Multi-select custom field?

+1 - really frustrating to not have this. Iā€™ve worked around this by creating loads of dummy projects (since they can many-to-many with tasks) but thatā€™s clearly not ideal.

Any update on multi-select fields/columns? Itā€™s critical for us to have this feature if we want to use Asana effectively. Having separate picklist options for every combination is not ideal.

I also noticed someone pointed out that forms offer an option to connect a multi-select question to a field; however, when I tried to do this it didnā€™t actually let me connect to an existing field. A little misleading and a bummer to find that out.

Hoping this is a priority on the roadmap!

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Who ignores their customers like this? A basic feature completely ignored when requested MANY TIMES across 3 years. We will be moving off of Asana due to many shortcomings, this being the straw that broke the camelā€™s back. Adios.

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I am also wondering when multi-selects will be available. Almost all software allows the ability to have a multiselect (even if you canā€™t filter off of it).

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+1 for this feature, very critical to be able to add tags in our projects.

+1 for this feature!
Not only I need this for my projects that need multi-select custom field, I also need this for my forms, too, because, yes, the form does have the multi-selection feature, great! but i canā€™t link it to a field in the project to reflect the formā€™s answers. PLEASE ADD THIS SOON!

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+1! This would be such a great feature - on competitive platforms, this works super smoothly and adds a lot of value

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Any updates on this topic. Multi-select would be a great feature for us all.

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Need this! Using repeated fields with a suffix ā€œ_1, _2, _3ā€ as a work around

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Since youā€™ve published a Social media Project Template plus Blog Post it is confusing how you can talk about ā€˜Channel(s)ā€™ and then not have a multi-select custom fieldā€¦

+1 seriously

+1, really need it !!

That is a really basic feature to have.

Is there any workaround?

Yep, there are several - see item ā€œF10ā€ here:

Hi @Phil_Seeman

Can I make a suggestion? Please donā€™t mention that features are coming and then let it hang for years on end?

There are other features I have noticed on other boards that people have been waiting on for years and there is no clear indication from Asana when some of these features will be released.

I have asked that there be a way to open source some of the code so that at lease we can contribute to the features because they are very much needed.

Thanks

@SixfootJames,

I donā€™t work for Asana, so I donā€™t make those calls - I was just repeating what they had published in the forum. But the fact that they mentioned upcoming custom field changes and then ended up not releasing those changes does highlight why they tend not to discuss anything before itā€™s released!

@Phil_Seeman

Is there a reason for this thread being located under ā€œTips and Tricksā€?

Could it be moved to product feedback so that people can actually vote for this?