When a user creates a new rule, the default Settings for “Controls” have toggles ON for: Run on subtasks Trigger via other rules I think it would make more sense, for new users especially, if these settings were toggled OFF by default. New users tend not to look at the Settings options when they…

Hi @Roxanna_N , there is already this thread for one of the two requests you are making here: [image] Default setting for 'Run on Subtasks' during creation of rules Product Feedback [image (7)] For >90% of the rules I have created, it would be beneficial for t…

Thanks, Richard! I copied my comments about “Run on Subtasks” to the other thread. I’d be happy to delete this post, but I do not have permission to do it. If you are you able to delete it, please do. At some time in the future, I might re-post thoughts about the setting “Trigger via other rules” …

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Richard_Sather November 7, 2025, 7:54pm 4

Ok @Roxanna_N , I’ll close this thread for now since you copied your comments over, to here.

Thanks!

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Default settings for rules

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