It would be great to trigger an update on the subtasks of a parent task when a custom field is changed. Currently, we run into the problem where changes on the parent task don’t notify or update the subtasks, creating a disconnect in collaboration, especially with multiple parties involved. This enhancement in Asana would be valuable without needing other tools.
For example, if the “Priority” custom field is updated to “High” on a parent task, the rule could automatically update the “Priority” field to “High” on all subtasks.
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I am now trying to use Asana for the first time (new company) at my prior company I was a Jira Administrator, and I am finding Asana very difficult to use in a collaborative work environment with multiple cross-functional teams.
The custom rules for Parent/Child tasks is extremely limited. Often times the parent task is used by project manager to input the requirements of the project, these requirements often times change from when they were initially created. Many subtasks are then created and connected to this parent task to serve the different project functions different cross-functional teams use to track and manage their work connected to the main parent task.
In Jira, you can set automated riles that if a parent task updates a field then any child task can also be updated. I understand that you may not want all the child tasks connected to the parent to change and in this case that is where if you have an option to set certain criteria like if this child task contains this tag/status/is assigned/etc. then allow the Parent change to change the child task.
Asana does not offer anything close, and I think it would be helpful if the developers could create this kind of feature. I personally would not use Asana because it is a very limited tool for a company that needs non-linear project management.
Setting rules to auto-update child tasks when a parent task has been updated would be HUGE, and it would also reduce the amount of human error that occurs from me and all my team members having to eye ball this information on a parent task to then go fill it out on a child task hundreds of times.
Hi @Devon_Ortega,
Thank you for your feedback. I’ve merged it to an existing thread on the topic. You can add your vote at the top.
@Phil_Seeman Would this be possible with Flowsana?
Thanks, @Jan-Rienk.
Yes, this is possible to do in our Flowsana integration. For example, for @Esteban_Giannini’s scenario:
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