Adjust Task Title to include unique identifier

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @OT160,

Here is a way you can add unique IDs to task names by using Zapier:

Reference numbers for tasks

@KarenV @jeremyw OK I dug this up - here is what I did to generate unique IDs using Zapier. Create a Google Sheet, let’s call it Asana Numbering, with these 3 columns headings: [image] Create a Zap, let’s call it Create New Auto-Number Spreadsheet Row. The overview of steps is: [image] Build Step 1 like this: [image] Under “Customize Task”, you’ll select the project where you want the tasks to be uniquely numbered. Build Step 2 like this: [image] [image] What this Zap wi…

@OT160

What I’d like to do is use the Project Buddy’s feature to get the unique task ID in the custom field, then via API add that ID to the task title. Is this possible?

If you don’t want to use the above approach, then sure, you could do this. You would use Webhooks or Events to capture all task changes in a project, check each changed task to see if (a) it has a value in the ID custom field and (b) that ID has not yet been added to the task name; when both of these are true, add the ID to the task name.