just to use a visual linking workflow. Scope standard bidirectional task links to a project Different projects often contain tasks with identical names, such as “Building system.” Searching across the entire Workspace makes it easy to accidentally link an entity from the wrong project. Please add an option to restrict standard Linked task selection to the current List, Folder, or Space, while preserving automatic bidirectional linking. Custom Relationships scoped to a specific List don’t meet this need because I need the connection reflected on both tasks automatically, without manually maintaining two separate relationships. These improvements address two separate problems: repeated searching slows down linking, and Workspace-wide selection increases the risk of incorrect connections. Together, they would make ClickUp much more practical for managing large, interconnected project structures. Thanks!

In ClickUp 3.0, I was able to show/hide custom fields in the Relationships feature. This allowed me to quickly view specific custom field values through the Relationships feature, without needing to open the task. Now, in ClickUp 4.0, this feature has disappeared. I can only show/hide the task’s native fields, such as status, creation date, due date, priority, assignee, task type, and a few others. All custom fields created by the user in the respective list no longer appear in the Relationships feature. It would be excellent to be able to show/hide custom fields in Relationships again.

Very important feature. To be able to have a status on the relationship itself. Let’s say i sell a property - or anything else - and have that property in ClickUp as a “task”, i have a “status” on that “task”. But I’ve attached few potential customers, as “relationships” to this property, and each customer is a “task” on its own, with their own “status”. But now it’s very important that i have a separate “status” which tells me where I’m up to regarding that particular “relationship” between this property and that buyer, without affecting the “status” of the property or buyer itself. I think this feature would be a deal breaker for many many salespeople. Because the item/service they selling is in “for sale” status, the customer is in “active customer” status, but the “relationship Status” between the 2 keeps on changing. From “potential buyer” to “have to follow” to “closed” or “unsuccessful”… but in the same time the item/service didn’t change its status as being “available” and the customer is still an active customer for other items/services. Without that relationship status it’s vary hard to keep track in ClickUp on customer.

Filtering and sorting are currently only available in ClickUp Views. However, when multiple tasks are connected through a Relationship field, there is no way to filter or sort the related tasks directly inside the task. The only workaround is to create a separate View and filter it using the Relationship field. This defeats much of the purpose of displaying a related list of tasks inside the task record in the first place. Please add the ability to filter and sort related tasks directly within the Relationship field. This would make it much easier to work with large numbers of connected tasks without having to leave the task and create a separate View.

[From Blue Whale] I would like to be able to add relationships in bulk, especially by adding a folder or list. This would particularly be useful for dependencies.