Is there any way to define “roles” for a project template, then assign tasks within the template to that role rather than to a specific person? Then, when a new project is created from that template, you could put in the people who will be filling each role, and the tasks would be assigned to them. …

I have just found this existing feedback request I recommend upvoting: Create User Role for templates. I will go ahead and merge your request into the other thread :slight_smile:

Welcome to the Asana Community Forum @Matthew_Lewis :wave: Have you considered adding a single select custom field with the roles and then based on the selection rules trigger assigning the task. Instead of custom fields the trigger could also be a task in a specific column. Then the only thing yo…

Project Templates: Auto-assign tasks based on roles?

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