How Replace Slack with Asana for Conversations

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Hello -

We are trying to replace Slack with Asana for internal conversations -

If a conversation is around a task, it’s easy!

However, sometimes we have conversations related to a project, but not a task. In this case, we are thinking we can use messages.

HOWEVER - unless you send a message to an entire time, it doesn’t stay in your messages. If you send just a 1-1 message to someone it shows up in the inbox, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere in the project. Where does it go from the inbox and how can we can track of this?

Is there something I’m missing here?

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@Lindsay16 - you can send messages from the “Messages” tab of a project (it will then always be visible there) or you can use the create+ button and send it to the project (same outcome, different entry point).

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I am not seeing 1-1 messages sent from a project messages showing up after it’s sent.

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@Lindsay16 - to confirm, you’re going to project messages tab:

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And then going to “Send message to members”, writing your message, and sending?
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That posts the message in that project for everyone to interact with. If you’re removing the Project from the To: field, you’re no longer sending a message to that project, so it won’t appear there. It’s similar logic to posting in a slack channel vs. DMing someone (message to project, message to person).

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@Stephen_Li is exactly right. That’s how to send a message to all project members.

To clarify a little more, @Lindsay16 - you cannot currently send a 1-1 message from a project. It will be accessible by all members of the project. If the project name is in the TO: field, all project members can see it. And, all who have “Project Message” notifications turned on will be notified.

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