If a board has more than one date or timeline column, what must you do to link the correct column in a dependency automation?

• A. Auto-detects the first date column
• B. Clone the column
• C. Ignore the extra columns
• D. Manually select the date or timeline column to link

Answer: (D)

When a board has multiple date-type columns, the automation that links dependencies must be given a specific target column to use. The system can’t guess which date column you intend, so you need to open the automation’s settings and manually select the exact date or timeline column to base the dependency on. This explicit mapping ensures the dependency uses the correct date field, avoiding mix-ups where the wrong date drives the task relationship. Automatic detection isn’t reliable in boards with several date columns, and cloning a column doesn’t establish the proper link for the automation, while ignoring extra columns would leave the mapping ambiguous. So, you must manually choose the date or timeline column to link.