Hereâs the thing - the âexpert usersâ of Asana or the âchampionsâ can easily understand the workarounds or the intricacies of assigning subtasks to projects in order to set custom fields, but itâs not us that experience the issues. We only suffer the criticism of âchoosing an immature platformâ or âwhat is this junk applicationâ when we have to explain the workaround to other users and execs.
From our point of view itâs a simple fix:
Automatically assign subtasks to the parentâs project, OR;
Inherit any custom fields from the parent task
Then, when reviewing outstanding tasks, we can quickly order by priority (for example).
PLEASE ASANA - help make our lives, your championâs lives, easier by implementing this critical feature.
I do understand where youâre coming from; our Forum champions (and other members of our Global community involved in the Forum) are doing a tremendous job at unblocking other users by creating paths where Asana doesnât provide a built-in solution. I hear you when you say that these work well power-users but are more difficult for newer users; this is something weâre aware of, and rest ensured that we donât see these workarounds as solutions; behind the scenes, our team is working on a more intuitive solution to resolve this. Iâm also aware we received feedback on this topic for a while now, but while making subtasks automatically attached to their parent task project seems like an easy fix, it is, in reality, a lot more complex and touches many parts of our back end system.
Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback with us and to let us know how challenging it can as an Asana leader in your company to position these workarounds; we appreciate your transparency and honesty.
On my end, Iâll make sure to loop you in as soon as I get an update, but if there is anything else I can help you with in the meantime, please let me know!
It would be helpful to either assign specific Custom Fields to individual columns or tasks, or for the ability to convert Subtasks into a dropdown menu
Welcome to the Forum @sneakyaneurysm and thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us! We actually have an existing thread on this topic in the Forum Custom fields needed on subtasks, so Iâve gone ahead and merged your post with this main thread to gather all feedback in one place! Hope you donât mind
Hi @Pranjul_Sharma! This is a great question, subtasks do not inherit the project from their parent tasks for this reason you are not able to add custom fields. But you can quickly add subtasks to the project and you will be able to add custom fields.
You can do this by going into the subtask details and using Tab+P to open the project field or by going to the upper right drop-down and selecting âAdd to Project.â Please find more information in this article.
Thanks for your feedback! We already have a product feedback thread on this topic, I have gone ahead and merged this post with Custom fields needed on subtasks - #63 I hope you donât mind!
This is not a good option because it places the subtask (and sub-subtask, and sub-sub-subtask, etc.) on the main page level and thatâs not where we want it to be. If one has a huge project, one divides the main level into an easier to grasp overview by depending on subtasks that can only be seen once the main task is clicked, and itâs at the subtask levels where the custom fields are also needed.
This is indeed a very bad option, but still a workaround Another workaround would be to have a second project with the same custom fields to which you add the subtasks. So the subtasks stay subtasks but they do have the fieldsâŠ
Workload + Custom Fields for subtasks would be a GAME CHANGER!!! I really hope that subtasks (in their inherent state, no workarounds) will be able to have custom fields applied in the near future. The ability to have one of these fields as an Effort condition to plot time allocations on tasks (and subtasks) across users would take Asana to the next level.
I desperately need CUSTOM FIELDS for SUBTASKS. We are paying for 50 users and all of our projects have Tasks with MANY subtasks. Itâs silly to have to add every individual subtask to some random project.
Please Asana, when will this simple fix be added? Custom Fields for Subtasks +1000 votes for me.
May be a dealbreaker if I canât get this working in the near future.
Another workaround would be to have a second project with the same custom fields to which you add the subtasks. So the subtasks stay subtasks but they do have the fieldsâŠ