make due date of new card dependent on due date or custom field date of another card

Question

How can I create an automation whereby each new card I create in a certain list gets a due date dependent on the due date (or custom field date) of an existing card? Is that even possible? It's in itself a very simple formula, but I don't know how to get it to work in automations.

For example:

List = issue 5.4 magazine

Card 1 = Press date (this due date or custom date field will determine all the following cards)

Card 2 = Edit close (press date -60 days)

Card 3 = Ad close (press date -30 days)

Etc.

All suggestions welcome! Thanks

Katinka Domen · Answer

Hi Hannah.

This only works if all intervals are the same though, right? If for example I wanted to do something like this:

Project date: 25 nov

First linked card: project date -10days

Second linked card: project date -20days

Third linked card: project date - 50days

Is that possible too?

Hannah Humbert - Simpla Workflows · Answer

Hi @Katinka Domen ! Welcome to the community :)  I created a quick video a while ago showcasing a similar workflow. Basically, the idea is you set a date on a card (like a project or milestone due date), and this then determines the dates on the dependent or related cards.

https://www.loom.com/share/d6347f1b1f0a4e7fae41f5981d856538

In your case, you would be subtracting days from the date rather than adding.