Asana & Forms

[Amir3]

Hello Asana Community, I have 2 urgent questions.

1. do I have the possibility to create subtasks via CSV? I have read a tutorial, this did not work for me. Although I enter the correct task name in “Subtask of”, it still creates normal tasks.

2. is there a possibility to create subtasks via Asana forms?

Many greetings!

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @Amir3 and welcome to the forum!

@Amir3

do I have the possibility to create subtasks via CSV?

I am tapping @LEGGO for this one - he’s a resident CSV Import expert!

@Amir3

is there a possibility to create subtasks via Asana forms?

Not natively in Asana; you can use my Flowsana integration to accomplish it - more info on that is here:

Forms: Ability to have questions trigger a task/subtask creation & option to share/manipulate at form level

Hi @Sue_Milford and welcome to the forum! It’s not currently possible in native Asana to automatically have a set of subtasks attached to a form submission. However, it is possible in my Flowsana integration - there is a rule action specifically built for this purpose. You can see more about it under “Add Subtasks from a Template” in this forum post. You can use this “Create subtasks” rule action in conjunction with form submissions in several ways. In the simplest case, you can have the same…

[LEGGO]

@Amir3

it still creates normal tasks.

@Amir3 yes, you can create subtasks through the CSV Import. One common error I have seen is where people associate a section/column to a subtask. This supersedes any “subtask of” associations and makes the intended subtask a parent task. You can learn more about this and other importing tips in this post: 🔑 3 Key Reminders when using the CSV Importer

If this doesn’t resolve your issue, you can PM me a sample file and I can test on my end then point you in the right direction!