How can a manager be notified when a task is completed late, and how can they see how much it was overdue?

• A. Set an automation so that when an item is marked as done and the deadline has passed, it will notify the manager. They can see how overdue the task was completed by adding the deadline mode to the expected completion column
• B. Use a daily summary email
• C. Use a status column color change
• D. Create a separate task

Answer: (A)

Automations that combine conditions let you alert the right person exactly when a task is completed late, and you can quantify how late it was. Set an automation so that when an item is marked as done and the due date has passed, it notifies the manager. This ensures the manager gets a timely alert only for late finishes, not for tasks completed on time. To see how overdue the task was, enable Deadline mode in the date column (the expected completion field) so the system displays how many days past the deadline the work was completed. This gives a concrete measure of lateness tied to the actual completion date. Other options don’t provide both the alert and the exact overdue calculation: a daily summary email may overlook the specific late event, a status color change only signals lateness without notifying anyone or showing the duration, and creating a separate task adds extra steps without integrating the lateness data with the original item.