Ability to create and assign tasks from Google Docs

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I have this working in Beta, you create an Action Item section at the end of your document and then using the Google Workspace Add-On you can create bi-directional links from Google Docs to Asana. https://jargonfly.com/ is the system, send me a email hugh at jargonfly.com to be added to the beta.

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The google workspace add-on has been published https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/jargonfly/882319125969?hl=en

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Chiming in here - it would be great to have this in Asana without an add-in. Has this been a feature request yet to vote on?

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Hello–has this been implemented? Would love this feature as well

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Hi all,
Here’s a workaround to get Asana tasks created from my Google Documents that’ll I share in case it’s helpful:

  1. I assign folks tasks using Google Tasks in my Google Docs (more info here). Basically, just create a checklist using the boxes and then assign.
  2. Gmail emails the assignee about t the task that says “XYZ assigned you a task in the following document.” I created a filter in gmail so that it’ll forward all emails with “assigned you a task in the following document.” to my Asana (x@mail.asana.com), creating a task for me.

That said, Zapier also has a Google Tasks => Asana integration. However, it’s currently broken (seemingly on Google’s side).

Hopefully this is helpful to someone.

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I tested that today. I was able to integrate Google Sheets but I dont see the notifcations in my Asana Inbox. Do I make something wrong?

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Please implement this feature

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Hello - also chiming in - I love Asana but this feature would save me a lot of time and compete functionality-wise with Monday or Coda!

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We could REALLY use this integration. I’d pay actual dollars for this!!!

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I need this feature so bad

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Hi all,
I’ve seen that Asana launched a smart chip with Google Docs, but honestly, this doesn’t do much apart from making a link look nice in a doc. I’m interested in knowing if you’ll add functionality to create an Asana task from Google Docs - which was in Google’s announcements. Thanks

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Thanks for sharing your feedback with us, @anon66039782! As it stands, you can currently see task details via Google Smart chips in Google Docs. However, we don’t have immediate plans to launch an option to create tasks from Google Docs. I have merged your request with Ability to create and assign tasks from Google Docs to consolidate feedback. We will post an update as soon as we have any news.

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This is a brilliant workaround. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Hi, any news for this request? we could really use an option to create a task from google to asana

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Hi, Following this thread. My organization would really benefit from being able to create an Asana task in Google Docs and broader Workspace.

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Does “publish to web” make this publicly accessible?

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This would be a great feature. +1

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Adding an additional vote for this feature…Our large org only uses Google Docs and it would be mission critical for getting folks out of several google docs!

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+1!!!

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+1 to this feature request - has it been implemented already? requesting since 2017 YEESH :sweat_smile: