Assign Primary Project for Multi-Homed Tasks

[ka_nishiyama]

Asana’s biggest feature is the ability to assign tasks to multiple projects.

As a request, it is now possible to set the main project when linking multiple projects added to a task.
However, the main setting is not mandatory.
It would also be helpful to have a warning when changing (or deleting) the primary settings.

As an alternative, タスクを特定のプロジェクトに固定出来ますか？

[Bastien_Siebman]

@ka_nishiyama

It is useful to have a warning when changing (or deleting) the main project.

So you would want to be notified if the task is removed from this project then?

[Charla_Rowe]

@ka_nishiyama How do I set the main project when linking multiple projects to a task? I have a task in multiple projects but I need to set 1 project as the primary in order to make sure the tasks uses the color-coding from the primary board. When I’m viewing in Timeline view, it changes the color to the other board’s color, rather than the category color.

[ka_nishiyama]

Hi, @Charla_Rowe
Thank you for endorsing aspects that may have been unclear in my explanation.

Unfortunately, at present, it is not possible to configure the main project, so I am proposing it this time.

[ka_nishiyama]

Once again, I think the multi-homing feature requires a main project setting.

[Phil_Seeman]

@ka_nishiyama

I think the multi-homing feature requires a main project setting.

Can you elaborate on the reason(s) why you’re making this request? I see a few in this thread and some others but I think it would be good if you can detail them all here in one place.

[ka_nishiyama]

Regarding “fixing to a specific project.”

I’ll explain my thoughts on this approach.

The flow is as follows:

1. Manage a project from start to finish in a specific project (main).
2. Register individual tasks within the project. Manage them thoroughly.
3. Multi-home related projects so they can be referenced. However, they remain secondary projects.

Current issues:

• It’s not clear which project is the main one from a task.
• Tasks can be removed from the main project (even if unintentionally).

As a countermeasure,

• Make it possible to specify the main project.
• Make it impossible to remove a task from the main project.
• It may also be necessary to prevent it from being added to other projects (multi-homed), but that is something we will consider separately.
• Alternatively, display a warning message when attempting to do the above.

[Phil_Seeman]

@ka_nishiyama

It may also be necessary to prevent it from being added to other projects (multi-homed)

This is basically already available; you can’t stop multi-homing from a given project completely but you can restrict it to project admins only:

[ka_nishiyama]

Thank’s @Phil_Seeman

@Emily_Roman mentioned this before.

Intentionally not using multi-home

Hi @ka_nishiyama, good question! You can find the option to disable the ability to multi-home tasks from certain projects via the Project Permissions settings, see screenshots below: [Screenshot 2025-07-16 at 09.18.29] [Screenshot 2025-07-16 at 09.18.45] This feature is available on Asana Enterprise and Enterprise+ tiers, as well as the Legacy Enterprise tier. I hope this helps!

I’d like to set it more explicitly.

For example, when viewing tasks by project, you could pin the main project to the top or indicate the main project with a mark.

[ka_nishiyama]

I think this thread, which has been a hot topic recently, may be related.

Updated view of projects within tasks needs improving

Hello, I’ve refreshed my asana this morning to see that the way the list of projects and boards within a card is shown has been changed. Before, you could see the board location for the card within each Project at a glance, now it has become collapsable. As someone that works across multiple departments and is managing the output of dozens of tasks a day, this feels like a step backwards. I understand this is to allow a clearer breakdown of what custom field is found within each specific proje…

I’d like to check the details.