When a task is created, is there a reference number in the background that we can not see? We create hundreds of them and it would make life so much easier if I could look them up by an auto populated number. The task line line numbers are nice but the number does not stay if you move the task’s ord…

At iDO (and with the help of Astogi ), we have created something that might help with this feature request. It is a simple bot that you can invite to any project (as a guest). It will automatically rename the tasks you create, adding a unique iD. The numbering is based on the project name initials. …

Hi @Michael_P_M_McLaughl , I actually posted the instructions farther down in this thread, here: [image] Reference numbers for tasks Product Feedback @KarenV @jeremyw OK I dug this up - here is what I did to generate unique IDs using Zapier. Create a Google Sheet, let’…

Mr. Seeman, thank you so much sir. Embarrassed that I didn’t keep scrolling and see where you posted the instructions. Will also take a look at the alternate solution you provided. Many thanks!

this only seems to work if the tasks are public. do you have a solution if the tasks are private?

[image] Erik_Graham: Thanks, I have read this entire thread and Erik is a hero. He identified this issue over three years ago and has stayed on it this entire time. I cannot believe that this integration has not been added. It’s honestly shocking and would be the biggest complaint I have abou…

Thanks Michael, 4+ years and still going. Kinda silly actually, that they (Asana), have never even answered this thread as to why they will not even contemplate the suggestion. Must be a lot of dust being swept under that rug at corporate. From what I have seen, they spend more time sending out sal…

@Erik_Graham you’re a hero. Adding my voice to this. Not having alphanumeric reference number for tasks is going to impact my future use of Asana.

Adding my vote. We can’t access Zapier or Flowsana on our network and just need this out of the box. It is disappointing that it’s been years, and this is still an issue.

Testing switching from Wrike and came across this issue, and I’m a bit surprised Asana doesn’t have this capability. We use task IDs to catalogue our work on our network drive and losing this functionality would make it much harder to find folders. I’ll need an out of the box solution to this or swi…

Hi Austin, after many years we are looking at other platforms as they will not add this simple feature that they already have, just not in the right place. We have had talks with Monday.com as they have full task numbering and custom numbering also. One interesting aspect for you Zapier lovers out t…

Reference numbers for tasks

English Forum Product Feedback Features Launched

Andrea_Mayer 29 August 2022 15:34 171

Hello @Erik_Graham
I hear your frustration and would like to refer to a comment I posted on another thread.

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