Has anyone had issues with rules with a “when start date is passed” trigger? I’ve removed all other conditions in the rule, and it’s still not running.
I’m wondering if this one should fire at midnight going into the start date, or midnight following the start date.
Have you tried both? Or tried with a specific time?
I’ve tried testing it by setting the start date a few days in the past, and it hasn’t run.
@Hope_Aucoin the start date must pass naturally for this to trigger (see this post The Asana Flux Capacitor: A Tongue-in-Cheek Guide to Warping Time with Manual Triggers for more info.) Setting the date in the past will not cause it to take action.
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I wondered about that, too. Thanks for that. I’ll set one up to trigger over the weekend.
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“…date has passed” rules only trigger on incomplete tasks according to Asana AI Chat:
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Rule Behavior on Completed Tasks
No, the “start date has passed” rule trigger does not run on completed tasks. According to the help documentation, due date and timing-based triggers only fire for incomplete tasks. This applies to similar triggers like “Due date is approaching” and “Task is overdue” as well.
Also, I know for sure that “…date is approaching” rules only trigger on incomplete tasks.
Thanks,
Larry
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That’s a separate trigger, I believe.
Thanks, @Hope_Aucoin, my mistake. I edited and rewrote my last post, but I think it’s still true for “start date has passed” that to run the task must be incomplete.