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. …

it’s also good for code checkins. Devs can create a git branch with the ticket no, check in and comment re: # and then the the code change reference is in the ticket. Plus what’s been said above about referencing ticket nos.

Please also note this thread: Can a Task have an automatic assigned ID number? - #10 by Zdenek_Sladek

This is to Asana Support, as this string has been going on for a long time. You now allow Custom Fields with numbers. Thank you. We are now using that for our ticket numbers that correspond to our support ticketing system. Here is the issue. If I search for one of these numbers in the Search box on…

Sorry, to clarify, I mean the number has to be in the Task for the search to work.

Agreed, totally. I did not realize this shortcoming of custom fields and it is really disturbing. Mods, this type of request really needs to be elevated. It seems your software & data architects do not realize that when an Asana user goes to the trouble to create a custom field and populate it wi…

Thanks Stephanie for the support on this!

Erm pasting a URL every time you talk to your team to discuss a task is not practical. You tell your developers, designers and testers the id number

Hi Jonathan, We started using ASANA recently and one of the ways to enter tasks quickly was via forms. The tool that we used to create these forms was JOTFORM. When you create the form you have the option to add a number field that would increment when you apply the form. For example in our case …

Reference numbers for tasks

English Forum Product Feedback Features Launched

Phil_Seeman 1 May 2019 18:49 55

Go here to vote for the ability to have custom field data be searchable!

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