Hey everyone, i’m looking for some workarounds to try to create a parent task from a list of subtasks. I’ve tried to use Asana AI, but i think there’s a clear limitation that has already been spelt out in the resources i’ve looked into. Is there any suggestions that anyone can provide? The reason…

@Kai_Tay - I don’t think I’m following what you’re trying to do. Are you saying you want to convert a list of subtasks to their own parent tasks? Or create follow-up-like parent tasks for each subtask? Or something else?

@Kai_Tay It sounds a bit abstract to me. I think an example would really help for us to better understand your situation. Especially if you can use that example to clarify the why behind your request.

Creating Parent Task from a list of subtasks

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Hi @Kai_Tay, just wanted to follow up here since we haven’t heard from you! Please feel free to also contact our support team if you still need support: How to contact our Support Team 📧

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Creating Parent Task from a list of subtasks

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