What's the best way to maintain an overdue Due Date when marking done??

Question

I want to measure missed deadlines in reporting but when a Card is moved to Done and Butler marks Due Date complete, there's no where to see the delay.

Herewith a practical example:

* I've set a card with a Due Date back in August
* Now it's been marked as Done, it maintains the Due Date, looking like it was completed in August, which is totally not ideal.

EDIT: Not sure why Community listed my product in the OP as "Free Plan". We pay for Premium.

Sami Linnanvuo _Screenful_ · Answer

@Fun Man Andy there are Power-Ups that can help in tracking on-time delivery of tasks. The Analytics & Reports Power-Up can report which tasks were completed on-time vs overdue across all of your Trello boards. You can create it as a report using the Work due template:

Here's a guide for getting started with a free trial.

Carolina Lopez_rbdu5v · Answer

Hi Andy!

There isn't a way to keep the date overdue after completing it, but you can create other rules to help you identify these cards. For example, you can create automations to add a label on cards that reach the due date, or created with an overdue due date.

the moment a card is due, add the red "Overdue" label to the card

when a card with an overdue due date is added to the board, add the red "Overdue" label to the card

You can also create a rule to add the date when it was marked as completed to a comment or Custom Field. Here are some examples:

when the due date is marked as complete in a card, set date custom field "Due date completed on" to now

when the due date is marked as complete in a card, post comment "Due date completed on {date}"

For the last one I used a variable, which can be found in this document:
Automation variables