Field Definitions? (Actual End Date, Due Date, Actual Start Date, Start Date)

• Start Date is when the work item is expected to begin.

• Due Date is when the work item is expected to end.

• Actual End Date is the day the work item was actually completed. By default this is set to be the day the work item is marked as completed.

• Actual Start Date is the day the work item was actually started. There is no out of the box workflow behind this field, it was designed to be manually entered.  However, we recently released an app that will set the Actual Start Date to either the first day time is reported, the first day actual effort is reported, or the first day % completion is reported (whichever comes first). You can find the app here: http://www.clarizen.com/appsmarketplace/Set-Actual-Start-Date.html 

That's very helpful, thanks. I'll make notes.  Close this ticket.

Is there a definition reference for all the calculated and manually entered fields? I would like to make sure we are placing data in the right fields for the calculated fields to produce usable information

Hi Michele,

We have a great article in place that lists all fields in Clarizen with data type reference >> http://usermanual.clarizen.com/#clarizen-fields.

You may  also hover over fields in work items properties and see formula for calculated fields >> see video >> http://screencast.com/t/NysxAckiv.

Thank you,

Diana

Hi,

We would like to create  'drop dead' dates in a project.  Is there a way to subtract x number of weeks from a project due date and put the value into another custom date field.

Thanks,

Matti

Yes, this would be using a formulaic custom field with something like $DueDate - Weeks(3) as an example (subtracts 3 weeks from the Due Date).