The recently launched custom ID field is great, but having tried it out, it appears it is currently not possible to start the number sequence of an ID field from a particular number.
For example, it would be great to be able to set a number sequence to start from 1000 instead of 1, or for users that are migrating into Asana, they could seamlessly continue their IDs in Asana from a particular ‘ticket’ number from their previous source of truth.
Hoping this will be added as a quick follow-up, soon!
I want to start by saying how much I appreciate the task ID feature, where we can add a prefix and get IDs like MYID-1, MYID-2, etc. This is very useful for our team as we use these IDs to match our GitHub pull requests with the assigned tasks.
However, it would be great if we could customize the numbering more flexibly.
Currently, the IDs are set up to have a prefix followed by a number starting from 1. It would be a valuable feature to allow users to change the starting number and the formatting of these numbers.
For example, if we already have an ID system that is in the 2000s and we wanted to start using Asana, the current ID feature would require us to start over from 1. It would be helpful if we could start the ID at 2000 instead of 1.
Another useful feature would be the ability to customize the formatting. While starting at 1 works, in our existing GitHub PR setup, our IDs look like PREFIX-0001, with leading zeros. It’s not a critical issue, but it would enhance our workflow if we could determine the leading zeros as well.
Upvoting for sure!