I use recurring tasks, they are great, however my issue is with the subtask due dates. Why when the recurring task auto reloads, the task gets the correct new due date based on the cadence you set for the recurring task (weekly, every 2 weeks, etc.), but all the subtaks retain the due dates of the task that was just completed. Why can’t the subtasks when they reload in the new recurring task get a new due date based on the cadence / reoccurance of the task?
Any help or work arounds y’all have would be greatly apprecited. I feel like I’m a broken record with my team telling them they have to manual adjust the subtask due dates to be current for the reloaded task so their deadlines are not outdated.
I’m afraid it’s just the behavior of recurring tasks. They don’t work well when you need to have both parent and subtask dates shifting like that; the recommendation is to only specify one or the other as recurring tasks.
Depending on your workflow, perhaps a solution lies in rules (a new type is scheduled triggers), rules with a custom field to denote the kind of task that should afford this behavior, or maybe dependencies (but not as part of a recurring task).
Perhaps Flowsana (cc @Phil_Seeman) also offers options too.
Yes, you could use Flowsana here - either the Auto-adjust Workflow or rules, depending on the specifics of your scenario. Feel free to write us if you’d like to discuss it in more detail!
