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Update Parent Task Status, do not allow subtasks control the parent task status

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How can I make updates to the parent task status?

 

Currently, I can not make updates to the parent task status since there are subtasks. I am getting the error, "this field is automatically calculated by the system". I am want to be able to manually make updates to parent task status even when there are subtasks. 

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According to this article https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/workfront/using/manage-work/projects/update-work-on-a-pro... "You can update the Status of a parent task to Complete when the Summary Completion Mode of the project is set to Manual and the subtasks are completed or incomplete."

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Community Advisor

According to this article https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/workfront/using/manage-work/projects/update-work-on-a-pro... "You can update the Status of a parent task to Complete when the Summary Completion Mode of the project is set to Manual and the subtasks are completed or incomplete."

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Where can I update  Summary Completion Mode? I do not want to update the parent task to complete manually, I want to update to another status

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Community Advisor

update it on the project. (edit the project and scroll down)