A Way to Handle Recurring Tasks?

[Garland_Coulson]

I am moving my task management system from my existing provider to Airtable, but I can’t find a way to set up recurring tasks?

Does anyone have a work around for this?

[AlexWolfe]

Below are some past responses I found using the handy search option that may be of some use. Basically, you would have to use a Zapier/Airtable integration as this is not possible using Airtable alone. Airtable is essentially a database, and was not created with typical ‘task management’ type options like recurring tasks built-in.

See post here by Julian (while this is for a recurring checklist, the methodology can be applied to Zapier/Airtable recurring tasks as well):

Field type Request: Checkbox List Product Suggestions

OK - so I’ve now completed the blog post about how to create checklists using Zapier. If you’d like to take a look here’s the link: Creating Checklists with Airtable and Zapier and here’s the base: I hope you find it useful!

and this post here:

Creating recurring records Ask the community

I’m trying to create recurring records, the logic is as follows: I have a table with Field A and Field B Field A is a date. Field B is a calculated date one week from Field A’s date. When a record’s Field A is older than NOW(), I want to create a new record with Field A being populated with the date from Field B. Is there a way? Please note I’m not trying to update records, I need to keep the previous records and just create new ones based on the above rules.

[Philip_Bassham]

Here is what I came up with.

How to make Weekly Recurring tasks at set Time and Day of Week using Zapier Show and tell

So, I have been trying to find a way to make weekly recurring tasks, and have figured something that works for me. Basically, just a complicated formula that updates the due date field each week to the same day of the week and time of day. Make a table that will act as a template for new tasks. This Post got me started. Make a date field, with the time, that will set the time you want to be your due date each week. Use this formula below, to make a separate field that will update to that day …

[Rebecca_Campbel]

This process is too cumbersome. I think I’m going to have to look for an alternative to Airtable.

[Julian_E_Post]

Setting up recurring tasks is pretty easy now. Basically, the automations got a lot better :slightly_smiling_face: . I made a YouTube tutorial that shows how to do it here: How to Automate Recurring Tasks in your To-Do List - YouTube