I agree, this has been open for far too long with plenty of people needing the functionality…
I’m a video editor and while I prefer other Kanban boards, our company uses asana.
I want so badly to have this setup.
Sections: Idea, Production, Editing, Complete
Task in Idea Section with subtasks (via template)
Rule: Move to Production Section once Initial subtasks are complete and add Production subtasks
Rule: Move to Editing Section once production subtasks are complete and add Editing subtasks
Rule: Once editing subtasks are complete prompt Video lead to QC the edit and mark complete
Rule: Move to Complete once marked complete.
It’s such a SIMPLE workflow but cannot work because once subtasks are complete it will just skip middle sections and go to the latest section in the chain asking for completed subtasks.
Something as simple as
Rule: IF task is in section AND subtasks are all complete, run rule
is so ridiculously easy to comprehend and it makes ZERO sense why devs haven’t given us this extremely simple and VERY necessary update…
I was having the same issue. I figured out a solution (I hope) for you.
I have a workflow setup similar to yours where there are multiple phases (sections) with subtasks and once all subtasks are complete in a section I want them to move to the next section. But once the all subtasks for the first phase were marked as complete the task would move through each section and never stop.
I think somehow asana’s trigger system is ffaster than the rules automation. So the trigger kept triggering the task through each section instead of stopping for the subtasks to be created.
SOLUTION
For the trigger rules you need to click the three dots and UNCHECK the toggle that says “allow this rule to be triggered by other rules” - this makes it so the triggers stop triggering and allow the automated subtasks to appear. Hopefully this helps!
