Ability to set a Task constraint option as default for new tasks created in the projects associated with a group

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February 17, 2017
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As is:

The Task Constraint setting of new tasks can only be influenced indirectly using the Start Date setting, as follows:

Based on the Project Planned Date -> "As soon as possible"

Today -> "Start No Earlier Than (today)"

Desired:

For our Group Admins it would be useful to be able to set Task constraint options as default for the new tasks created in the projects associated with their group.

The ask is to have a setting for the "Task Constraint", in the settings of a Group > Task & Requests Preferences > New Task Defaults section, similar to the "Duration type"

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CustomerSu

Level 10

Let System Administrators set a default task Constraint type in setup.

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StephanieSc11

Level 4

OMG, YES!

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KellieGa1

Level 2

My team hates having late tasks in their queue when it's something out of their control - ie the person before them is late submitting their task.

It would be nice to have a task constraint move the planned start date based on the previous task completion date. Right now there is no way for the system to move these dates instead the whole project just shows late for everyone else down the line causing a ripple effect of unease.

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EileenW

Level 3

We have been struggling with with issue as well. Especially when a task sits with an Approver past the task completion date. When this happens, some of our users throw their hands up and say "well, then NO dates are valid." This doesn't help us when trying to keep work moving.

The next task start date should be adjusted automatically based on the predecessor's actual completion date. This should also trigger an update/notification/flag on the project letting us know that this ("override"?) happened.

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MikeMe

Level 2

For each Project, it would be highly beneficial if one could set a default Task Constraint (i.e. Fixed Dates) as a setting within the Project Details. This way you don't have to manually change each one to the Task Constraint you wish, and will provide a huge efficiency gain for all users. This current inefficiency can be very frustrating, and is really hurting User Enablement.

Please Vote!

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itmailbox

Level 2

I agree with this. For some users, this only happens once in a while, and they get stuck each time trying to figure it out (because they might not have seen it for several months).

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TracyBr

Level 2

Description - Need the ability to change the default task constraint in setup

Why is this feature important to you - Lots of time is spent manually changing from "As soon as possible" to "Fixed dates" on ad hoc tasks outside of templated tasks

How would you like the feature to work - Setup > Tasks > Set default constraint

Current Behaviour - defaults as "As soon as possible" and there's no way to change the default currently.