It would be great to schedule due dates on a template based on a target date rather than the start date of a project. Use example: We do employee on-boarding for our clients, we need to schedule tasks based on the hire date which is not the start date of the project. We need to schedule tasks +/- …

Hello @Sara_Skowronski I think you can do it right now. When you create project from template you have to click on end that frame and then set up target date. System will calculate dates before. [Screenshot 2021-03-19 at 09.39.05] I hope it helps.

Set due dates in templates base on target date

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Sara_Skowronski 19 March 2021 16:09 3

Hi @Charlie_Pilch
We actually need a target date in the middle. We have tasks that need to be done before an employee hire date and some that need to be done after the hire date. Everything pivots around the hire date.

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Set due dates in templates base on target date

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