# Reference numbers for tasks

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/reference-numbers-for-tasks/19111>\
**Category:** Features Launched\
**Tags:** productivity, launched, tasks\
**Created:** [3 April 2018 22:50 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/reference-numbers-for-tasks/19111 "2018-04-03T22:50:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2019 23:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/reference-numbers-for-tasks/19111/70 "2019-06-26T23:26:42Z")

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@Erik_Graham There’s actually already one with a pretty large vote count:

> [@Feature Request: Task Numbering](https://forum.asana.com/t/feature-request-task-numbering/8102):
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> I would like to request a feature that will allow the user to add a custom field for tasks that will auto-populate a unique number (ID). The more we use Asana, with the volume of tasks, the more task numbering becomes a need. This is a feature that I have had in several previous platforms, which allowed us to include a job (task) ID on anything printed, emailed, etc. for easy tracking and fast historical referencing. This would be a huge benefit to users to have this feature.

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