Can I create a “next due date” field for recurring tasks with no coding?

Question

We've got a task list of recurring reporting jobs. For instance, a security report that's generated daily, weekly stats from three different individuals, semi-annual rollups of data.

Our task list, however, populates the due date with the END date of the SERIES and I'd like to display and sort on the next due date. For instance, our daily reports have a Due Date of 04/21/2016, even though the current occurence is due today.

There are two issues I need to solve: 1.) Marking a single occurence (rather than the whole series) as completed, 2.) Calculating and displaying a "NextDueDate" based on Last Due Date + Recur Interval.

I suspect this is a coding issue, but I'd love to know if anyone's found a way to do this with OOTB Foundation 2010?

Answer 1

Yes, you may be able to do this using workflows.

Here's a good example:

http://www.documentmanagementworkflowinfo.com/sample-sharepoint-workflows/date-calculations-construct-dynamic-strings-sharepoint-designer-workflows.htm

Answer 2

You can't do this without some pretty serious custom development.

Answer 3

You can do this "without code" (don't get me started) using SPServices or a DVWP. Since these links aren't my work, I'll just give them:

https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/Use-SPServices-to-Get-Recurring-Events-as-Distinct-Items.aspx

http://sridharu.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-read-recurring-events-using-caml.html