Hmmm, okay. I see what you mean. Yes, I did have the subtasks set up to be completed in order. Apparently, I had cleared the dates for the first subtask at some point and then cleared the dates for the parent task which removed the dates for all the other subtasks. When I added start/due dates to the parent task again, they didn't get added back in for the subtasks who's dates I had manually cleared previously. The 'Inherit parent dates' feature remains unchecked which I guess is the case because I manually cleared it.
Anyway, your explanation helped me spot the problem. Thanks Dwight for taking the time to respond. Joel On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:53 AM Dwight <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Joel. > > short answer: you should turn on "inherit parent dates" for all of your > subtasks. > > long answer: each task follows its own criteria for when to become active. > It's totally legitimate to have a task that starts before the parent task, > for example maybe you will do all this work tomorrow but you might need to > pick up some supplies today. Also, the parent task in a project is also the > last task in the project, sometimes used for clean-up, archive, identify > any needed followup, in which case the parent task might run on after the > project itself is over. (There are ways to make the parent task into just a > project name without being its own separate task, that's out of scope for > today's message). Since only the first subtask is active I assume that you > are using "complete subtasks in order." The subtasks have no start date > which means that they will be active whenever the other conditions are met > without any need to wait for a particular date. > > So, your current setup says, I have a list of tasks to complete starting > with "Wash Car" and ending with "Work on Car", each task will become active > when all preceding tasks are completed except that the last task cannot > become active until tomorrow and will become overdue at the end of tomorrow > unless it has already been completed. The first task, because it has no > preceding tasks, is active now. By adding "inherit parent dates" you will > change it to, I have a list of tasks to complete starting with "Wash Car" > and ending with "Work on Car", each task will become active when all > preceding tasks are completed but not before tomorrow, any tasks not > completed by tomorrow will become overdue at the end of tomorrow. > > -Dwight > > On 12/19/2018 3:20 PM, Joel wrote: > > I'm not sure if this is a bug or not. I have a project dated for tomorrow > for both start and due dates but the first subtask in the project is listed > as 'active'. It shouldn't be active at all if the start date is for > tomorrow, correct? Is there anything I could have done to cause this or am > I missing something? Also, this isn't the first time I've seen this. > > [image: MLO bug.JPG] > Thanks, > > Joel > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/c400ea1c-6ba6-4721-94b4-f7fb1bab983f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/c400ea1c-6ba6-4721-94b4-f7fb1bab983f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/b41cdf8a-de3b-f13d-0771-7e85011f8457%40dwightarthur.us > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/b41cdf8a-de3b-f13d-0771-7e85011f8457%40dwightarthur.us?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/CAMYN1-j8OjdsV3CLokygJT2jL3Cu_tgBvsC%2BNBRe2c-7_UpiQA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
