Can rules be applied to sub-tasks? I created a rule to mark a task complete anytime it was moved to the column Deployed. Unfortunately all the sub-tasks were not impacted and still show as not being complete.

Hi @gyonke , It’s not so much whether rules can be applied to subtasks per se. Rather, you have to remember that rules are strictly project-based, and by default subtasks do not belong to their top-level parent task’s project; thus rules are not in play for those subtasks. You can manually assign a…

The sub-tasks are under a task of the project and the sub-tasks are in the export file of the project. It never dawned on me that the sub-task was not tied to the project. Looking at the file closer I can see that the “Projects” field is blank. It is very interesting that a sub-task doesn’t inherit…

I know, it’s odd. Here’s a related thread FYI, you might want to add your vote: [image] Allow to automatically add subtasks to project Product Feedback I’d like subtasks to automatically be attached to the project so I don’t have add them manually if I want to see them in…

Rules applied to sub-tasks

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Phil_Seeman July 23, 2020, 11:26pm 4

I know, it’s odd.

Here’s a related thread FYI, you might want to add your vote:

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Rules applied to sub-tasks

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