Color Coded Tasks/Sections

[Richard_Sather]

Hi @Hannah_Puz-Kim , this is what I meant, something like this:

Doesn’t that look pretty?

In your case, judging from your section names, I would suggest you use a single-select field, rather than use a task type (which is better for stages/statuses).

So you would need to create a single-select field and call it ‘Category’ for example, and recreate your sections as the field’s options. Then apply a value of the ‘Category’ field to all your tasks and then Group by that.

Here is an in-depth guide on how you can achieve this:

Forget about Sections - Group like a pro!

PS: Since the release of Custom task types, the below guide and technique described, could be considered superseded by the following linked post, unless you use Sections as ‘categories’ rather than ‘stages/statuses’: Original post: As an Asana Solutions Partner, I come across a lot of client spaces. One thing I notice quite often is the use of Sections for the status or stage of ongoing workflows. Basically, a project that is never completed, but has tasks added frequently, which go through …