Recurring Remainder

Ramesh Rabadiya

If task is not finished on due date then he/she should receive a daily remainder on mail. How could we setup such recurring remainder of due Task.

Andrée Starå

Hi Ramesh,

Will you or someone else work in the sheet daily?

I hope this helps you!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

Ramesh Rabadiya

Hi Andree,

Consider a case, If Team Leader assigning task to team member and he doesn't want to follow up for task and he should get notification daily if task is not finished on due date. Is there any such feature in smartsheet ?.

 

Thanks

Andrée Starå

Hi Ramesh,

One easy way to do it could be to have a daily report that shows the overdue tasks for all team members.

Would that work or do you want separate reminders for each overdue task?

Best,

Andrée

Ramesh Rabadiya

Yes i need separate remainder for each task till he/she not finish the task. Check attached screenshot of task. In screen shot assigned person should be reminded once due date is due.

Andrée Starå

You could have a notification when a task is due for every employee, but it will only be sent once. 

A workaround would be to have a notification that starts when it's overdue and not complete, and with the help of a helper date column for the reminder with a formula for today =TODAY(). 

Another way could be a daily report that sends to every employee with their due tasks.

Would that work?

Best,

Andrée

Andrée Starå

Hi Ramesh,

This might help!

Good news! It's coming!

Customers have requested the ability to set up workflows that repeat on a regular schedule.

We're preparing recurrence for time-based workflows so you can save even more time on repetitive steps, such as daily due date reminders and weekly status update requests. This automation enhancement will be available this spring.

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/coming-2019-recurring-workf…

Hope that helps!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting