@Phil_Seeman — Any word on if Project Templates 2.0 will carry over rules leveraging Integrations (e.g. Flowsana) or if they’ll be added in the Template Setup options under rules in the future?
The news is not great, from what I hear - it doesn’t seem to be something that will be happening in the foreseeable future. (But that comes with the caveat that this is an unofficial comment on my part and could be inaccurate or could change at any time.)
Does this update effect the shortcuts? Because I can’t use my tab-shortcuts in my project-templates… Help?
I finally could an article talking about the new project templates.
Templates are used in our organisation to launch quickly projects in a waterfall approach. This means a clear chronology/dependency system is in place. We have subtasks to avoid having extensive lists of tasks and to overpass the limitation of the dependency system.
The new template system is again another stone in our shoes for many reasons and I’d like to have the choice to get back in time for many reasons:
- No timeline view : How do you want to structure dependencies if you can’t have a clear overview of your project?
- Update subtasks : No subtasks visible in the template mode. Again how do you want to make changes if it’s not even accessible?
- Due date setup : Following the above points, if adding a new task or updating due date, the current system makes it unreadeable. Having the calendar appearing was helping to know which day each task should go.
- No colour choice : By default we have a grey icon. No way to choose the icon/colour upfront for the template. We have template for setup vs on-going projects with different colour scheme to identify quicker what projects is in which phase. Our Project Managers will have to manage again another small unnecessary step.
I’d like to have the choice to get back to the old system which was much more flexible.
Your new system makes our life much harder as we will have to keep a project which will be updated regularly and then exported and then used and then recoloured accordingly… The interface is sweet and good looking, but sometimes less is more. Templates as saved projects was straight-forward and meaningful for us.
I hope you can apply a quick solution to allow us to get this flexibility back!
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Thanks @lpb, I’m checking this with our Product team now and will update the thread as soon as I have an answer 
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Hi @anon870591, thank you for this feedback.
At this time, the new Project Template format is only available to List view projects but our Product team are currently working on building this out for other views (Board, Calendar and Timeline.) This will be available in the near future and I will update this thread as soon as it is.
We have an existing feature request for setting project colours and icons here which you can add your vote to.
Regarding subtasks, you can indeed edit this from the Template Builder which you can see in the screenshot below.
I’m unsure what you mean by the current system making due dates “unreadable”. Could you please create a separate thread in the #product-feedback category for this feedback and I will follow up there?
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Hi everyone! Following the launch of our Project Templates 2.0 in April, I’m excited to announce our team has rolled out some fast follows updates!
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Marking templates 2.0 as favorite and seeing them in the sidebar
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Ability to create task templates in projects templates 2.0
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Searching for templates 2.0 using basic search bar
- Adding Project Overview when creating a project template 2.0
- Email notification to template owner when a template is deleted, including a recovery link
- Project activity feed in the Overview tab now includes “project created from (template’s name)” story
- Template Gallery updates:
- Ability to favorite and unfavorite templates 2.0 from the Gallery
- Ability to filter by teams in the Template Gallery
- Ability to filter by Asana-created templates and customer templates
I hope this helps! If you have any questions feel free to reach out via our Tips and Tricks category! Have a great day!
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More good news, folks! It’s now possible to convert a task to a project using a project template 
Just click the three dot menu and scroll down to Convert to where you’ll have the option to select Project > Use a template!
If you have any questions feel free to reach out via our Tips and Tricks category! Have a great day!
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Hi everyone 
I wanted to give you all an update on where we’re at with Project Templates 2.0. As you know, when we released Project Templates 2.0 in April, any new templates were created using the new format and we also gave users the option to convert all existing project templates to the new format at this time.
Beginning today through September 19, we will be migrating all Asana domains to Project Templates 2.0. This means that users will no longer be able to use project templates in the old format.
What will this look like for you?
- Users will receive a pop up notifying them of this upcoming change. Template owners will receive a more detailed pop up with the opportunity to convert to the new format now instead of waiting for the migration.
- Once migrated to Project Templates 2.0, any previous templates in the old format will be archived and a new template created with the new format.
- Any previous templates that were favourited and added to the sidebar will be replaced with the new templates.
Please let me know if you have any questions on the migration - I’m happy to help.
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