# Import subtasks via CSV without parent tasks **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Tags:** import-export, subtasks\ **Created:** [6 March 2019 17:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923 "2019-03-06T17:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Christine\_Hill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/christine_hill/32/30404_2.png) [@Christine\_Hill](https://forum.asana.com/u/Christine_Hill)\ **Post date:** [6 March 2019 17:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923/1 "2019-03-06T17:07:27Z")
Currently you can only import subtasks using a csv with a new parent task. I would like to import subtasks for existing tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Marie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/marie/32/42208_2.png) [@Marie](https://forum.asana.com/u/Marie)\ **Post date:** [8 March 2019 10:17 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923/2 "2019-03-08T10:17:39Z")
Thanks for sharing this feedback with us @Christine_Hill, we will definitely keep it in mind for future improvements 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anthony5](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anthony5](https://forum.asana.com/u/anthony5)\ **Post date:** [18 March 2020 08:35 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923/3 "2020-03-18T08:35:07Z")
Marie, has ther been any improvement on the import of subtasks with out a parent task? We have 400 Customers with the same parent Tasks that have upward 25 Sub tasks. 1. very hard to duplicate the parent task 400 times I have managed to get it right in csv first BUT if a simple sub task needs to be added after import you cant do it via csv which means manually loading to all 400+ parent tasks manually. ---
**Author:** ![anthony5](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anthony5](https://forum.asana.com/u/anthony5)\ **Post date:** [18 March 2020 08:36 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923/4 "2020-03-18T08:36:23Z")
@Marie ---
**Author:** ![anon35883359](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon35883359](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon35883359)\ **Post date:** [20 October 2020 16:31 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923/5 "2020-10-20T16:31:51Z")
@Marie Same issue! Crazy that you can import subtasks via CSV but not to a task you already made. We have a form that is creating lots of our tasks, but there’s no way to get a form to make subtasks for you. There has to be a good nonmanual way to duplicate sets of subtasks. ---
**Author:** ![IvanStaykov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/ivanstaykov/32/60128_2.png) [@IvanStaykov](https://forum.asana.com/u/IvanStaykov)\ **Post date:** [20 October 2020 16:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923/6 "2020-10-20T16:52:42Z")
I quite sure you cannot do it with Asana out of the box. Flowsana by @Phil_Seeman can do exactly that ---
**Author:** ![Yann\_Stoneman](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Yann\_Stoneman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Yann_Stoneman)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2023 19:37 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923/7 "2023-04-12T19:37:19Z")
> [@Christine\_Hill](#): > > Currently you can only import subtasks using a csv with a new parent task “Currently you can only import subtasks using a csv with a new parent task” – how do you do this? ---
**Author:** ![Yann\_Stoneman](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Yann\_Stoneman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Yann_Stoneman)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2023 19:37 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/import-subtasks-via-csv-without-parent-tasks/43923/8 "2023-04-12T19:37:41Z")
> [@anon35883359](#): > > you can import subtasks via CSV How do you do this?