Recurring tasks in project templates

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Our projects often contain recurring tasks.

Being able to set these up in project templates would make setting up new projects less work and less prone to error.

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Make functionality in live projects, project templates, and my tasks consistent
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tagging since you’ve asked the same question.

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I see this recurring tasks in templates went away with V2 in 2022. We really need this feature for templates to feasible for our company

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Hey folks!

We use Asana for consulting projects. One of the deliverables is an EOM submission for hours. Is there a way to have the template assign dates based on the last day of the month? For example, if a project is 12 months long and starts on Sep 22nd (today) then I would need tasks for Sep 30th, Oct 31st, Nov 30th, Dec 31st, Jan 31st, Feb 28th, etc etc.

Right now we are getting it close by doing project start date +30 days, +60 days, etc. I still have to manually adjust and would love to have this be one less manual item.

Thanks for the help, in advanced!

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Welcome, @Jon_Barger1,

I’ve merged your post into an existing topic where you can click the title to scroll to the top and vote by clicking the Vote button.

Thanks,

Larry

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I am trying to add a recurring task to one of our organizational project templates. The task is a monthly reminder to complete a project status update by the 5th of the month.

When I try to add this to the template, my only option is a Relative Due Date.

Any suggestions?

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Hi @Traci_Gangl , and welcome to the Community! We’re glad to have you here.

In Asana, templates only support relative due dates, not fixed calendar dates. That’s why when you try to set a task like a monthly status update, your only option in the template is a relative date (for example, “due 5 days after project start”). This ensures the task adjusts automatically whenever the template is used for a new project.

Once you create a project from the template, you can then edit the task to a fixed date (like the 5th of the month) if needed. This approach keeps the template flexible while still allowing precise scheduling in the actual project.

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@Traci_Gangl,

I’ve merged your post into an existing topic where you can click the title to scroll to the top and vote by clicking the Vote button.

Thanks,

Larry