Advanced Dependency Options
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Jeremy Benson
Many times when scheduling I need two tasks to finish at the same time and want to know the required start dates. I would suggest that additional dependency options other than "blocks" or "is blocking" like Start/Start Start/Finish Finish/Finish and +/- days modifiers are needed.
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Bugra Oktay
👋 Hello everyone
We are currently building these advanced dependency options and we'd like to get your take on how these should be represented in our UI.
Please provide your thoughts using this survey.
As always, your input will shape this feature.
Thanks you!
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Tin
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McKenna Hansen
Our team would benefit from more advanced dependencies such as:
Start-to-Start (Start to Start)
Finish-to-Finish (End to End)
Start-to-finish (Start to Finish)
Lag times are also essential, as we are a construction company and like to use later end dates to track milestones throughout the project. We need the ability to schedule tasks relative to those milestones—for example, setting Task 1 to start 30 days before Task 2 begins, with Task 2 having the fixed start date (i.e., Task 2 start date − 30 days = Task 1 end date). This allows us to anchor the schedule to major milestones while automatically calculating the timing of the preceding tasks.
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McKenna Hansen
Our team would benefit from more advanced dependencies such as:
Start-to-Start (Start to Start)
Finish-to-Finish (End to End)
Start-to-finish (Start to Finish)
Lag times are also essential, as we are a construction company and like to use later end dates to track milestones throughout the project. We need the ability to schedule tasks relative to those milestones—for example, setting Task 1 to start 30 days before Task 2 begins, with Task 2 having the fixed start date (i.e., Task 2 start date − 30 days = Task 1 end date). This allows us to anchor the schedule to major milestones while automatically calculating the timing of the preceding tasks.
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McKenna Hansen
Is there a timeline for when this will be worked on?
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Macarena Duran Acosta
Hello,
We are working on a Workspace with a Business Plus plan and in the Gantt view dependencies are being created only as Finish-to-Start.
We don't have the option to create or edit other types of dependencies such as:
Start-to-Start (Start to Start)
Finish-to-Finish (End to End)
Start-to-finish (Start to Finish)
Even if we drag from different points on the bar, the system automatically forces Finish-to-Start and no selector appears to change the type of relationship.
We need to enable advanced dependencies in Gantt, since they are essential for our planning and for the professional presentation of the schedule to the client.
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Max Kesler
Can someone share a link to a webinar or given a general update to the possible gantt start start finish finish or available float/slack actions in gantt charts?
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Jordan Cooperman
When Gantt view is sorted by start date (which is 90% of my Gantt views) and a task with dependencies is moved earlier or later in the timeline, it bumps the related tasks out of view and requires a manual refresh to place them back in the timeline. This wastes a lot of time refreshing every time a task is moved in a timeline. Apparently this is a known limitation. Automatic repositioning of the related tasks into the timeline as sorted without refreshing is needed.
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Cheryl Aquilina
(1) Start and end dates of parent tasks should automatically change to the earliest start date and latest end date of it's subtasks. If this does not happen, one cannot set a dependency on the parent task as dates are currently not set.
(2) If a task is overdue, but it's end date is extended so it's not overdue anymore, the status should not remain 'overdue' but change accordingly.
(3) If a dependency task has it's start or end date changed, the task which is dependent on it should have it's date changed only if the change impacts the critical path.
E.g.
Task A finish date : 10/11/2025
Task B start date: 20/11/2025
Task B cannot start until Task A is finished, and Task
If Task A finish date moves to a date less than 20/11/2025, Task B start date should not be impacted and should not move.
(4) Duration should be automatically calculated if start and date date are populated. Similarly if start date and duration are set, then end date should be automatically calculated.
(5) Indenting and outdenting tasks should be as easy as clicking a button as it is currently not working well and time consuming.
Allen Stone
Cheryl Aquilina +1, especially for #3
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Robert Camilleri
Hi. When there is a slack/float in the date between the predecessor and successor. Please consider including a way that when you change a predecessor the date of all linked successors are not amended throughout the plan with the same number of days.
Ashley Akacich
This would be very helpful for my teams as well!
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Joseph Plaizier
It seems that these days this is crucial basic project management functionality.
We just moved off another platform that had this feature and we were surprised to learn that ClickUp didn't have it. Please get this created as soon as possible.
Thank you for all your work!
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