Dynamic/Relative Dates for Automations (ex: 7 days before due date)
planned
Joey
Examples:
- "7 days before the start date..."
- "Each Monday..."
- When ANY date changes to ANY date
- Use Date custom fields as automation triggers
- Be able to use Automations to change items such as Due Dates using relative dates, I.E. "Next Monday"
- "When a task becomes overdue I can then set it to 'Done'"
- Etc.
![](https://canny.io/images/3c8fd761d9f5a2e94e715e552f1c04af.png)
Log In
Zach - ClickUp
planned
Hey everyone,
Thank you for your patience here everyone!
We plan on starting the foundational work soon that will unlock the ability for us to enable relative dates for time-based automations.
You might have seen an older video that I created where I suggested we'd start with conditions, but after reviewing feedback and talking as a team, we now believe that adding the triggers first would benefit more workflows. Here's the order we're thinking:
NEW Triggers
[EDITED]- Current date is... (ex: "When Current Date is [X units] [before/after] [Y Date-ish field])
Looking forward to getting this in your hands! Please let us know if you agree or disagree with the order of items we're going to tackle along with the focus on triggers.
Thanks all 🙏
![](https://canny.io/images/62141696a513f2b71fcf57413468ac02.png)
Manuel Bröchin
The value TODAY (not as fix date as a function today() ) for automations condition is important. It would be nice to have this feature as a prerelease of this task as soon as possible. Thanx a lot.
Jennifer Hall
Any updates on ETA of release for this?
Y
Yaritza Corsino
Zach - ClickUp "When ANY date changes to ANY date" is a MUST!
The trigger should work as follows:
When tasks "custom field date" changes TO ANY DATE -> Status changes to "Pending".
or
When tasks "custom field date" changes TO ANY DATE -> Custom field changes to "Preparing to Submit"
This would really make our process smoother!
Michael
We also need this for simple list filtering Zach - ClickUp. Is that a separate request or would this request cover List filtering?
Kellsey Yova
This is something our agency needs and would help reduce our PM workflows significantly. Utilizing the automation everywhere just isn't feasible at the moment.
Christina Jachec
Lisa Rue let's track this one also. This is something we can definitely use for our SLAs! Agree that the clickup team should have this as a priority, thank you!
L
Lilan Ling
Hi Zach - ClickUp it’s be great if the automation can be applied to custom field dates as well besides the start and end date.
Rachael Mueller
Lilan Ling YES THIS! big yes to this! Zach - ClickUp
Sydney
Merged in a post:
Dynamic Date-Based Automations ("TODAY")
A
Anita Kuenzel
Introducing an enhancement for automation options within ClickUp, particularly related to Due Date or Start Date changes.
For example, I have an automation where a "PLANNED" task changes to "ACTION" when the start date arrives. If I decide to adjust the Start Date and it becomes greater than "Today," the status should update back to "PLANNED." An option for "Today" should dynamically adjust based on the current date, unlike the current fixed date that applies. This automation only works the day it's created and won't work in the future.
This functionality would ensure automations work as intended over time, greatly streamlining task management and improving workflow efficiency.
Thank you for considering this feature request!
Nikola Jeremic
Hi Zach - ClickUp keep up the good work! Had one question regarding Use Date custom fields as automation triggers. Do you have any idea when this is goind to be possible? It would be great if we can use trigers with any Date custom field. For example i wold need that when one Date arrives to get an reminder. :)
B
Bec McFarland
Nikola Jeremic Zach - ClickUp would be great to get an update on this! I really need to be able to trigger automations based on custom field dates. We have a comprehensive system of views based on one list and only being able to trigger automations on Start and Due Dates is extremely limiting and keeps tripping me up! Thanks!
Nikola Jeremic
Bec McFarland Exactly. Same here. It would be great to have tis option. So many more automations can be scheduled then.
Jarod McPherson
Zach - ClickUp, Not just Trigger/"When" Options, but also on the "Then" Options. I need to base the due date (and subsequently the start date) based on Ship Date (CF). It seems like CU is so close to being able to do this. I need the Due date to be X days before/after Ship Date (CF) and then make the Start Date X days before Due date.
![](https://canny.io/images/51c640a9d21fcc370b832959c69c4bee.jpg)
Load More
→