Due dates that set themselves on every run
Set a step's due date once, relative to the run — three days after it starts, a week before it's due, or the day after the previous step wraps up. Manifestly works out the real date each time a run begins and keeps the right people on schedule.
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Stop editing dates run after run
A fixed calendar date is stale the moment the next run starts. A relative due date is part of the Workflow itself — so every run, whenever it kicks off, gets the right dates without anyone touching a thing.
- Retyped into every new run
- Wrong the day the schedule shifts
- No warning when a step slips
- Set once on the Workflow
- Calculated fresh for each run
- Reminders and overdue flags built in
Three choices, and the date takes care of itself
Pick an amount
Enter a number and choose the units — minutes, hours, or days. Days can be counted as calendar days or business days.
Choose what it's measured from
Anchor it to the run's start, the run's own due date, the previous step finishing, or a date someone entered in an earlier step.
Let every run calculate it
When a run starts — or the anchor changes — Manifestly works out the real due date for that step, and recalculates if the schedule shifts.
Anchor a due date to whatever matters
The same offset can mean very different things depending on where you measure from. Manifestly gives you four anchors, so a step is due exactly when it should be — not just a fixed number of days into the calendar.
- From the run start date — e.g. 3 days after the run begins.
- From the run due date — work backward, like 5 days before the run is due.
- From completion of the previous step — the clock starts only once the prior step is done.
- From a date collected in a step — anchor to a date a teammate enters, such as a start date or ship date.
A negative amount reads as “before” the anchor. Set the run's due date and Manifestly places every step relative to it — final review five days out, prep the week before, and so on.
Count business days, not just calendar days
When you measure in days, choose whether Manifestly counts every calendar day or only working days. Business-day counting skips weekends and the holidays on your Business Calendar, so “3 days” lands on a day people are actually working.
- Define your own working days and holiday calendar for the account.
- Snap a calculated date to the next or previous business day so nothing falls due on a day off.
- Dates are figured in the account's time zone, so due times read correctly for everyone.
Wed the 4th is a holiday, so it's skipped — the third business day lands on Thu the 5th.
A due date that actually keeps people on track
A due date is only useful if the right person sees it in time. Manifestly turns each step's due date into reminders and overdue flags, and feeds them into the calendar your team already lives in.
- Send reminders relative to a step's due date, the run's due date, or the run start — before or after.
- Reminders reach people by email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, SMS, and in-app.
- Steps past due surface as overdue, and dashboards highlight what's due soon.
- Due dates flow into the calendar feed so assignments show up alongside everything else.
Everything you can measure from
Where relative due dates shine
Employee onboarding
Tasks that key off a hire's start date rather than the day the run was created.
Enter the start date → IT setup is due 2 days before, first-week check-in 5 days after.
Client deliverables
Milestones that all count back from a promised delivery date.
Set the run due date → draft due 5 business days before, final review 2 days before.
Sequential handoffs
Stages where each owner's clock starts only when the last one finishes.
Design signs off → QA is due 1 business day after the previous step completes.
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Other Features
Workflow Customization
Shape exactly how each workflow behaves — logic, data, timing, and documentation.
Assign and Automate
Get the right work to the right people, on schedule — automatically.
Track Progress and Reporting
See what's done, what's late, and what's coming — across every run.
Govern, secure & prove it
SSO, granular permissions, and a complete audit trail — the controls enterprise teams need to run their work and prove how it was done.
Communicate
Keep the conversation — and a permanent record of who did what, and when — in one place.
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