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I am creating a basic task check list that restarts every 4 weeks. I would like to set a task for Day 1 and automatically set all of the future task due dates based on lag time. I am not using predecessors.
I would appreciate suggestions.
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Andrée Starå - Workflow Consultant / Get Done
If you want those dates to be based on weeks, you would want to calculate it in days. =date1+7 is for one week past due date, and for two weeks you would use =date1+14.
To speed the entry of these formulas, you can (and should) use absolute referencing, like this:
=[Target Date]$1 + 1
=[Target Date]$1 + 2
Two cells can be selected and dragged down to increment them. Since that will run into weekends too, I would add another column for the lag (Text/Number)
Then the formula becomes
=[Target Date]$1 + [Lag]@row
Craig
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