Relative task due dates depending on the final subtask due date

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Hi all,
is it possible to create task templates, which have subtasks with due dates depending not on the creation date, but the final subtask?
e.g. the final subtask is “publishing” due on May 1st and all previous subtasks are based on the final date, excluding weekends.
I only can find the option to create subtasks based on the task creation date.

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Hi @Tim_Hinz that is correct.

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Hi @Tim_Hinz, welcome to the Asana Community Forum :wave:

While this feature isn’t available at this time, hopefully it’s something our Product team can implement in the future.

That said, I’m going to move this post to #productfeedback so folks in the community can upvote it and so our developers can get a better look at the needs of our members :slight_smile:

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Task Templates with dependencies & relative dates
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Hi @Rebecca_McGrath, thanks a lot!

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Oh thank goodness, someone else has this question (yes, I know this is an old topic; seems silly to create a new one, no?).

PS Thank you in advance to the product team.

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Any movement on this product development?

I work with elections and the ability to set due dates 60, 75, 120 days before “Election Day” would be amazing. I am trying to build a template but this feature would make that task so much easier.

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Curious if this is getting any closer to implementation? Would save me a bunch of bother on many tasks. Where can I go to upvote the suggestion?

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Click the title to scroll to the top of this thread and vote by clicking the purple Vote button.

Thanks,

Larry

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Similarly to this request, it’d be helpful for the ability to set due dates that are before the triggering due date. For example, I’d like to have my milestone trigger a rule that adds subtasks to it. However, the subtasks can only be based on due date - since milestones don’t allow start dates. Ultimately this ends up having a milestone due date before the subtask due dates. I’ve tried using task templates and even full project templates - but everything requires the relative due dates to either trigger on a project due date or a task start date.
Are there any updates on this feature? (for clarity, I’m trying to do something similar to what Lacy_Todd described in his post in this thread)