Reset Due Date Based on Sub-Task Due Date

Question

I'm struggling to get one or more automations in place to handle the following:

* If a parent (with sub-tasks) has a due date and the sub-task(s) does not, then clear the parent due date
* If a parent (with sub-tasks) has a due date that is earlier than the due date of the sub-tasks, then clear the parent due date

When dealing with the sub-tasks, I can compare dates easily and add comments and reset dates. It trying to access the sub-task due date from the parent OR updating the parent due date from the sub-tasks.

Edoardo Cavallini_1wofs5 · Answer

Hi, I have the same issue with no automation. I made a story with some sub-tasks and I cloned several times.

I changed the due date of the story to make a high level plan, and kept the subtask as default. But after a while (and I do not know what triggers it) all the due date have been resettled to the default date of the subtask.

Do you have any fix?

Thanks

Randy Simes · Answer

Thanks for your help - I'll mess around with that logic and see what I get

Christopher Maxwell · Answer

Hi Randy,

I don't want to leave you hanging. I think the key here, at least for element 1, will be switching the automation around to search for the sub-task, and then execute the action on the branch (parent ticket). Have you tried that approach?

That's what I started on the other day and then ran out of time.