[Status: Investigating ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ] Automation Actions: Date Fields
It would be amazing if an automation action could be added to update Start Dates and End Dates. For example, we have tasks that need to be done annually, based on the completed date. Example:
Trigger: When status has remained unchanged for 9 months
Condition: Status is a Completed status group
Action 1: Update Due Date to Completed Date + 12 months
Action 2: Update Status to Review Needed
There are many other times this would be helpful like if a status is changed to Delayed, Due Date extends by 2 weeks.
I agree with this!
I agree with this!
this would be so helpful to haveย
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Hi Lynn Graham,
it's a strange idea for me to change tasks that are marked as completed into active again. Why don't you use recurring tasks for this? If you have to do the same tasks more often, it still remains every time a new task. I think it's totally confusing and messy if you would reactivate completed tasks for something like this.
Florian Kislich Hello,
One of the main challenges we have to work around in Wrike is that a majority of the people in our account are collaborators, which means they cannot manage their own tasks beyond the basics (status, comments, etc.). We have several governance processes that utilize an annual review cycle that include task-specific information in the description. We need to have a running record for each task, so recurrent tasks would hinder this. Additionally, we need to be able to see how often items in governance need updates off-cycle (more than the annual review cycle). Lastly, the folder also acts as a repository, all items must be available to view at any given time.
I am open to suggestions about this process; however, being able to change due dates as an automation action has other helpful implications beyond this one scenario.
This would be a very helpful automation for our Teams!
Hi everyone! Lynn Grahamย thank you very much for creating this post, I can see it's becoming a popular one very fast ๐คฉ
Thank you all for adding your votes, I'm passing your feedback to our Product Team ๐
Yes, Please add this to the automation actions. I would also like the ability to change a date custom field. Especially based on duration or +5 days from creation date. This would help solve so many roadblocks! We need dynamic date automations. :)
Noted, thanks for sharing Crystal Fugate, we've passed it on ๐
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Another request came through for something similar: Change dates in automation โ Wrike Help Center
Lynn Graham I have been hoping for automation of dates for a while, hopefully they will add it soon.
This seems like an obvious one to should be included, especially for tracking and following up of various tasks. I added an upvote, hoping to see it move into investigating soon.
Thank you for adding your support to this feature Justin Cisney, we'll keep you updated if there are any changes ๐
I agree! I have some tasks that are created automatically, and I would like it if I could automatically set a due date for X days after creation.
There have been several instances where date automation would be helpful, whether with the standard dates or custom field dates.ย I upvote for this as well
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I Agree with this
+1 for this idea! Just discovered a need for this today.