{"id":1951,"date":"2025-03-11T11:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1951"},"modified":"2025-03-22T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T10:39:12","password":"","slug":"task-promoting-a-checklist","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/docs\/non-knowledgebase\/task-promoting-a-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Task &#8211; Promoting a checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are occasions when it makes sense to decompose one large task into a number of related smaller tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general guidance for such situations is to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/docs\/web-good-day\/task-checklist\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"931\">checklist feature <\/a>on large tasks to help decompose the task burden into a number of smaller subtasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet there might remain situations where it is preferable to have distinct tasks for each step.  This can be achieved using the checklist &#8216;Promote&#8217; feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-23.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-23.webp 882w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-23-300x280.webp 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-23-768x717.webp 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-23-360x336.webp 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The feature will transform each checklist item into a new task, and optionally, delete the original large task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The steps to achieve this include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create a checklist of items for the required large task<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Save the task<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Re-open the task, and select the checklist &#8216;Promote&#8217; button. This will open the pop up &#8216;Promote checklist&#8217; form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-24.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-24.webp 321w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-24-195x300.webp 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this form&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Promoted task title prefix: Enter a prefix name that will be used as a prefix to all checklist item names in the newly created tasks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only promote open items:   As a checklist can include completed items, this should be switched to ON if the promotion should only act on open checklist items.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change original task:   Set this to determine the status of the original large task.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The user should click the &#8216;Save&#8217; button to trigger the checklist promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are occasions when it makes sense to decompose one large task into a number of related smaller tasks. 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