# Creating Projects from Tasks needs an option to select a Template **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Tags:** projects, tasks\ **Created:** [20 December 2021 15:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-projects-from-tasks-needs-an-option-to-select-a-template/146814 "2021-12-20T15:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_Rueb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/tim_rueb/32/105123_2.png) [@Tim\_Rueb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Tim_Rueb)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2021 15:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-projects-from-tasks-needs-an-option-to-select-a-template/146814/1 "2021-12-20T15:57:03Z")
Without allowing me to select one of my templates when creating the project, this feature is basically useless to us. Since I have not found a way to apply a template to an already existing project after it’s been created, this leaves me with nothing more than the subtask list in a single section/column. Yes, I get to apply the project to a portfolio, which is nice, but that doesn’t justify the amount of time I now have to spend getting that project to work like all the others I created from my templates. Am I missing something maybe, but I don’t see how creating a project helps anyone that has become dependant on some of Asana’s great features. ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2021 17:29 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-projects-from-tasks-needs-an-option-to-select-a-template/146814/2 "2021-12-20T17:29:36Z")
> [@Tim\_Rueb](#): > > Without allowing me to select one of my templates when creating the project, I am confused because when you create a project you can choose “blank” or “from template”. But yes you are right you can’t “apply” a template to a project. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Rueb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/tim_rueb/32/105123_2.png) [@Tim\_Rueb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Tim_Rueb)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2021 17:34 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-projects-from-tasks-needs-an-option-to-select-a-template/146814/3 "2021-12-20T17:34:15Z")
Sorry, the feature is really called “Convert Task to Project” in Advanced Actions. I just got lazy and referred to it as Create Project. ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2021 17:34 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-projects-from-tasks-needs-an-option-to-select-a-template/146814/4 "2021-12-20T17:34:38Z")
Oh ok, so indeed you can’t convert a task to a project based on a template. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Rueb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/tim_rueb/32/105123_2.png) [@Tim\_Rueb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Tim_Rueb)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2021 17:36 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-projects-from-tasks-needs-an-option-to-select-a-template/146814/5 "2021-12-20T17:36:56Z")
It was much cheaper in time for me to create a new project from one of my templates, then go into the task that was wanted to convert to a project, add that task into the project, as well as Tab-P on all its subtasks adding them to my newly created projects as their own tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2021 17:48 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-projects-from-tasks-needs-an-option-to-select-a-template/146814/6 "2021-12-20T17:48:54Z")
Yes that’s exactly the workaround.