I have a number of recurring tasks in a specific section of ‘My Tasks’. When I complete the task the new one automatically goes under the ‘Recently Assigned’ section of ‘My Tasks’ & I currently manually drag it back to the section that all my recurring tasks live under. How can I create a rule tha…

Hi @anon79661465 . As you can’t trigger rules on recurring tasks only, I would try by changing your settings as showed in this screenshot, and then using the last section of your “My Tasks” page as a “Recurring Tasks bucket”. [image] Does it make sense? :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks for the work around @Matteo_Cattaneo that makes sense. I mean not ideal because my visually pleasing sections in a specific order are now out of whack :laughing: but I’ll take that over the constant moving of recurring tasks. Appreciate the support and speedy response.

@anon79661465 , Another option that I think should work: while it’s true that you can’t make a rule to trigger only on recurring tasks, you could add some other task property which is unique to your recurring task and use that as part of your trigger. For example, make a dropdown custom field called…

That’s a winner @Phil_Seeman ! Thanks for that idea it’s a perfect work around.

[image] Phil_Seeman: Another option that I think should work @Phil_Seeman , I just tested and it didn’t work for me; no rule fired. @anon79661465 , did you have better luck? I tried with custom field change only, custom field change + added to project, and custom field change + moved to secti…

I also could not get rules to play well with recurring tasks. My workaround was just ot add a last section and use the suggested toggle by @Matteo_Cattaneo [image]

Thanks, @Paul_Grobler . That might be a workaround for @anon79661465 if she’s ok having that section last. But still looking to get a rule to trigger for a recurring task; no workaround yet (except Flowsana.net from @Phil_Seeman ). Larry

I don’t recall but I probably didn’t test it, since I said “that I think should work” :anguished:

[image] lpb: I tried with custom field change only, custom field change + added to project, and custom field change + moved to section and none fire for a recurrence. I tried these rules and interestingly, they fire fine when you manually duplicate a task. However, when Asana creates a new t…

FYI, while as discussed above Asana does not fire a rule when a new instance of a recurring task is created, Flowsana’s “Task is newly created” rule trigger does fire. So it’s possible to use that trigger to execute Flowsana rule actions when a recurring task is completed and a new instance is creat…

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For anyone who hasn’t yet, please vote for this feature here: Enable Recurring Tasks to Trigger Rules

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