# A solution to repeating events **URL:** \ **Category:** Using farmOS\ **Tags:** workflow\ **Created:** [May 6, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/a-solution-to-repeating-events/2519 "2026-05-06T21:28:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing this @pat! Repeating events has been on my mind again recently - every year around this time I wish there was a better way to do it than just cloning logs, which is my current workaround 😅. I like your strategy! It seems very useful for contexts where the set of events are always the same and count off in days from a start date. Reminds me a bit of the [Template](https://www.drupal.org/project/farm_template) module @paul121 started working on. Curious what others think of this approach. Question: would this work for very simple repeating tasks, like something you need to do each month? Also, I’ll cross-link a few older threads for context: > **[Recurring tasks](https://www.drupal.org/project/farm/issues/2962368)** > > Problem/Motivation A common request is for farmOS to provide an easy way to manage recurring tasks, so that they always show up in your todo list daily/weekly/yearly/etc. For example: https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS/issues/78 If farmOS were like a... > [@Workflow to map waterbars in road and create recurrent maintence task?](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/workflow-to-map-waterbars-in-road-and-create-recurrent-maintence-task/457/5): > > But certainly a cron job + python script would work too! Just to further this thought a bit… Drupal provides a hook\_cron() that can be used to run PHP code on a regular basis within a Drupal module. So if you are experimenting with custom farmOS modules at all that could be useful. Here is the documentation for that in [api.drupal.org](http://api.drupal.org): [https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!system!system.api.php/function/hook\_cron/7.x](https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system%21system.api.php/function/hook_cron/7.x) Of course, the prerequisite to that is setting up your normal system cro… > [@Recurring Activity Log](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/recurring-activity-log/1561): > > Is there a way to create an activity log on a recurring basis? For example, cleaning barn first of the every month, counting dead animals every two days, etc. > [@Template module](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/template-module/2054): > > Happy to share that the Template module we have been working on is ready for review and testing! smile Note: This module is not ready for production! Please do not install it on your production farmOS instances. I expect there to be a few more breaking changes as we test things out. I’ve prepared some documentation (still a wip): [Farm Template](https://project.pages.drupalcode.org/farm_template/) To test, you can use the [farmOS demo site](https://farmos-demo.rootedsolutions.io/). First enable the farm\_template module from the setup page and then go to Setup → Templates to get started … --- _[View the full topic](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/a-solution-to-repeating-events/2519)._