Remap Parent Task Dates based on Subtasks
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Zeb
From Josef:
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.
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Anthony C.
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Hey Everyone!
Just a quick status update. My squad has this on the roadmap and we are excited to take care of this long standing request.
I'll start scoping this in the coming weeks so if you have any additional feedback on the functionality you'd like to see, post a comment!
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Abdelouahid Benlamlih
Hello there,
Please consider due date for parent task as (option to be set by user)
- greater of due dates of subtasks
- manual input (as this is the case now)
- minimum of dates.
In a more global implementation, there should be roll up field for parent task based on subtask with following options:
- max of subtask column value
- min
- sum
- avg
- median
- ...
I find monday.com implementation of such feature is perfect have a look there :).
Thanks
Anthony C.
planned
Hey Everyone!
Just a quick status update. My squad has this on the roadmap and we are excited to take care of this long standing request.
I'll start scoping this in the coming weeks so if you have any additional feedback on the functionality you'd like to see, post a comment!
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Elizabeth Metivier
Anthony C. Hooray!!
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Alex Yule
Anthony C. Great!
In terms of implementation, i think it should be a setting at list level, as it may be the case that you don't want it to apply to all lists.
Greg Madhere
Anthony C. Thank you! This would be the smallest, biggest win!!!
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Josh Sommer
Anthony C.Great news! I would strongly suggest that this feature be paired with the ability to lock due dates https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/lock-due-dates-or-start-dates
There are some situations when the parent task due date should remap but others when it really needs to be firm and there should be flexibility to accommodate both situations. Ideally if the parent task has a locked due date and a child task was moved to extend beyond that date there would be a warning/flag to prevent developing an timeline of subtasks that would conflict with a firm deadline for the parent.
Kim Hoang (BF)
Anthony C. Good to hear. Please don't forget to include the "Duration" field, as it will auto estimate the Lead time, which is Start-Finish as mentioned in this request here https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/automatic-start-datedue-date-based-on-start-date-due-date-or-duration and here https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/gantt-view-add-task-duration-as-a-column-option
The Duration field data will let the Project Manager know how many days it takes for the whole project to complete, or how many days it takes for each of the Summary tasks (deliverable/workpakage) to complete. Check out this Video so you know what I mean https://youtu.be/wotf8BHyhOE?t=24
Anthony C.
Kim Hoang (BF): Duration is in progress right now! Played with an internal review this morning. Big shift to move the app to duration-based scheduling, but we are on it. Work schedules and the whole shebang are on the way! Those will be delivered before this project. This will be a follow-up so we can utilize the same rescheduling logic everywhere.
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Mathew Watson
Anthony C. The most simple solution for the above request that would be amazing as an initial/beta release is to make it so the Parent task Due date should always be or adjust to the latest due date of its subtasks. This should roll up all the way from Tasks > Subtasks> Nested Subtasks > Etc. This would be huge for visualization and reporting in gantt charts.
Additionally. Having this setting be at a "task level" would help so you could either have it automatically update as described OR set it to manual update in scenarios where Parent Due date should stay as is so that you can easily flag subtasks that are not in line with parent/project due dates.
Adobe WorkFront has a similar implementation of this requested feature that may be helpful to review. See the following links for additional details
Overview of the task Planned Completion Date
Set the project Planned Completion Date
Would be happy to sync up if you have any follow up questions.
Sam Baron
Anthony C. Oh wow this is really great news and would save me a ton of time going between tasks and the gantt view. IMO the first iteration of this should be simple, much like clicking "Use Subtask Dates" in gantt view except going all the way up the task hierarchy.
Kim Hoang (BF)
Anthony C. That would be fantastic if the duration field is soon completed as you mentioned.
Additionally, I'm hopeful that the Remaining (Effort) time field will also be developed soon. You can find the request for this feature here: https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/add-time-remaining-column
I believe many users will transition from Asana, MS Project, and many other platforms once ClickUp manages to implement the basic functionalities such as: "Automatic start date/due date based on start date, due date, duration, and especially the "work/effort" field."
You can see how these fields work in correlation with each other in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXqeMxfJgKg&ab_channel=AbleSim
pixojoy
Anthony C. Related request: "Recurrence rules" as toggles in the date picker, linking dates and/or times. https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/rescheduling-dates-automatically-using-recurrence-toggles-in-the-date-picker
Peter Lloyd
Anthony C. allow parent task's start/due dates to be set using durations (number of days/working days) rather than entering via calendar dates. This may overlap with other functionality requests.
Anthony C.
Peter Lloyd The feature request for duration is here: https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/automatic-start-datedue-date-based-on-start-date-due-date-or-duration
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Jeff
it's really an important function while using gantt.
there's is a good reference called ''instagantt'' connect with asana.
instagantt also can calculate the percentage of finished subtasks. really useful.
please give it a try on this important function.
Besides, Clickup is better than Asana.
Thank you for all the effort.
Peter Heald
Jeff I remember Instagantt from years ago! Great tool
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Jason Mumm
I can set a parent task to use subtask dates for its start and end dates in Gantt view, but if I come back to the project a day later, all those parent tasks are scheduled in some random way: the parent dates have been disconnected from the subtasks. Why? This is basic functionality for any PM software and I'm seeing this has been an issue for YEARS here. Why?
Meghan Lang
Can not stress enough the need for this feature! Subtasks build into the parent task completion- at a minimum can we at least get a pop-up notification that the subtask date is now after the parent task due date? I understand date re-mapping is a complex feature, but just a pop up would be so helpful to me.
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Tracy Hawkins
I can choose for the parent task to use the subtask dates in the Gantt view, but if I change a subtask date later on from the list view, the parent task doesn't update with the new date. Why?!? If I set the parent task to use the subtask dates, it should dynamically do that from then on (until I unselect that option).
Gustavo Rispoli
PLEASE! We need this one!
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Matt Wood
I'm disappointed that this feature request is still pending. This is an essential of any project management software. Please update the user community with an ETA on when this will make it to production.
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Jeremy
Hello,
I'm worried about the date of the post.
I've switched my business to clickup to manage projects and this missing functionality is a basic in calculating deadlines.
Do we have any visibility when it comes to implementation?
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faye penfold
Jeremy 100% agree
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Nick Chope
Currently, this is the single [missing] feature preventing me from adopting Clickup for my project management.
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