Date is approaching rule trigger for Date fields

[Jan-Rienk]

The “due date is approaching” rule trigger is great.

What would make it even better is to be able to include other dates like:

• start date Date is approaching rule trigger for Date fields - #3 by Emily_Roman
• custom field date

Perhaps rename it to “date is approaching” and select the desired date field

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @Jan-Rienk,

I’m not going to merge your post because yours is more expansive but here is a similar request, just for Start Date, that you might want to upvote as well:

Offer (for Starter/Premium and above) a new rule "Start/Due date is approaching . . ." to trigger based on the earlier of Start date or Due date

The new My Tasks v2 rule “Due date is approaching → Move task to a certain section” only triggers based on the Due date, not the Start date if one is present. Please add (for Premium and above–that is, wherever Start date is available) a new rule: “Start/Due date is approaching → Move task to a certain section” and consider the Start date, if present, as the date to consider for this rule to fire, otherwise, the Due date if no Start date is present. I believe most will want this behavior and f…

(Also FYI our Flowsana integration contains this trigger capability; it supports all custom date fields as well as all built-in date fields! )

[Emily_Roman]

Hi everyone, we just started to roll out the new start date is approaching trigger for rules in addition to the existing due date is approaching and date field changed trigger.

This enables powerful new rule-based workflows, for example: When a task is ready for work to begin, move it to a new section and assign it to me.

Thanks for initially sharing this feedback with us @Jan-Rienk!

[Jan-Rienk]

Great news!

Would love for this to be expanded to date fields in general.

For instance relative to creation date.

When creation date = 3 days old Check if assignee is not set Do this: add comment and add collaborators

[Rupert_Bassadone1]

I can’t see this available in My Tasks rules?

[lpb]

@Rupert_Bassadone1,

This thread is a request and is not available.

Start date is approaching is a new trigger available, including in My Tasks.

Thanks,

Larry

[Jan-Rienk]

@Rupert_Bassadone1 @lpb Which means you can vote for it

@Phil_Seeman I unmarked your reply as a solution as I don’t consider it solved.

[Phil_Seeman]

@Jan-Rienk

I unmarked your reply as a solution as I don’t consider it solved.

No problem; I didn’t mark that post as a solution, someone else must have.

[Otakar_Libra]

Is this still active? Expanding rules to date fields in general would be great!

For example: I could set “reminder date” multiple times before due date when I want to check some task.

[Lukas_Lindberg]

Hi,

I have a project in Asana where we manage our customer pipeline. We use custom fields such as:

“Contract Renewal Date”= the next renewal date for the customer’s contract.
“Contract Length” = the duration of the contract in months.

We are a SaaS company, so our contracts are automatically renewed unless the customer cancels.

For example, let’s say we have a customer, XXX, with:

Contract Renewal Date: 2025-01-01
Contract Length: 12 months

I would like to set up a rule in Asana to do the following:

1. 90 days before the “Contract Renewal Date,” add a comment tagging the assigned person (e.g., “The contract is renewing soon. Please follow up with the customer.”).
2. Automatically update the “Contract Renewal Date” field by adding the “Contract Length” (e.g., set the new date to 2026-01-01).

Is it possible to create such a rule directly in Asana, or would I need an integration like Zapier or Make to achieve this?

Thanks for your help!

[Jan-Rienk]

Hi @Lukas_Lindberg ,

You can’t currently.

Are you ok if I merge your post to this thread in the public part of the forum?

Date is approaching rule trigger for Date fields

The due date is approaching functionality is great. What would make it even better is to be able to include other dates like: start date custom field date Perhaps rename it to “date is approaching” and select the desired date field

[Lukas_Lindberg]

Yes - absolutely

Have a nice day!

[Jan-Rienk]

Don’t forget to vote

[danfiscal]

Apologies if this has been raised before.

If would be very useful to have the ability to use rules such as “Date is approaching” or “Date has passed” on custom date fields.

This would massively help our workflow.

[danfiscal]

Apologies if this has been raised before.

If would be very useful to have the ability to use rules such as “Date is approaching” or “Date has passed” on custom date fields.

This would massively help our workflow.

[Levar_M]

I believe this is what you’re looking do to Date is approaching rule trigger for Date fields - #3 by Emily_Roman

Welcome to the Asana Community forum @danfiscal

There’s also a thread I believe to be requesting for the same thing you are here: Date is approaching rule trigger for Date fields

[Jan-Rienk]

Hi @danfiscal

I merged your post into this thread (the request @Levar_M mentioned)

No votes were transferred, as you didn’t vote for your feedback yet. (Which you can do with the Vote button at the top)

PS: I did make an error with merging, which is why your post now shows up twice in this thread.

[Dalton_C]

Voted. Adding a comment to express my desire for this feature big time!