backend/src/main/java/core/api/controller/TaskController.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
 
 import javax.validation.Valid;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ public class TaskController {
             return ResponseEntity.status(404).body(new SimpleStatusResponse("failed"));
         }
 
+        if(taskFieldInfo.getStartDate() == null) {
+            taskFieldInfo.setStartDate(LocalDate.now());
+        }
+
         ServiceResult<Task> creationResult = taskService.createTask(taskgroupPermissionResult.getResult(), taskFieldInfo);
         if(creationResult.getExitCode() == ServiceExitCode.ENTITY_ALREADY_EXIST) {
             return ResponseEntity.status(409).body(new SimpleStatusResponse("failed"));

backend/src/main/java/core/api/models/timemanager/tasks/TaskFieldInfo.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package core.api.models.timemanager.tasks;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
 import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Length;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
 import java.time.LocalDate;

frontend/src/api/model/taskFieldInfo.ts

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ export interface TaskFieldInfo {
     /**
      * date from which the task can be started
      */
-    startDate: string;
+    startDate?: string;
     /**
      * date until the task has to be finished
      */
-    deadline: string;
+    deadline?: string;
 }
 

frontend/src/api/model/taskOverviewInfo.ts

@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ export interface TaskOverviewInfo {
      * number in minutes that was already worked on this task
      */
     activeTime?: number;
+    taskgroupPath: Array<TaskgroupEntityInfo>;
 }
 

frontend/src/app/dashboard/task-overview/task-overview.component.ts

@@ -80,13 +80,14 @@ export class TaskOverviewComponent {
     const dialogRef = this.dialog.open(TaskEditorComponent, {data: editorData, width: "600px"})
     dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(res => {
       if(res != undefined) {
-        const taskOverviewInfo = {
+        const taskOverviewInfo: TaskOverviewInfo = {
           taskID: res.taskID,
           eta: res.eta,
           limit: res.deadline,
           taskName: res.taskName,
           activeTime: 0,
-          overdue: res.overdue
+          overdue: res.overdue,
+          taskgroupPath: []
         }
         this.creationEmitter.emit({
           task: taskOverviewInfo,

frontend/src/app/tasks/task-editor/task-editor.component.ts

@@ -49,13 +49,21 @@ export class TaskEditorComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   createTask() {
-    console.log(this.startDate.value)
+    let endDate_formatted: string|undefined = undefined;
-    console.log(this.endDate.value)
+    let startDate_formatted: string|undefined = undefined;
+    if(this.endDate.value.length > 0) {
+      endDate_formatted = moment(this.endDate.value).format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ');
+    }
+
+    if(this.startDate.value.length > 0) {
+      startDate_formatted = moment(this.startDate.value).format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ');
+    }
+
     this.taskService.tasksTaskgroupIDPut(this.editorData.taskgroupID, {
       taskName: this.nameCtrl.value,
       eta: this.etaCtrl.value,
-      startDate: moment(this.startDate.value).format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ'),
+      startDate: startDate_formatted,
-      deadline: moment(this.endDate.value).format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ')
+      deadline: endDate_formatted
     }).subscribe({
       next: resp => {
         this.dialog.close(resp);

openapi.yaml

@@ -2236,8 +2236,6 @@ components:
       required:
         - taskName
         - eta
-        - startDate
-        - deadline
       additionalProperties: false
       properties:
         taskName: