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Sign Due Dates

Set an optional install-by date on a sign. Surface overdue signs in lists and on the contractor app.

3 min readUpdated April 27, 2026organiser

Each sign can have an optional Due Date — the date the sign needs to be installed by. Due dates are surfaced as badges on lists, sortable and filterable, and the contractor mobile app pushes overdue work to the top of the list.

Setting a due date

  1. Open the event and go to the Signs tab.
  2. Click Add Sign (or open an existing sign and click Edit).
  3. Find the Due date field. Pick a date, or use one of the quick-pick chips:
    • Event start — match the event's first day.
    • Event end — match the event's last day.
    • +1 week — one week from today.
    • Clear — remove the date.
  4. Click Save.

Due dates are optional. Leave the field blank for signs without a fixed deadline.

If your due date falls outside the event's start/end window, you'll see a soft warning. You can save anyway — pre-event setup and post-event teardown are common reasons to do this.

What contractors see

On a contractor's phone, signs with a due date show a badge:

  • Red — Overdue — the date has passed and the sign isn't installed/approved yet.
  • Amber — Due today — due today, not yet complete.
  • Neutral — Due Fri 2 May — due in the next week.
  • Subtle "Due 12 Jun" — due more than a week out.

Once the sign moves to installed or approved, the badge clears.

The contractor's signs list is auto-sorted: overdue first, then due-today, then by date, then anything without a date — so the work that needs attention is always at the top.

Bulk-setting due dates

To set the same due date on many signs at once:

  1. In the signs table, select the signs (use the header checkbox to select the page, or click individual checkboxes).
  2. In the bulk action bar, click Due Date.
  3. Pick a date and click Set due date, or click Clear due date to remove it.

Bulk changes are recorded in each sign's edit history.

Setting due dates via CSV import

The bulk CSV importer recognises a Due Date column. Use the format YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2026-05-15). Empty cells leave the due date unset. Common variants like 15/05/2026 are also accepted; anything unparseable is flagged in the import preview.

The CSV exporter includes a Due Date column so you can round-trip a file: export, edit dates in a spreadsheet, re-import.

Filtering and sorting

In the signs table, use the Any due date dropdown to filter:

  • Overdue — past due and not complete.
  • Due today
  • Due this week — next 7 days.
  • Due this month — next 30 days.
  • No due date — signs without one set.

You can also sort by the Due column. Sort ascending to see the next deadlines first.

Permissions

Owners, admins, and members can set or change due dates. Contractors see them as read-only on their app.

Sign Due Dates — Help Centre | Signplanr