Hello Zoho Projects Team,
We hope you are doing well.
We would like to request an enhancement regarding how new task lists inherit Milestone association in Zoho Projects.
Current Behavior:
At the moment, when a new task list is created below an existing task list that is already associated with a Milestone, the newly created task list is automatically assigned to the same Milestone.
Problem:
This automatic inheritance is problematic for our workflow because we prefer to explicitly decide the correct Milestone for each task list,
The automatic assignment can be misleading, making users assume the new task list belongs to the Milestone by intention.
It may cause incorrect planning, reporting, and milestone progress tracking
Users may forget to manually change the Milestone afterward, leading to data inconsistencies
Requested Enhancement:
We kindly request you to remove the automatic inherit of Milestone when creating a new task list under another task list or to provide an admin/project setting to control this behavior
Benefits:
- Prevents accidental milestone misclassification
- Gives project managers clearer control
- Improves planning accuracy
- Reduces cleanup and manual corrections
- Makes task list creation behavior more intentional and transparent
This small change would greatly improve milestone reliability and reduce confusion during project planning.
Thank you for considering this request and for continuously improving Zoho Projects.
Kind regards,
Ram