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.
tagging since you’ve asked the same question.
@Chris_Phelps Setting up Recurring Tasks in a Project Tempalte
@Niels_Oomen Repeat a task in a Template project
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
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!
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.
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Larry
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?
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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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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Hi everyone! Right now my teams are currently focused on holistic improvements to Subtasks, but improving Recurring Tasks are next on my hit list. While it’s not on our current roadmap, this is an area I feel passionate about and I appreciate the use case based feedback 
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Hey everyone! 
I am a huge fan of Project Templates. Features like relative due dates and project roles are absolute lifesavers. However, there is one missing piece that is causing a lot of manual work: Task Recurrence.
Right now, you can’t set a task to repeat (weekly, monthly, etc.) directly inside the template builder.
Because of this, every time I create a project from a template, I have to create a dummy task with a red warning emoji 
saying “START HERE” just to remind myself to manually go through specific tasks and set up their recurrence. It completely breaks the automation magic of using a template!
My suggestion:
Please add a simple recurrence option (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, etc.) to tasks within the Template Builder. Even if it’s just a basic drop-down for now, it would save us so much time and eliminate human error when spinning up new projects.
Who else is using workaround tasks to remember to set recurrences? 
Hi @Jonathan_Gustavo_Pin , I’ve merged your post into this existing one. Make sure to add your vote at the top of the thread. 
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This feature would be a massive help to us. I don’t want to have to adjust the due date each time I use the template to make a new project.