How do due dates transfer when copied?

[Caisha]

Hey Trask, when you copy a task/project the due dates don’t change like that. So:

If you set a date of June 20th for the task in the original project, then Subtask B is June 14th, Subtask A is June 8th, etc. - and you copy the task/project, it’ll carry over those same dates.

And then if you change the copied task’s date from June 20th to July 20th, the subtask dates won’t change.

However, @Alexis wrote down some instructions that I think might help you on this!

How do I set Asana to automatically trigger due date creation upon completion of other tasks?

Hi @Alim_Kumykov ! Great question. Due date triggering isn’t available at this time, but we have a solution that might work for you. It isn’t dependency specific, but it will help you space things in a way you might find helpful. I’ll break it down step by step, which I think will make it easiest to understand. Create a project Create tasks in the project in their anticipated order of completion Assign due dates to each task, where the due dates are spaced by the number of days…

Do note though that this doesn’t work for subtasks, however if you were to manually add the subtask to the home project, you could probably do it?

If none of that works, though, you could do it with an integration - Instagantt I think copies over task dependencies. So if ST B is dependent on ST A, then every time you move the due date for ST A, ST B’s moves as well. I think you have to do that in instagantt though, it won’t move the dates if you change the date in Asana (please correct me if I’m wrong!)