[Status: Not planned] General links and cross-references between tasks
Currently I can past a task URL into a task/comment and get a link in one direction. I can also create a bi-directional link between two tasks using dependencies but this has a very specific meaning.
I would love the ability to create links/cross-references between tasks, which means that when I add a reference to task B on task A, I can see this link from _both_ tasks A and B.
- One use case is just to help cross-reference better between tasks. If I am working on B I would probably like to be notified that A has been linked to it
- Secondly, if I create a new task B inspired by task A. Let's say customer raises a badly worded request or bug-report A which takes several comments to figure out, I can create task B which properly describes A succinctly and can be assigned to our development workflow.
- Thirdly, in the example above I can keep developer tasks separate from customer tickets but still closely linked, without resorting to sub-tasks which are quite limited (to be honest they don't work very well currently)
It's a feature which is implemented nicely in GitHub (and probably more fully in Jira). In terms of implementation, something really neat is to be able to do this _from_ task A, without having to jump off and go find A, then copy the link and come back to B.
Hey John, thanks for sharing this 🙂 We've passed your feedback to the Product team.
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100% this is an essential feature. @John you are right GitHub and Jira make great use of this, as does ClickUp, TargetProcess, ZenKit, etc., etc. You guys are almost there with unfurling of tasks in descriptions and comments, and the ability to scan tasks across Wrike when you type in subtasks. Really hoping to see this feature coming through soon!
And one suggestion I'd have that would fully satisfy my need, and hopefully be of one of the more minimal back-end development approaches: simply add to dependencies another option of "relates," and then we have this feature!! More similar relations like "discovered during" or "is a duplicate of" are also very useful, and again could simply be where you currently select dependencies.
Thanks for listening guys!
Hi, I'd like to also add that one of my use cases here would be to have this apply to not just tasks, but folders and projects as well. I use tasks to track meetings, and at times during meetings the team will conceive of a project. I'd like to be able to quickly write up the project, ideally highlight the text in the task that is the note about the project, and then create a project with the title being this text - some apps like Confluence allow this. Then, I'd like the project to pick up the reference to the task automatically, so I can know in the future that the genesis of this project was this meetings.
Perhaps an easy way to approach this from the backend point of view would be to use project dependencies conceived of here https://help.wrike.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115003737785-Project-Folder-Dependencies and simply make a dependency called "related," as I suggested above with tasks.
Thanks guys!
Let me add a note to this year-old post: Cross-linking tasks would be massively helpful, JIRA does a fantastic job of this, with bi-directional links. Easily shows related tasks. Please do short-list this for Wrike.
Thank you for your feedback Aaron!
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Hi team. Has this been resolved yet? Keen to have this capability available asap.
Hello Carl Bothma, welcome to the Community, and thanks for posting!
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Hi Wrike team,
another user here who dearly misses this feature coming from Jira. Clearly, this thread now has more than 60 upvotes, so could please keep us updated about the status?
Thank you so much!
Hi Jean Pierre Bassenge, welcome to the Community! Thank you for letting us know you are interested in this feature, I have passed your feedback on to our Product Development Team. Currently, this idea is not on the roadmap, we will update the status of the request to reflect its current state. I understand this update is not the one you'd like to hear, we will keep you informed in case there are any changes regarding this request.
Hi. This is a real killer. There are quite some hierarchical custom items that we need to create and reference and for what we would be willing to pay the extra for the more expensive account. Not being able to have basic references between custom items via custom fields (where we also would expect that your code follows up and keeps those references up to date in case of moving items) is more than just disappointing: It's a show stopper.
Hello Günter Dressel, welcome to the Community. Thank you very much for voicing your interest in this suggestion, I understand the importance this feature could have for your and your team. I will re-consult the case with the Product Team and will provide you with a more accurate reply soon.
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Would LOVE to see this feature added!!
Hi Lindsey Bednar, welcome to Wrike Community 👋
We don't have an update for this idea yet. We appreciate your feedback and we'll pass your interest to the respective team 👍
Let me know if you need help with anything else!
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Coming in 5 years later to say that is the missing essential feature for us. The ability to imply a relationship between two data objects is incredibly important for being able to structure Wrike's flexible data types
Hello Scott Stephan, thank you for your comment, I understand this suggestion would be important for you and your team and I've passed your feedback on to our relevant team.
We will keep you informed in case there are any improvements regarding this feature 👍
Do we have this feature to link two tasks now?
This sounds like a basic requirement and disappointing to see its pending for 5+ years
Hey Ramesh Muthusamy Subramaniam, thanks for reaching out!
This is not currently available, but it's possible to paste clickable links to other tasks within tasks. It would be great if you could share you use case!
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Thanks Lisa.
My use case is, i have created custom item types (Named "Events" and "Action items") which are of type "Task".
i have added multiple "Action items" as a sub item under "events". i want to be able to list all the action items grouped by events on the dashbaord.
I created a widget and selected the parent folder as Data source, "Report on" as "action items" and break by as "Location"
But its not breaking by events. What am i missing?
In this case I'd recommend adding a custom field for events, you can call it "Events" and add the name of a particular event for each action item. Then you'll be able to group by this custom field in the dashboard Ramesh Muthusamy Subramaniam. Does this make sense?
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Thanks Lisa. thats just lot of manual effort to manage that extra field. But it will help. Appreciate it.
I'm happy to help Ramesh Muthusamy Subramaniam. I understand it may not be a perfect solution.
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Voting for this functionality as well
Thank you for adding your vote Chelsea Cathey!
We would really like to see this feature in Wrike especially as we have recently developed a space specifically for our agile projects. The clickable links in description or comments is not a sustainable alternative nor is cross tagging.
Hi Ashley Shearer 👋 Thanks for detailing your use case! I'll pass your feedback on to the Product Team, and I'll be sure to update you if there are any developments 👍
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Would love to see that future after 6 years of using Wrike. We had to start using Jira for DEV ad Product Discovery, and the more we wait for Wrike to implement it the closer we are to switching to JIRA completely :(
Hey Ivan Matosyan! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I understand that waiting for new features can be challenging. Rest assured, we're continually working to improve, and I'll pass your feedback along to the team. Thank you! 😊
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