repeat cards with new due date
Asked by ? ??:

I've transferred from Asana recently. In Asana, when I set a repeat function, as soon as I complete a task (card), it generates a new due date according to the repeat rule I set. That way, I can always see all the tasks that need to be done on any given day. This helps when I assign new tasks... to not overload with too many tasks on any given day.

I tried the card repeater in Trello, but maybe I am still not getting the full picture of this power-up...

Apparently, it functions totally unrelated to due dates? I found a mention that I need to create a list for repeat cards... But, if the repeat card is created on the day scheduled by the card repeater, I wouldn't know about it until the very day... or I have to click the repeat card to see when it's due next time... which would be kind of ridiculous...

I also use the dashcard power-up to track my tasks across all the boards for today and for the next 7 days, but again, I don't see the repeat cards show up there... naturally because they don't have due dates.

I really like Trello so far, but this is almost detrimental that I cannot have an accurate full picture of everything that needs to be done for the next 7 days or so.

Can someone explain if I am missing something or a way around it? Thanks!


Answers:
author: milynnus
body: [@????](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4882672)

If my understanding is correct, what you want is to change the due date when certain condition is met. Then you can rename card name with an append "New Due Date: {date+7d}" aka make due date 7 days from now.

Set another trigger
> when I enter a card name containing a date after "New Due Date:" set due on the date and remove the matched text

comments: author: ? ??
body: Thank you for the response, but I don't think I follow what you are suggesting. How do I trigger (upon the completion of the card) the change to a new due date based on certain conditions on each card basis?

And, why would I rename the card?

Can you clarify? And, I am afraid I need step-by-step instruction for I am very new to Trello (like 3 days).


author: milynnus
body: [@????](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4882672)

It depends on what you want. You can indicate a move to "Complete" list as a way to indicate completion, or check off the checkbox next to the due date....etc.


author: ? ??
body: I don't feel you understand what I am getting at... or I don't understand what you mean at all. Let me give you an example.

Let's say, I have a card "adjust delivery date" which should repeat every 2 months.

Assume today was the day, so I adjust the date and check off the card as complete. **As soon as I check off the card as complete**, I want another card created automatically which is exactly the same but with a new due date that is 2 month down the road. Is there a way to do that?

I want the card to appear right then and there **with a new due date in the date field** so that it will appear on my calendar.

Please show me how I can do this.

Thank you.


author: milynnus
body: [@????](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4882672)   
Assuming you are not using a card repeater power up, you can create a new card with {triggercardname} New Due Date: {date+7d} it should have the same effect. Copy has a different effect since old data will be copied over but it depends on your requirements.


author: ? ??
body: Thank you. But what do you mean by "create a new card with {triggercardname} New Due Date: {date+7d}"?

It sounds like programming, and I don't have programming knowledge...

So in my prior example of "adjust delivery date"... do I create a new card with "adjust delivery date"... I assume that's what you mean? Tell me if I am already lost here.

And then where do I put {date+7d}? In the date field, I can only select the date...

I tried the card repeater but it does NOT do what I need. It doesn't show up right away, I mean popping up on the very next due date is way too late... AND it doesn't fill in the due date in the date field either so I can't track. AND, It calculates from the date of the card created, and not from the due date. Frankly, I don't really see the value in that power-up.


author: milynnus
body: [@????](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4882672)

I understand you are new. In fact if you are creating a new card you can just using the template like
> when the due date is marked as complete in a card with a name starting with Special {\*}  
> create a new card with title  
> in list  
, and set due in 23 days  
There is not need to use the earlier method.


author: ? ??
body: Yes indeed, I am a total newbie on Trello!

OK. That command sounds like exactly what I am looking for...

Where is the template? What are the steps to create a card with that command/template? Is there a tutorial video for that?


author: milynnus
body: [@????](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4882672)

I don't have a collection of videos handy but I am sure you can find some on the internet.


author: ? ??
body: I finally got it. You were talking about Butler, creating a rule... If you had mentioned creating a rule using Butler, I would have gotten it... I thought I was somehow supposed to do the set up within a card. And, I didn't know that I could create a rule for each task...

Thank you. It means I am going to have a lot of rules... but I guess I can use the command library.


author: Alejandro Valdes
body: Want to jump in here with a similar request which might also help with the originally inquiry.

I have a task \<PayTax\> I need to do every month by day 20.

I did a card that repeats every day 15 and goes to my "task backlog" so I can see it in that list (and work on it). But I need those repeat cards to always have a due date of the 20th. So that in my "Table Views" I can see that task in the upcoming Due Dates.

How would I create a rule that always sets a due date (created date+5) ONLY to that repeating card \<PayTax\>. Something like set a due date for card \<PayTax\> of Create date+5?

And ideally, be able to have an "Automation button" to easily apply this rule to other repeating cards not necesarily with same name.

Lets say I create a new card \<QuarterlyTax\> and repeats quarterly on day1. I'd need that newly created card \<QuarterlyTax\> to be due on the 5th.