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Add a start and due date to a task

Release notes

Sometimes tasks on issues need to happen on a specific date or will span more than one day. You can now optionally add a start and due date to a task to more efficiently communicate the date range when the task will be actioned upon and completed.

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/tasks.html

Problem to solve

First iteration in larger work item date widget: &8194.

Proposal

Optional work items widget allowing for a start and end date.

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Design

MVC design is attached in design manager. More end-state design, and discussion, can be found in #366245 — notably different in this MVC include only manual date setting ("syncing"/inheritance to follow in later iterations) and using 2 separate date inputs rather than a unified date range selector (UI pattern to be iterated).

Feature Usage Metrics

Snowplow tracking label: item_dates

Redis Counter

  • name: users_updating_work_item_dates
  • redis_slot: users
  • include in the following aggregation counters:
    • xmau_plan
    • xmau_project_management
    • xmau_product_planning
    • xmau_certify
    • users_work_items

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Edited by Coung Ngo