Is there a way to set Start Dates on Action Items in a Task List? I doin't see an OOTB way.

John Mallon

I don't see an OOTB way to do this.  I believe there is a Power Up that enables this as a "Deep List" functionality, but then those action items were not visible to another Power Up that summarizes all Action Items across all Cards in a board.  Ideally both would be available and work together.   

Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting

Hi @John Mallon 

 

By Task List, do you mean Trello checklists?  If so, the functionality is fairly limited out of the box.

 

1. I have become more accustomed to using Trello at a card level, where a card is a task and checklists in a the card are more like a list of things to verify that the task is done instead of subtasks.
2. You can use a bit of automation to create parent/child relationships with checklist items being converted to cards, which gives you more flexibility to visualise and summarise at a board level.  Some information can be found here:
   https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Trello-articles/Mikes-Trello-Tips-Parent-Child-Card-Linking/ba-p/2418149 
3. There is 1 power-up that works tremendously well for this and it also allows for start and finish dates in checklist items.  That is Placker 

 

I hope this information helps