Is it possible to create automation that can create tasks for each month of the year

[Dorcas Chen]

Is it possible to create automation that can create tasks for each month of the year for different projects each month and then set them to reoccur every year during the same month?

Additionally, at the time of task creation, is it possible to set the due date.

I tried this in the advanced scheduling section: 0 0 0 1 JAN ? *
But then it wouldn't let me set the due date giving me the following error mesage.

Additionally, when I check the next fews runs - it's defaulting to Basic.

[Mikael Sandberg]

You can set it to run on a monthly basis like this:

[Dorcas Chen]

Gotcha - but I'm hoping to get it to run in different projects each month. 
Is there a specific acceptable cron that I can use for each month?

ex.
On Jan 1 - run the rule in projects A, B, C

On Feb 1 -  run the rule in projects D, E, F

On Mar 1- run the rule in projects G, H, I

[Mikael Sandberg]

You could do that by converting {{now}} to long date in a smart value and then use if/else branches to see which month it is and create the tasks in the specific project for that month like this:

The other option would be to have separate automations, one for each month that runs yearly and create the tasks that way.

[Dorcas Chen]

Oooh - I didn't even think of that - thank you - I'll give that a try!