Users in my organization are utilizing two different fields to track the same information (Priority). One is the Asana-created Priority field and the other a user-created custom field with the same options. Is there away to merge these fields and retain the priority assignments in the affected tas…

Hi @Gretchen_Hooker as far as i know, there is no option to “merge” them, but there are some other options if your goal is to display priority, which been named differently as you mentioned. for Example: creating a portfolio and adding all projects you need to it, then in the list view you can add…

Thanks @Mohamed_Saleh , My concern for the situation was that if we ran a search or report on “high” priority tasks, some would get missed if there were two different fields in use to track this info. I would like to delete the user-created "priority’ field and just use the Asana-created one for al…

Hi @Gretchen_Hooker yes you can remove user-created fields, and it will be removed from all affected tasks ad projects. If you decided to create another one, you will be asked if you want to add it to Asana field library. Asana still cannot reassign task status form tag to another. This step stil…

You can use my tool to find all the projects using the user generated field. If I may, I believe the Asana priority field is not that great, too many colors, and I would suggest removing the “medium” priority and just leave it blank. So consider using the user field instead :slight_smile:

Hi folks, If anyone is looking to consolidate, merge or cleanup similar fields in their library, I have a custom solution for you! What this custom app does: [04 duplicates in library2 markup2 c] :white_check_mark: Scans through your field library to find the fields you want to consolidate …

Is it possible to merge duplicate fields?

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Is it possible to merge duplicate fields?

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