Create a dynamic task name

[Robin43]

I would like to know how to or if we can set up a recurring task with a dynamic task name.
For eg. Task name: “Weekly updates - Week of Jul 15 to Jul 19”.
When this task gets closed, the recurring new task should open with the name “Week of Jul 22 to Jul 26”.
Or something similar that can identify the week in the task name.
The due date isn’t helpful in this case as some tasks could have follow-up action that causes the due date to be extended.

[Jan-Rienk]

Hi @Robin43 ,

Welcome to the forum!

Using Asana without 3rd parties

This is not possible using just Asana at the moment, mainly because recurring tasks currently don’t trigger rules:

Recurring Tasks to Trigger Rules

EDIT: This was initially a bug report. After it turned out recurring tasks not triggering rules was not considered a bug by Asana this topic became a feature request. Briefly describe (1-2 sentences) the bug you’re experiencing: Reccurring tasks not responding to rules Steps to reproduce: Add sections ToDo and Done in My Tasks (I’m guessing other projects behave the same, but I’ve seen it in My Tasks) Make recurring task in section ToDo Add rule to move completed tasks to section “Done” …

Your vote and voice would be appreciated.

If that were to be solved, you’d still need to be able to increment numbers for each task, or have a rule action that get’s the week numbers.

Using 3rd parties

You might succeed with this in having software like Zapier create weekly tasks and base the name on the creation date.

Or @Phil_Seeman might be able to tell you if you can accomplish this with Flowsana.

[Jan-Rienk]

@Jan-Rienk

If that were to be solved, you’d still need to be able to increment numbers for each task, or have a rule action that get’s the week numbers.

I’ve gone ahead and created feedback for this functionality:

Increment a custom field number rule action

For various applications it would be useful to be able to increment a number custom field as a rule action. Tracking the amount of section or status changes could for instance give insights into efficiency.

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @Robin43,

@Jan-Rienk

if you can accomplish this with Flowsana.

Yes, you could likely get close to what you want using our Flowsana integration.

Firstly, unlike Asana, Flowsana rules will trigger on new instances of recurring tasks.

Also, we have a Variable Substitution feature that you could take advantage of, which gives you access to the task’s creation date. So you could create a Flowsana rule with an action like:

Now of course, this is predicated on your completing (closing) the task on the first day of the week, in order for {task.CreationDate} to be the date that you 'd want.