# Add ability to run manual rules on multi-selected tasks **URL:** \ **Category:** Features Launched\ **Tags:** launched, rules\ **Created:** [17 October 2024 20:10 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692 "2024-10-17T20:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steven\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/steven_smith/32/99508_2.png) [@Steven\_Smith](https://forum.asana.com/u/Steven_Smith)\ **Post date:** [17 October 2024 20:10 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/1 "2024-10-17T20:10:55Z")
Manual rules currently must be run against individual tasks (as announced [here](https://forum.asana.com/t/manual-rule-triggers/949985/5)). For larger projects it would be useful to trigger a manual rule against the entire project. I see this being used more frequently than running a rule against an individual task. ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Green1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jason_green1/32/246200_2.png) [@Jason\_Green1](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jason_Green1)\ **Post date:** [24 October 2024 17:02 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/2 "2024-10-24T17:02:00Z")
I saw the manual rules announcement - [Introducing manual rule triggers! - News / Product Updates - Asana Forum](https://forum.asana.com/t/introducing-manual-rule-triggers/949985/5) - and got super excited. I then realized that the function to run it on an entire project was missing. This is actually what I was hoping for, so we can create rules for some data maintenance activities, run them once and move on. I feel like the only weak area of Asana is that everything seems to run client side. It would be great if this function could work server side so it could trundle through hundreds or thousands of tasks and clean them up without sync issues. ---
**Author:** ![Jan-Rienk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jan-rienk/32/227709_2.png) [@Jan-Rienk](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jan-Rienk)\ **Post date:** [24 October 2024 18:32 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/3 "2024-10-24T18:32:48Z")
@Steven_Smith @Jason_Green1 A possible workaround: - Create a single select “action” field for triggering one or more rules - Set the rule trigger to marking the action - Add a rule action to clear the action field. This will be able to run on multiple tasks as you can set custom fields for multiple tasks. It can even run on entire projects but slower when selecting \>50 tasks. Credits to @Tiffany_Fung and @Richard_Sather [for teaching me this](https://forum.asana.com/t/streamline-work-using-bundles/882465/11). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Green1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jason_green1/32/246200_2.png) [@Jason\_Green1](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jason_Green1)\ **Post date:** [24 October 2024 18:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/4 "2024-10-24T18:53:35Z")
Would this require that I select multiple tasks to change the state of the “action” field? The issue we run into is having projects with more tasks in them than are displayed when you first load the project. Asana progressively loads tasks as you scroll down a project page. This means that for projects with a lot of tasks, you have to scroll for a while to select all the tasks. Is there a way to select all the tasks in a project without scrolling to get them to display and then SHFT clicking? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jan-Rienk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jan-rienk/32/227709_2.png) [@Jan-Rienk](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jan-Rienk)\ **Post date:** [24 October 2024 18:58 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/5 "2024-10-24T18:58:08Z")
> [@Jason\_Green1](#): > > Is there a way to select all the tasks in a project without scrolling to get them to display and then SHFT clicking? Not that I know of ---
**Author:** ![anon15247060](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon15247060](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon15247060)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2024 01:10 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/6 "2024-11-06T01:10:11Z")
When I first saw the release for manual rule triggers, I thought I read that it could do this and I was so disappointed this morning when I found out it can’t. A use case for us is that we have tasks that need to be added to calendars, but we don’t want to add them to the calendar until the project owner has started the project and reviewed them. I would like there to be an option for the project owner to just press “add to calendars” and it would add all relevant tasks within that project to the calendars. ---
**Author:** ![SamW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/samw/32/86799_2.png) [@SamW](https://forum.asana.com/u/SamW)\ **Post date:** [10 November 2024 02:51 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/7 "2024-11-10T02:51:21Z")
The manual Rule trigger is great, but it stinks that it’s only per task. I have a large amount of tasks that can get out of sync with the status depending on various use cases. Or another scenario is I see a need for a Rule, and implement the Rule, but I can’t quickly fix the tasks that had already existed before this new Rule. It’d be nice to grab a large group of tasks, trigger the rule, and let it run in batches instead of per task. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [10 November 2024 16:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/8 "2024-11-10T16:04:23Z")
I’ve merged your post into an existing topic where you can click the title to scroll to the top and vote by clicking the purple Vote button. Thanks, Larry ---
**Author:** ![Michel\_Cloward](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/michel_cloward/32/86693_2.png) [@Michel\_Cloward](https://forum.asana.com/u/Michel_Cloward)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2024 19:39 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/9 "2024-11-15T19:39:37Z")
I would love to be able to multi-select and come to the bottom and run the rule from here. Thank you for the workaround @Jan-Rienk! ![Screenshot 2024-11-15 141450](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/4X/5/d/4/5d4c1b7339f274e2eede561894a0fbde30fd5aad.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jamie\_Hill](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Jamie\_Hill](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jamie_Hill)\ **Post date:** [4 December 2024 19:30 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/10 "2024-12-04T19:30:31Z")
Second. I was so excited to see the manual trigger option but I could not believe it was limited to only a single task. PLEASE add the ability to trigger a rule for an entire project (or portfolio). ---
**Author:** ![Danielle\_Tolley1](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Danielle\_Tolley1](https://forum.asana.com/u/Danielle_Tolley1)\ **Post date:** [13 March 2025 03:15 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/11 "2025-03-13T03:15:06Z")
We need to be able to manually run rules on demand for entire projects and whole sections in My Tasks, not just on an individual task. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [18 April 2025 14:50 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/12 "2025-04-18T14:50:41Z")
Split this topic on 18 April 2025 14:50 UTC A post was split to a new topic: [Can’t manually run rule](https://forum.asana.com/t/cant-manually-run-rule/1052027) ---
**Author:** ![Tetsuo\_Kawakami](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/tetsuo_kawakami/32/84271_2.png) [@Tetsuo\_Kawakami](https://forum.asana.com/u/Tetsuo_Kawakami)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2025 06:03 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/13 "2025-05-25T06:03:09Z")
Now we can multi-select up to 50 tasks at once when running a manual rule. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2025 16:41 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/14 "2025-05-25T16:41:24Z")
[@Forum-team](https://forum.asana.com/groups/forum-team), I think this is released. If so, can you mark as launched? Thanks, Larry ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Roman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/emily_roman/32/283076_2.png) [@Emily\_Roman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Emily_Roman)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2025 08:37 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-ability-to-run-manual-rules-on-multi-selected-tasks/951692/15 "2025-05-26T08:37:12Z")
Hi @Larry_Berger_lpb, thanks for flagging this! You are correct, it’s now possible to run manual rules on multi-selected tasks ✅ The option to run manual rules for the entire project is not yet available but I recommend you creating a separate requests so we can follow up if that’s something we implement in the future. Feel free to reach out via the #English Forum > Tips and Tricks category if you have any questions!