The Date Calculations tool is an extremely useful tool that allows you to calculate a date either as an offset of an existing date or from the current date and time.
Common Use of the Date Calculations Tool
We often capture key dates within ShareDo and we frequently want activities to happen based on an offset of that key date. For example, my trial date may be 01/05/2025 and I may want to prepare my trial brief 20 days before that.
You can use the date calculation tool to calculate the due date of your prepare document task.
You can also use the calculated date fields to work out a key date that may be related to another. For example, if my completion date on my house is 01/05/2025, then my tax is due 14 days later.
Configuring Date Calculations
- Click the toolbox tab of your workflow canvas and search for date.
- Select the Date Calculations option and drag it onto the step where you wish to place it.
- Click the Date Calculations step you dragged onto the canvas to add the configuration.
- Enter the configuration for the toolbox item.
| Action Name | Give the action a meaning full name e.g. Date Calculation. |
| From now | Select Yes or No. If No, the Input variable is shown. If Yes, the date is calculated from the current system date. |
| Input variable | Select or create the variable for the date from which to start the calculation. |
| Calculation unit | Select the calculation unit (days, months, hours, etc.). |
| Subtract | Toggle on to calculate an earlier date than the input date (or current date). |
| Amount | Enter the amount of the selected unit to calculate. |
| Output variable | Select or create the variable for the answer to the date calculation. |