# Creating recurring tasks

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/creating-recurring-tasks/5786>\
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**Created:** [February 1, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/creating-recurring-tasks/5786 "2024-02-01T18:13:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yuri\_BC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yuri_bc/32/8803_2.png) [@Yuri\_BC](https://community.fibery.io/u/Yuri_BC)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/creating-recurring-tasks/5786/1 "2024-02-01T18:13:15Z")

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I like to have a select field ‘Recurring’ in a Task database that allows a user to set a task as recurring daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.  
What would be the best approach? Is see the following methods:

1. The moment the select field is set , this triggers a entity form field that asks for the number of instances to be created.
2. Or, the moment the select field is set, this triggers the creation of a schedule entity that works as a template to repeatedly create a Task after a specified time, either once a day, once a week , etc.
3. Other methods?

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/creating-recurring-tasks/5786/2 "2024-02-01T18:22:51Z")

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It depends what you mean by ‘Recurring task’.  
Is it a series of Task entities, created all at once, each with a different date value, representing the desired intervals?  
Is it a series of Task entities that get created, one at a time, on a predefined schedule?  
Is it a single Task entity whose date is updated everytime the date is reached/exceeded?

You need to understand what you want to do with your tasks (and when) before deciding which of these (or some other solution) is most appropriate?

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**Author:** ![webinit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/webinit/32/5548_2.png) [@webinit](https://community.fibery.io/u/webinit)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/creating-recurring-tasks/5786/3 "2024-07-03T09:29:10Z")

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> [@Recurring Tasks](https://community.fibery.io/t/recurring-tasks/6347):
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> I’ve just spent time setting up a useful system for recurring tasks in Fibery. It was more difficult than I originally anticipated, so I’m sharing it here as it seems a common use case that others may benefit from. Explainer video: Import the Fibery template: