I don’t know if it is intentional or not, but I’m hoping to have an option to remove the day buffer that is put on to dependent subitem tasks.
In the example picture 1 has all the tasks on the parent same level with a due date of 3/5. But when I drag the 2 bottom tasks under the parent the due date changes to the day later (Picture 2).
I would like them to remain all at 3/5.
Is it possible to change so it doesn’t add in a day buffer already?
If not I would like to suggest the option to change, since we primarily are running projects at an hourly/minute level of detail and don’t want the due date to have a day added to it.
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Hello @Daniel_Degheri
It seems that the parent column is selected as the dependency in the timeline options.
Since the due date is changing automatically, I assume you have set up a timeline in your doc and configured the dependency options.
For subitems, a parent column is created, and based on the described behavior, it looks like you have selected this parent column as the dependency column.
Can you check if this is the case?
Best Regards,
Arnhold
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Hi @Felipe_Arnhold ,
You are correct, we utilize timeline as well, and in our configuration the the parent column is the dependency column. The dependency is strict, and behaves similarly in flexible. I omitted for simplicity of the example, but that is an important detail.
We would like it in that configuration, but hoping it does not add on an the additional day buffer.
Thanks,
Dan
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If you add the parent column as a dependency in the timeline options, it is expected that the child rows will start one day after the parent row, since the dependency relationship is finish-to-start (F2S).
This behavior applies regardless of whether the dependency mode is strict or flexible. The strict option simply ensures that the number of days between tasks remains fixed when editing other tasks, but it still respects the F2S relationship.
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Hi @Felipe_Arnhold , I appreciate the response.
What you described is what I had assumed, I was just seeing there is was a way to get around that “expectation.”
Currently I found a workaround where I modify the row first to blank, then modify the due date a 2nd time to insert in a date that I want it to be at (without the day added on). It works, but it’s painfully slow.
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