Rules to create and assign completely new task

Hi all - I am interested in creating a rule that would trigger a completely new task once a form is filled out. So the rule would be “Trigger = New task added to project” and “Action = assign new task (with an ability to add description etc)”. Does anyone have a work around for this since it isn’t currently a capability?

Hi @Chandler_Ferguson,

You could accomplish this using Zapier.

Unfortunately I am at my max for the free Zapier and didn’t have intentions of upgrading. Was hoping their was an internal workaround. Thanks, Phil!

Darn. Sorry!

Hi folks,

I’m excited to share that you can now create tasks, milestones and approvals with tasks :partying_face: Choose a trigger or combination of triggers, and Asana will create the task when the rule runs. You can pre-select the task name, assignee, relative due date, and more.

Please note this update is currently available to 50% of our customers and will go live for everyone by the end of the day.

To create a task with a rule:

  1. Navigate to Customize in the top-right corner of your project
  2. Click + Add rule, then Create custom rule
  3. Choose a trigger or combination of triggers
  4. When the trigger is selected, click the Actions tab
  5. Under Create new, select Task

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