# Offer (for Starter/Premium and above) a new rule "Start/Due date is approaching . . ." to trigger based on the earlier of Start date or Due date **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Tags:** my-tasks\ **Created:** [25 May 2021 18:18 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753 "2021-05-25T18:18:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Kerecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/lukas_kerecz/32/85146_2.png) [@Lukas\_Kerecz](https://forum.asana.com/u/Lukas_Kerecz)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2021 11:17 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/21 "2021-08-04T11:17:31Z")
Wow - this is really a big miss!! We also have a lot of tasks that span multiple weeks ---
**Author:** ![Kate17](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/kate17/32/79222_2.png) [@Kate17](https://forum.asana.com/u/Kate17)\ **Post date:** [20 August 2021 15:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/22 "2021-08-20T15:16:45Z")
Just came here to request this feature and found this existing thread! Upvoted!! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Melnick1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/sam_melnick1/32/63677_2.png) [@Sam\_Melnick1](https://forum.asana.com/u/Sam_Melnick1)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 13:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/23 "2021-08-24T13:59:26Z")
This is one of a few things I’ve been upset with after the changes to the My Tasks page. The original Today, Upcoming, Later divisions did this automatically. I feel like we’ve lost so many functions of this approach with the new customizable rules, Start Date triggers being one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Bantz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jeff_bantz/32/63238_2.png) [@Jeff\_Bantz](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeff_Bantz)\ **Post date:** [25 August 2021 16:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/24 "2021-08-25T16:53:02Z")
It boggles my mind that Rules trigger on the End Date when there’s a range. I have a need to move tasks out of view until they are scheduled to start. I’ve been in contact with Customer Support and they say it’s functioning as designed because rules are triggered by Due Dates. To me, it seems ludicrous ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Mayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/andrea_mayer/32/39226_2.png) [@Andrea\_Mayer](https://forum.asana.com/u/Andrea_Mayer)\ **Post date:** [25 August 2021 17:08 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/25 "2021-08-25T17:08:09Z")
Hey @Jeff_Bantz you might want to vote for this existing thread as well 🙂 [My Tasks Changes: Rules: Date Range For Rule](https://forum.asana.com/t/my-tasks-changes-rules-date-range-for-rule/123204) And this might be the solution you are looking for? [New triggers for Rules: “Due date is approaching” and “Task is Overdue”](https://forum.asana.com/t/new-triggers-for-rules-due-date-is-approaching-and-task-is-overdue/110657) (only available for Business and Enterprise though, not sure what plan you are on) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Bantz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jeff_bantz/32/63238_2.png) [@Jeff\_Bantz](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeff_Bantz)\ **Post date:** [25 August 2021 17:14 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/26 "2021-08-25T17:14:08Z")
Ability to be able to select the Start Date for a task with a date range instead of just the End Date. That allows me to push it out of view until I want to start working on it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Bantz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jeff_bantz/32/63238_2.png) [@Jeff\_Bantz](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeff_Bantz)\ **Post date:** [25 August 2021 17:17 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/27 "2021-08-25T17:17:11Z")
Thanks - I upvoted it and added a comment. The problem I’m having is best described as this. Task A is going to take 5 days to work on…and I’ve got it set up to start working on it 5 days before the due date. I don’t need to see it until it’s time to start working on it. So, if my start date is 9/6/2021 and my end date (due date) is 9/10/2021 I want it to pop into my “Today” view using my existing rule on 9/6 instead of 9/10. ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Mayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/andrea_mayer/32/39226_2.png) [@Andrea\_Mayer](https://forum.asana.com/u/Andrea_Mayer)\ **Post date:** [25 August 2021 17:21 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/28 "2021-08-25T17:21:10Z")
Yeah makes complete sense! ---
**Author:** ![Stephanie\_Oberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/stephanie_oberg/32/80033_2.png) [@Stephanie\_Oberg](https://forum.asana.com/u/Stephanie_Oberg)\ **Post date:** [26 August 2021 16:55 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/29 "2021-08-26T16:55:32Z")
Jeff, I suspect 99+% of Asana **users** agree with you. It’s just the Asana architects who seemingly don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\ **Post date:** [26 August 2021 19:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/30 "2021-08-26T19:16:23Z")
Hi @Jeff_Bantz, You might want to check out our [Flowsana](https://asana.com/apps/flowsana) integration, which does allow you to create a date-based rule trigger based on **start date**. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [26 August 2021 19:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/31 "2021-08-26T19:23:10Z")
@Jeff_Bantz and @Andrea_Mayer, Isn’t it this post that you want to vote on that matches this thread’s need?: > [@Offer (for Starter/Premium and above) a new rule "Start/Due date is approaching . . ." to trigger based on the earlier of Start date or Due date](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753): > > The new My Tasks v2 rule “Due date is approaching → Move task to a certain section” only triggers based on the Due date, not the Start date if one is present. Please add (for Premium and above–that is, wherever Start date is available) a new rule: “Start/Due date is approaching → Move task to a certain section” and consider the Start date, if present, as the date to consider for this rule to fire, otherwise, the Due date if no Start date is present. I believe most will want this behavior and f… Thanks, Larry ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Mayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/andrea_mayer/32/39226_2.png) [@Andrea\_Mayer](https://forum.asana.com/u/Andrea_Mayer)\ **Post date:** [26 August 2021 19:32 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/32 "2021-08-26T19:32:39Z")
Hey @Larry_Berger_lpb, yes perfect seems like exactly what @Jeff_Bantz is looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Bantz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jeff_bantz/32/63238_2.png) [@Jeff\_Bantz](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeff_Bantz)\ **Post date:** [26 August 2021 20:02 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/33 "2021-08-26T20:02:34Z")
EXACTY!! Updated and hopefully they’ll see the rationale! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/cat_b/32/56344_2.png) [@Cat\_B](https://forum.asana.com/u/Cat_B)\ **Post date:** [8 September 2021 09:42 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/34 "2021-09-08T09:42:51Z")
This is completely ridiculous. Tasks used to move into the ‘Today’ category automatically based on their start dates, not their due dates. When you change a basic function like this you complete throw off the reliability that was once built into this product. Furthermore, when you don’t allow users to make a ‘rule’ to compensate for this, you’ve ‘disabled’ the product - why? ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/patrick_7/32/85635_2.png) [@Patrick\_7](https://forum.asana.com/u/Patrick_7)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2021 07:39 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/35 "2021-09-17T07:39:14Z")
Start date trigger is crucial to provide visibility to tasks well before the actual due date, especially for tasks that take longer than one day to accomplish ---
**Author:** ![Getz\_Pro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/getz_pro/32/13546_2.png) [@Getz\_Pro](https://forum.asana.com/u/Getz_Pro)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2021 15:19 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/36 "2021-10-12T15:19:58Z")
Would be really nice to allow a rule that triggers on a task START date. Reason: Many tasks have a date range. For those tasks it would be almost late to focus on that task once it hits due today or upcoming as upcoming is based on end and not start. This way folks can see when they should start working on a task. ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_McGrath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/rebecca_mcgrath/32/74508_2.png) [@Rebecca\_McGrath](https://forum.asana.com/u/Rebecca_McGrath)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2021 16:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/37 "2021-10-12T16:26:13Z")
Hi @Getz_Pro, thanks for providing this feedback. We do have an existing product request for this feature in the forum already so i’ve gone ahead and merged your post with the existing one to consolidat feedback - I hope you don’t mind! I’ll keep you posted and let you know if we have any updates 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anon66335775](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon66335775](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon66335775)\ **Post date:** [23 October 2021 17:42 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/38 "2021-10-23T17:42:38Z")
I agree being able to create a rule-based off of start date is a huge help. It’s a big area of confusion that my due date is my floating start date and I cannot really track a due date. ---
**Author:** ![Kelsey\_Keller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/kelsey_keller/32/72480_2.png) [@Kelsey\_Keller](https://forum.asana.com/u/Kelsey_Keller)\ **Post date:** [30 November 2021 20:01 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/39 "2021-11-30T20:01:27Z")
I agree, we love using start dates to help plan out our tasks, but not having this rule makes it much harder to manage all our tasks. ---
**Author:** ![anon1803870](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon1803870](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon1803870)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2021 19:29 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753/40 "2021-12-07T19:29:00Z")
How do we give users an alert when the start date of a task has arrived? Can that force priority view in their mytasks list? I have searched the forum, but can’t find anything helpful on this, it seems others have struggled with start dates especially as you don’t seem to be able to setup rules based off them either… ☹ How do you use start dates effectively? [Previous page](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.asana.com/t/offer-for-starter-premium-and-above-a-new-rule-start-due-date-is-approaching-to-trigger-based-on-the-earlier-of-start-date-or-due-date/122753.md?page=3)