[Recurring task] Add option to INCLUDE or NOT INCLUDE Sub-tasks when recreated

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There needs to be a way to setup recurring Parent Tasks to INCLUDE or NOT INCLUDE Sub-tasks when recreated.

We often use recurring tasks to manage routine workflow, but our sub-tasks within the parent task are specific to the actions taken for the specific time the task is completed and should not be repeated. A good example of this is Weekly Meetings. We want the Meeting task to repeat, but we want the Topics “Sub-Tasks” to NOT Repeat.

We use this feature heavily and this should be an option to check off “Sub-Task Repeat Y/N”

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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us, @Adam_McWilliams! This is a very good request, we have a similar feature when duplicating tasks and you can select to include or not include subtasks. I’ll update this thread if I have updates about this feature. Thanks again for sharing!

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I second this request, would be incredibly helpful in our use-case.

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Indeed, would be great. Would massively improve the recurring feature which is a bit broken at the moment

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This would be a great addition for agile teams.

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We could really use this for repeating tasks. We have a monthly review task that repeats but the sub tasks are specific to findings that month and should not be included when the task repeats.

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Has there been an update from Asana for this request? This is highly applicable to my team as well.

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+1 my team really needs this for reoccurring meetings. We can’t figure out how to stop the subtasks (agenda items) from repeating once marked as complete. Only the parent task should repeat. Help!

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Hi Emily are there any updates on this feature request? Is there a workaround that Asana recommends?

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I agree with everyone else above. The only solution I have is to delete the subtasks after completion instead of checking them off and that seems really dumb. Are there any updates to this?

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Any news on this? We don’t want to delete the subtasks as that is important information we may need to reference down the road, but it is so annoying that ALL of the subtasks repeat with the parent task even after they’ve been marked complete.

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There needs to be a way that you can set a task to a task template that repeats. In doing this, it would repeat as a template and not with the previous task info and assignments. We use Sub-tasks a TON and there needs to be a better way of managing it with repeating tasks.

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Hi Emily

Please can you provide an update on this feature?

Thank you
Harriet

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Hi, it would be great to have a solution for this. We are experiencing the exact same issue when it comes to weekly meetings.

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Hello, do we have any updates on this feature? I’m sure the duplicate task function will not be forgotten if this is enabled. It’s just so annoying to have to uncheck subtasks one by one.

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Another vote for this, upon the set up of the recurring date, please add the ability to choose if the subtasks should also be recurring.

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I’m pretty sure it’s a waste of time asking Asana to make improvements to their system… but I can dream that they will take this one seriously.

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I would appreciate this feature as well!!

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Yes, please! 4 years after the initial post, this is still a great idea.

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Is anyone from the Asana team even monitoring this space? 4 years of requests and no one bothered to answer? seriously?