# Need Variable Fields on Task Templates

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/need-variable-fields-on-task-templates/1109377>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Tags:** templates, subtasks, agentic-work-management, rules\
**Created:** [17 November 2025 15:34 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/need-variable-fields-on-task-templates/1109377 "2025-11-17T15:34:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Robin\_Moser](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Robin\_Moser](https://forum.asana.com/u/Robin_Moser)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2025 15:34 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/need-variable-fields-on-task-templates/1109377/1 "2025-11-17T15:34:18Z")

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I need my subtasks to inherit the parent task name when the parent task is created with a template. It would be very helpful to my team if the variable fields were available on task templates. Any chance of getting this feature added?

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**Author:** ![Jan-Rienk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jan-rienk/32/227709_2.png) [@Jan-Rienk](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jan-Rienk)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2025 16:15 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/need-variable-fields-on-task-templates/1109377/2 "2025-11-17T16:15:27Z")

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Welcome to the forum @Robin_Moser ,

I’m not sure I follow, and why you’d want this. Isn’t that confusing?

Can you clarify with an example?

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**Author:** ![Robin\_Moser](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Robin\_Moser](https://forum.asana.com/u/Robin_Moser)\
**Post date:** [19 November 2025 16:43 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/need-variable-fields-on-task-templates/1109377/3 "2025-11-19T16:43:04Z")

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Hi Jan-Rienk, I have created task templates for multiple Blog creation tasks. The sub-tasks that are created from the template all show the same task on the team’s “My Tasks” boards. So, for example, I have 24 tasks on my personal board that all say “Review SEO”. I would like for them to show the main task name, so “Review SEO: Blog: Why use Drug Tests in your company”

I am able to accomplish this sub-task naming using a variable within a rule, but the rules are being problematic in other ways. So, if I was able to add a variable in my task template, it would solve my problem.

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**Author:** ![Jan-Rienk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jan-rienk/32/227709_2.png) [@Jan-Rienk](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jan-Rienk)\
**Post date:** [20 November 2025 08:50 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/need-variable-fields-on-task-templates/1109377/4 "2025-11-20T08:50:03Z")

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Hi @Robin_Moser,

I’m not sure I understand the need for this.

Can’t you see the main task’s name in your view?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/4X/0/3/5/035d9b229f2d171f71ba84251baeb3af664e3a4e.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/4X/e/c/e/ece4a5ff2e22789bb52e5939f3ebeedbe4db9909.png)