⚡️ Gatekeeper Expert - Dynamic Dates ⚡️

Learn how to automate the population of custom Date fields & the possible ways you can use this to set your processes on autopilot....

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      Estimated Read Time: 5 Minutes

        Estimated Configuration Time: 10 - 15 Minutes

 


 

Sections in this Article

Introduction to Dynamic Dates

Demonstration

Configuration

Adding a custom Date Field

Automatically Setting your new Date field

Advanced: Setting variable periods

Using the Date Field

Re-setting the date for Recurring Scheudled Reviews

Example Use Cases

FAQ

Additional Reading

 


 

Introduction

 

Background ℹ️

Gatekeeper Workflows are our tool for structuring and streamlining your Contract & Vendor Management processes

They allow you to create dynamic & structured kanban boards to organise and facilitate the steps you takes for key processes like negotiating new contracts, onboarding new vendors and so on

 

One key feature you can leverage within these workflows is an "AutoAction"

Put simply, an "Actions" can generally be summed up as a task taking place on the workflow which affects something outside the workflow

For Example,

The Create Contract action will take the data from a Workflow Form and use it to create a new record in the Contracts Repository

An AutoAction is just an "Action" which will run on its own once a workflow form reaches a specific phase of the kanban board...

 

The "Auto" side of these actions works to populate metadata values in 2 ways:

Function 1: They can take values from the form which users have provided

Function 2: They can set "default" or "backup" values so that:

a) Form values missed by your users do not lead to a poorly populated repository

b) Some values can be hidden from your users so that forms they have to complete are shorter and quicker!

Pictured below: An AutoAction: Create Contract Configuration Screen where an admin can set the values Gatekeeper will use for each metadata field for new contract records

💡 Here, Status and Approval will not take user input; they set logical values as the "default" for an "in-progress" contract

 

This Use Case ✨

With the May '23 enhancement to AutoActions, you can use "Function 2" (see above) to automatically populate any Date field based on the time at which the AutoAction runs

This will allow you to configure calculated date fields for your Contract/Vendor records which self-populate based on processes which have just taken place or processes which you wish to schedule for future reviews

 

Demo Video Coming Soon...

Example Diagram