# Task progression

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/task-progression/1200>\
**Category:** Fibery Showcase\
**Created:** [November 30, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/task-progression/1200 "2020-11-30T16:37:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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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:** [November 30, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/task-progression/1200/1 "2020-11-30T16:37:01Z")

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I’ve made a simple app that makes it possible to keep reliable records of the status change of tasks. It uses buttons to change the workflow state, which is otherwise a read-only field.  
Timestamps are updated when a button is pressed, and a formula field is used to determine the length of time (in days) that the task has been in the current state - this might be useful to ensure that any tasks that are ‘lingering’ get prioritised.  
Hope it might be useful/inspirational to someone 🙂

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**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/task-progression/1200/2 "2020-12-02T18:58:41Z")

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Nice, thank you!

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**Author:** ![tpaktop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/tpaktop/32/6394_2.png) [@tpaktop](https://community.fibery.io/u/tpaktop)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/task-progression/1200/3 "2020-12-04T06:08:57Z")

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> [@Chr1sG](#):
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> which is otherwise a read-only field

How did you make it readonly?

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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:** [December 4, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/task-progression/1200/4 "2020-12-04T06:47:58Z")

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The action buttons each contain a script that sets it as writable, updates it, and then sets it as read-only.