When adjusting dates for tasks that have predecessors, they become backlogged (losing duration, start date, end date)
Greetings team,
I have a question and I know that I am doing this incorrectly which is leading to my problem.
In wrike, I have 3 training tasks.
These have been set to two predecessors.
I have removed one of those predecessors since the training tasks are no longer dependent on this. This should bring in the schedule for those tasks by several months.
However, I have noticed that wrike does not automatically adjust the start date and due date. I discovered that if I select the "min" or "max" button that the start and due date will automatically update.
This typically works for me when I make changes to the schedule requiring tasks down the chain to be updated.
However, when I click this, I end up blowing away the duration, start, and end dates.
This automatically backlogs the tasks requiring me to manually key in everything. I'm not able to get the task to automatically schedule either.
I apologize, I come from the MS Project world where dates automatically get adjusted when I make changes like this.
My question is two fold:
1. What am I doing wrong?
2. What is the best way to get dates to automatically update when I adjust predecessors?
Thank you for any help!
Thank you for reaching out Adam Reusche! I've asked our Support team to take a look.
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Thank you Lisa. I did discover the, "Recalculate duration automatically" which I have enabled giving me the MS project like functionality I was looking for. I'm still genuinely curious why the dates get blown out though when I do this when I have projects set to not recalculate duration automatically.
I can see our Support team member reached out to you now 👍
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Similar question. I selected the Max button by accident. How do I get my dates back?
Hi John Herbst, welcome to the forums 👋
I've asked our Support team to look into this for you, someone from the team will reach out to you.
Please let me know if there's anything else I can help you with!
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Hey John Herbst, if you click the task the edit history will appear in the red box below.
This has saved me several times after blowing up my scheduled.
Seeing the edit doesn't help to correct it.
To correct the deleted dates, I deleted the dependencies and reentered them. The dates then reappeared.
Not sure the Max / Min function is working as intended on the Web Version.
Hi John Herbst, thank you for the additional details, our Support Team is aware of your case and you will be contacted by one of our agents shortly 👍
@... I think I'm having a related issue. Previously when I adjusted dates on a predecessor, that would adjust the dates of the dependent task. That doesn't seem to be happening any longer, and I'm not sure why.
Hello Sarah Philippart, welcome to the Community. I've created a ticket with our Support Team on your behalf, and one our agents will contact you shortly to assist you with this 👍
I have the same issue -When changing dates or changin predecessor nothing update automatically
Florian Chesneaux Hi, welcome to the forum 👋
When you adjust dates on a predecessor task, the dependent tasks should be adjusted accordingly. But, if a date constraint is set on the dependent task, the dates won't change automatically even if the predecessor's dates are modified. On the Gantt chart, date constraints appear as solid vertical lines at the beginning of a dependent task. Can you let me know if that's the case?
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Lisa I'm also experiencing this issue. I submitted a request to support for this. I have checked and confirmed that this is not an issue with a start constraint. I updated the start date for the task 1, which task 2 lists as a predecessor, but the start date for task 2 is not updating. When I update the first date, all the others should cascade.
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Hello Basudha Sakshyarika I am having this same issue as Chris and others. What was the solution?
Hi Stephanie Wallace 🙋🏻♀️ I'm looping in our support team to look at the issue you’re facing. Please feel free to share as much detail as possible so they can assist you effectively. Thank you! 😊
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It would be helpful if your support teams would actually post solutions here
Hey Chris Sci, welcome to the forums!
I understand your point but after reviewing several different tickets on this topic, it looks like there's not one universal solution as it depends on the initial Gantt Chart settings that may be different. If there is a common solution, we try to post them publicly of course. Are you having any challenges with dependencies?
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Lisa
I am having this same issue. At first I thought it was because we set up our blueprints with generic Job roles, schedule the project, then see who is available during those times (and adjust as needed). However, when I am creating my initial project plan with predecessors and I change one, it is not automatically changing the date on the future tasks. I did notice one strange work around - when I choose tasks that have real people assigned to them, rather than job roles, they DO change.
https://zoom.us/clips/share/Ahe7eONcRVeqVn5ZeKXXwQ
you can see this happen at second 39, then correct itself at 1 when I assign someone, (1:30, I realize I don't account for the +10 days in the plan - ignore that), 2;40 - ignore, I changed the wrong task 3:20 task not changing after prior task changes date, then I add a person and it changes.
there have been a number of us who have used blueprints with dates not changing tasks that have predecessors. Then find that we need to blank out the dates (which then loses duration and effort), set the predecessor, which then triggers the date to be accurate.
Danielle Wilson Hi there, so can you summarize where you are at with this? Is it doing what you need it to do or do you still have to go in manually and mess with formulas? I am looking for the same solution you are. Boggles my mind that this important and extremely relevant functionality is not yet available after what seems like 5 plus years of requests from users
Chris Sci No the problem still exists. see video - the time stamps show it happening.
Hi Danielle Wilson, I can see that you have already reached out to our support team regarding this. Please feel free to share any updates on the solution. Thank you! 😊
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