I would like to be able to set default project dependency settings in project templates (e.g. consume buffer, maintain buffer, etc.). Right now, this setting automatically defaults to “consume buffer” in project templates and there’s no way to change it.
I did find a workaround where if you change this setting in a project and then convert that project to a project template, it will keep the “maintain buffer” option BUT only when a new project is created directly from the template. It does not work when a task is converted to a project using that template (it defaults back to “consume buffer”), which is our main use case.
Thanks @Phil_Seeman - I had looked high and low on the forum and I couldn’t find that other request - I think both would be very helpful! Even setting it on an organizational or team level would be huge!
Based on my recent feature requests related to Project Templates, I think it’s fair to say that “anything that you can change/set within a regular Project, should also be a setting within the Project Template”.
I’d like to be able to make projects from a project template, without having to go into the resulting project and make additional changes, that should have already been a configurable setting within the template itself.
I completely agree @FreshyJon! I’ve noticed the same thing with customizable tabs - I would love to be able to do that on a project template level, but it doesn’t look like that’s possible right now.
Do you know if there’s any open feedback request for this?
Just wondering has this been built into a future release or are we still awaiting an update on this? This is something we have to change for every single project we start so would be very helpful.
Hi @Niamh_Sheridan , if you set the dependency setting in a project that is then converted into a project template, then the setting actually will be retained for all projects created from that template, as @Jess_deCsesznak notes above.
If you have not used project roles in your template, you could create a project from your template, change the dependency settings and then convert it back into a template to use that template from now on. If you have used roles, it could be a bit painful to redo this.
Otherwise wait for Asana to add this feature.. hopefully soon!
It looks like it’s pretty easy to set the project’s dependency settings without having to do that workaround (maybe this has recently changed?) If you scroll down the grey box in the left margin, this is at the bottom, at least for me:
When I use “add work” to create a project from a template, this seems to work fine
But when I use a rule to convert a task into a project, using the same template, this is definitely NOT happening. The project template used is set to retain buffer, and for the project-created-by-rule, it’s set to “none”
I really suspect there’s a way to go [intake form] → [rule that creates a project from task] and end up with “maintain buffer” without having to set it manually every time, right?
