Auto set task due date by sub-tasks
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Chris Osdick
When using sub-tasks, "task creep" will likely occur and original task due date may get overrun. Since the task is effectively being dictated by the sub-tasks, it would be great if the task due date was automatically updated to equal the latest sub-task due date. Fundamentally, there is no reason a task should ever be due before its own sub-tasks. This would be checked and calculated on any sub-task due date creation or change.
This could / should be applicable to the due date of project (when/if) vs its lists, a list vs its tasks, and maybe project vs its tasks. Unlike task vs sub-tasks, the project and list objects should have a switch to select for "auto-update due date".
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Isabella Lascelles
Any update as to if this has been completed?
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Davi Martinelli
Has this really been completed?
Tony Willbourne
Will the automation of a tasks date by the latest required due date in a subtask be developed?
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John Jones
Tony Willbourne: I agree, I don't think this is done! How to you set up so the Parent Task's due date aligns with the latest of the subtasks?
Also, this is somewhat implemented on list, see image. However, Lists are missing a load of functions that let them be used as real projects, as we are discussing over here:
Would love to see movement on this, as it's a key element of project management!
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Jordan Taylor
John Jones: Just to echo: One year later this still doesn't seem to be resolved.
Matt Williamson
Is this auto update complete? Because I can't figure out how to have the due date of a parent task automatically set by the subtasks?
Josef K
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.
Zeb
Josef K: Hey Josef! Great idea, I created a post for you here: https://feedback.clickup.com/feature-requests/p/remap-parent-task-based-on-subtask
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Tarun Masani
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Hey everyone! We have added this feature in today's build! When you change the date on a task with subtasks, you will get a notification if you'd like to also remap the subtask due dates!
Leon Werneck
Tarun Masani: Doesn't happen the other way round though, does it? When you set a subtask's due date to a date further in time than its parent task, it should automatically update the parent task's due date. That doesn't happen yet, does it?
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Chetan Mistry
Tarun Masani: Why do all the completed subtask also remap? Surely the completed task dates should stay the same
LaToya Davidson-Perez
Not sure if this is applicable as I just joined the ClickUp community. I know an headache in Asana is that you set a Task as recurring and as a result the subtasks, regardless of due date end up duplicating as well within the task so you end up with a sea of the same completed (or incomplete) subtasks.
Zeb
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This will be optional (each time you change a task due date that has subtasks with set due dates). And you can disable it completely if you want.
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Trish Putnam
Sometimes the task end-date is an absolute constraint, and shouldn't automatically change because of a sub-task date being set longer by mistake.
If, instead, a warning pops up that tells you the date you've selected is beyond the due date of the parent task, and offers you the option to either adjust the parent date or the sub-task date, that might be more sensible.
I suppose it could be a setting that toggles between auto-update the parent or give a pop-up warning to reduce keystrokes for people who don't usually have parent tasks with hard due-dates.
Jess N
or! a simple warning when/if we select a due date on a sub-task that is later than it's parent task? not necessarily an automatic update.. ?
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