Auto generating due dates for project management

Teakre Vest

Hello Smartsheet Community!

I am attempting to automate our project management for product launches and I need some help figuring out how to set up automated dates in smartsheet. I'd like to 'plug in' a new date into a cell and have the rest of my action plan dates to automatically update based on the number of days it takes to complete the item.

For example, in Excel I could put our launch date into A1 then use, "=A1-15" for an item that needs to be complete 15 days before our launch or use "=A1-90" for an item that needs to be complete 90 days before launch.

I know this seems very simple but I'm not a power users and searching within the community, on google and youtube isn't helping me find an answer (my colleagues asked that I report back so they can do the same:)) I would really appreciate anyone's suggestions on how to accomplish this.

Hannah H

Hi @Teakre Vest,

You can use duration and predecessor columns to achieve this. Easiest way is to use the preset Project option from the Create dropdown and visit the Learning Centre here in Smartsheet https://help.smartsheet.com/ to guide you through.

Best wishes,

Hannah