Recurring Tasks

avatar virtualmissfriday Pro Apr 10. 2009. 10:53 am #1
I am desperate for a feature thats allows you to set recurring tasks and calendar events weekly, monthly etc...

Any suggestions on how I could implement this?

Thanks,
Michelle
avatar Ilija Studen Staff Apr 10. 2009. 3:12 pm #2
Hi Michelle,

activeCollab does not have support for recurring tasks at the moment. Problem is that recurrence is not something that can be easily done with the way activeCollab currently works for us so there is no easy hack for this. You'll need someone with good programming experience and understanding of activeCollab internals to create something like that.
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avatar DeveloperChris Pro May 25. 2009. 12:39 am #3
I was just asked this question myself.

My employer is considering activecollab. one requirement is that it has automatically recurring tasks.

From what I read Activecollab will automatically create a task or ticket from an email.

If that is the case it would be a simple matter to set up a recurring email to post a ticket or task into activecollab.

Does that seem a reasonable solution?
avatar Ilija Studen Staff May 25. 2009. 2:58 am #4
hamono.chris:
Does that seem a reasonable solution?


That could work, but please note that you can't control due date from email. Also note that incoming mail mailboxes can create objects in one project only so if you want to create tickets in more than one project, you'll need multiple inboxes (or same IMAP connection that just checks different folders).
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avatar DeveloperChris Pro May 25. 2009. 6:25 pm #5
Without being able to create a due date a recurring task is not really useful. But I imagine it would not be hard to add this functionality.

I was hoping it was as simple as sending an email but I guess not so.

I assume such tasks can be performed using the API.

DC
avatar Ilija Studen Staff May 26. 2009. 5:08 am #6
Yes, you can create task automatically using API if you want. Due date property of the ticket (task, milestone etc) can be set this way.
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avatar Stas K. Dev May 17. 2010. 2:02 pm #7
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