Feature Requests

It doesn't seem there is a way to add the values for a rollup field. It would be great to be able to use rollup field values from relationships in formula fields.

[From Blue Whale] I would like to be able to add relationships in bulk, especially by adding a folder or list. This would particularly be useful for dependencies.

When viewing related tasks and the rollup fields in the popup window of List view or within the side pane of a Task view, there is no way to sort the tasks displayed by any of the rollup fields. (see screenshots) Which is a pain because it seems random at the moment. It would be great to have the same sort of sorting toggle ability that exists for task fields in normal list view.

We have moved from subtask heirarchy for most task types to using relationships, so we are not held to subtask limits and have a better categorization of those links/associations. There is two big problems we've been running into with the Related section: 1) Can't select tasks - this is a massive one as we can simply select a task to change a field or conduct any action, and even more of a problem when you need to bulk update multiple tasks. Selection checkbox is a key feature and should be here especially when i've had ClickUp tell me best practice for use cases was to use relationships. 2) Add Columns needs more options - relationships for example, don't seem to be enabled anymore, and they were before but didn't work (I recall enabling a relationship field column and not seeing any results populating when clicking in to it). Regardless, having all columns available to add, as well as ensuring that relationship fields can populate correctly the list of options is a big help (especially when paired with bulk editing). When you start using relationships, you find yourself constantly linking tasks, so having those relationships accessible is key. 3) Sorting - currently you cannot sort or group tasks within the related tab. Again, if relationships are a key part of the platform flow, then there should be at the very least a way to sort the list. 4) Navigation Issue - we get constant issues within our team of users clicking on a task within the Related tab, then not knowing how to go back and clicking "x" thinking that the previous task that was associated to it was still open. For example. If im on a User story task, i may have build tasks associated with it through a relationship, and on the related tab I want to update a few of them. I click on the first, make an update, click x, and now have to hunt down the previous one (especially if its not saved to the tray). I have gotten in the habit of opening tasks up in new tabs, however then you have a ton of tab switching. Not sure if a better approach would be to not close out the task to begin with. If im on a user story, and i click on a related task, have the new one open up on top, once i close that, the previous task is still open, and i can close that once im done. I think that could enhance the user experience greatly and mitigate a lot of confusion on finding where you were and constantly going back and forth - just leave the task open until x is clicked.

So, it seems we have relationships for the sake of showing relationships. For example, waiting on, that seems like what we call predecessor for the given task. It's nice to see that there is something we are waiting on before this task can start, however, it also needs to show the impact to the overall schedule when the first task is delayed or even finishes earlier. Right now, we need to do a lot of manual adjustment to get a clearer picture of the critical path. For a smaller project, it's not bad, but when you have 1000s of tasks, this will become extremely challenging without having a proper relationships algorithm - that is impacting the dates - if one is delayed or finishes earlier - it should impact the related dates. Please include this for task management.

In MS Project or Primavera, the parent task depends on the duration of all the sub tasks. This is basic need for a Project Manager. We often create a parent task and add several subtasks with known start and end date. For example, Creating A certain Document - > Parent Task Prepare a draft - Subtask 1 Review the draft - Subtask 2 Update the draft - Subtask 3 Review and release - Subtask 4 Now, it's easier to put start and end date for all the subtasks, and the parent task start and end date will depend on the subtasks. In case one gets delayed or finishes early, we can adjust the subtasks and this should also update the dates for parent task. Please include this for the tasks management.

Here's a sample use case: I want to create a list of projects and group them by Client. The Client is a relationship to a task in a list called Clients. For some reason, I do have the ability to group by some of the linked items, like assignee (in this case I called it "Client Owner").

Many of our major projects appear as spaces or folders, not tasks. Being able to connect a doc to an overarching project instead of a task would be useful.

Currently, when creating a custom relationships, it is only possible to link a task to another using the relationship from one of the tasks. It would be great if you enabled the ability to create relationships which work similarly to dependencies. In dependencies, the relationship name indicates how each task relates to the other (blocking or waiting on), and the same should apply to custom relationships. So if there is a task that represents a customer, and a relationship that represents that the task is for that customer, than it should be possible to create the relationship both from the task related to the customer and from the task representing the customer itself. Each direction will have its own name. In our example it will be something like "Related Customer" and "Reelated Tasks". I do not see much use for custom relationships without this feature, as the current state does not capture any aspect of the nature of relationships (one aspect is relationships being bidirectional).

Relationships nowadays just allow to select tasks previously created. It would be nice if we coud add a new task directly on related list through Relationships.