Ability to Sort tasks by start date

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This is an absolute must-have for my team as we use Asana for more project management. Can we please get an update? This is not a big ask.

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No update from @asana in years :frowning:

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This is feature is really important and needs to be added ASAP please.

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Literally every single question I google about Asana hoping that it will take me to a documentation page directs me instead to one of these forum topics where the question had been asked 2 or 3 years ago and there’s no answer at all from the Asana team… Pfff

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@anon52716207 I feel seen (but not by Asana). :slight_smile:

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Is there any update on this at all? How are we supposed to prioritize a multi-day task if we don’t see it until the very last day that it is due?

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Nothing but crickets from Asana unfortunately.

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This is so important! Especially for people who follow MNY methodology! You have a start date already, why not make it sortable?

Or at least implement a custom field date type so that we can create our own.

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Another request here to add this simple sort option specifically in My Tasks! (Sort by Start Date, then Due Date.)

Our team doesn’t use Timeline View to look at each project’s tasks. We all use My Tasks to see everything we need to be working on across the many concurrent projects we’re working on. (And Timeline View isn’t even an option in My Tasks, which should also be added.)

We regularly have people completing tasks late because the tasks aren’t visible “today” (i.e. the Start Date when they’re supposed to begin working on a task) so folks don’t see them as they’re to far down in their Task List. The lack of this simple option in My Tasks (and all other list views) is a serious oversight and causes late deliverables and missed deadlines.

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Hi - Also waiting for this feature!

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This is essential! I live by start dates to show my what I can start on or not. It’s also helpful to keep a cleaner looking My Task list to avoid over-whelm.

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@asana Please explain why I can sort by Likes but not by Start Date?

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as some one said The view for Asana makes this feature pointless, I totally agree with this, I schedule my team schedules. What is the point of seeing the task when its due if its a task that requires more than a day to complete?

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Now with the introduction of Widgets to Home, we should have a Widget at least for “Start Date” constructed by looking at 2 things:

Does this task have a range?
Is the range starting yesterday, today, or tomorrow?

If the answer is Yes to those questions, it should be in a “Starting Now”-type Widget.

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The My Tasks page is no good to me if I can’t sort by start date. I now have to do that manually, and constantly have to manually resort.

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I absolutely need this functionality as well.

Are the people who work at Asana actually USING Asana to complete their work? Because if they are, they’re in need of this functionality too.

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Also needed here. I use “due date” as more of a “you need to think about this now” feature. As such, sorting my Tasks by due date will only lead to me missing things. I need it to sort by Start Date.

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Also needed here. Before the My Tasks page underwent changes, I feel like this feature existed. It was a HUGE draw for using start dates because it had tangible effects when prioritizing tasks.

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My team has been requesting a solution to this for a while now. Should be simple. Sort by start date if the project has a range, if there is no start date then just use the due date for the sort.

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Yes, please, Asana. Sorting by start date (and due date if no start date available) would be very useful.

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