Right Now I have a project with a rule in place that creates subtasks for a main task when a custom field option is selected, and these subtasks are given a relative due date based on the due date of the main task. The issue I have is that the main task’s due date sometimes changes, and when that happens, I want all the subtasks due dates to update as well. I know this is possible by using dependencies, but I dont see a way to automatically have subtasks be dependant on the main task, either in the original rule that creates those subtasks, or in a new rule. We generate over 20 subtasks using our current rules, so having to go in and manually make them dependant on the main task in the offchance the due date shifts is not a solution.
Hi @Evan_Coates , unfortunately this is not possible, natively. The subtasks created by a rule can be dependent on each other but not made dependent on the parent task.
One solution to update due dates of subtasks when the parent task’s due date changes, would be using a custom script/code via the API, or perhaps 3rd party integrators like Zapier or Flowsana.net.
FYI you can accomplish this with the “Add subtasks” rule action in our Flowsana rule action. That rule action involves creating a “template” of sorts for the parent and subtasks (the parent is just a placeholder for the real parent target of the rule); if you make the subtasks dependent on the parent “placeholder” within the template, Flowsana will set the subtasks as dependent on the actual parent target task.