I hate recurring tasks in Clickup
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Brian Carnell
For example, take this situation which happened to me today:
Task says it is due Today at 10 a.m. (Sunday)
Recurrence is set "On Closed":
When task is Closed, create a new task from the newest task and change Due date to 1 day after occurrence, with status Open.
Task is overdue because it is 1 p.m., but I finish the task and mark it as closed.
What I expect to happen is for a new task to be created that is due tomorrow (Monday).
What actually happens is a new task is created that is due two days from now (Tuesday).
Why????
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I spend more freaking time fixing/monitoring recurring tasks and trying to figure out exactly what effect each option is going to have. The current recurring system adds work rather than helping me manage it.
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Zeb
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We just shipped our new version of recurring tasks, it's a more simplified version, still in beta but we've got it heavily tested and it's extremely reliable.
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Stephen Pankhurst
Zeb: Is there any information on the update and one what's changed? I suddenly can't create recurring tasks. If it's improved now, that's great but I don't know how do use the new feature.
Cody
Zeb: It's much cleaner and more straightforward now, I appreciate that
However, the option to select what Status to recur as has seemingly been left out, which means I'm stuck with the legacy version for now.
i use Statuses as types of tasks (Reference, Responsibility, Action, etc.) instead of workflow steps, so using the new system would mean every recurring task would change type when it recurs.
I'd appreciate if that option could sneak it's way in to the new system, so I could use it. The legacy system has always given me problems.
Zeb
Cody: It's planned just didn't make it into this build, you can hover also recur on any "done" status if that helps you
Cody
Zeb: Thank you. I saw that you can choose what Status triggers recurrence (Closed or any Done status), I'm after what Status to set when a task recurs though. I'm glad to hear it's on the way.
I'm also glad the distinction between due date and recurrence is gone now, it clears up a lot of the confusion from before. And the visual feedback on the calendar is really helpful
Joel Fannin
Getting frustrated with recurring tasks myself. It shouldn't be this difficult.
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GT
is there a page where i can see all recurring tasks , and when is the next occurrence going to occur? this will help if i want to stop a task from recurring. especially, when i set the option as not to occur immediately after completion.
when the task is completed, the task goes off from the view, if i want to stop the recurrence, then i have to open the closed taks and then stop...
it will help to have a page to display all recurring tasks with next occurrence date and time, with an option to disable or skip the occurrence in the same line next to the task will be good..
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Ian McKinnon
I have given up on recurring tasks. I do not have the time to waste trying to understand them. Pls send out a Friday tip update when it works simply and effectively
Amy Lee
comment from support: is there anyway for me to bulk change Recurring tasks to not be recurring? i have hundreds of tasks that need to be changed and i would rather not just filter "Is Recurring" and go down the (endless) list deleting recurrences
Alvin Dziurzynski
Allow the user to specify the defaults for recurring schedules in their preferences. I suspect most users use the same setup for the majority of their recurring tasks.
Alvin Dziurzynski
If the option to repeat from due date or completion date was added the recurring trigger, that would suffice for 95% of my recurring needs I do believe.
Alvin Dziurzynski
I 100% agree. I have spent more non productive time wrestling with recurring tasks in CU than any other functionality. It does not act the way you expect, forcing you to redo and redo and redo. Let us specify/change the first due date of the recurrence and show the next due date of the recurrence following the recur rule settings. Options to recur from due date or completion date. You could eliminate several option in v2 recurring and still have an effective solution. The current documentation is inadequate to explain what all the recurring options do, leaving you to guess and experiment.
While CU has its quirks, so do all software. Overall I think CU is great except for the recurring complexity and some possible missing functionality. With my old task management software, learning about recurring was maybe a 15 minute process, it worked as expected, and did everything that I wanted.
I have spent hours on CU recurring (I am stubborn) and still don't have a grasp on how it works. In a previous life I was a programmer, so I do understand most program logic except here....
Zeb
We are in the final stages of developing our new recurring features. Please help us finish this feature by taking this 2-3 minute survey about recurring tasks: https://click-up.typeform.com/to/AcRXpZ
Joel Fannin
Zeb: Has this been completed yet? Hope not because it's still frustrating.
Zeb
Joel Fannin: It has not, hopefully shipping this week. If not, next week for sure.
John Eakin
I need to have the ability to schedule '1 year after' linked to the original due date/previous date something was done.
Scenario:
We use this for domain renewals for clients -- sometimes they get back to us past the due date we put in clickup (we link the due date to the GoDaddy expiration date). I have the task setup to reoccur 1 year after the 'to be invoiced' status triggers -- the problem is if the due date was May 1, 2019 and I just triggered it today, it shows as triggering May 1, 2021 and not 2020, which is what it should be. Is there a way we can get this fixed remedied?
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