When creating a rule in Asana which uses the Action Slack - Send Channel Message, it would be helpful to be able to reference fields from within the project task into the message. Therefore, I can have the message show as {{Submitted by}} {{Issue Title}} {{Issue Description}} as an example. Currently the slack message only displays the first field from the form.
It will probably come at one point thanks to a feature called āVariables in rulesā. It is being deployed/has been for the action āPost a commentā.
Has anyone heard any updates about this? I saw it might be in the works in another thread (Now introducing Variables in Rules - #65 by Natalie_Weinmeister).
Hi @Holly_Meave , welcome to the forum 
Unfortunately, no, variables are not available in the Send a slack message action in rules. If there are any updates in the future, Iām sure they will get posted here.
Iām adding myself to this thread - this seems like great option to add. Iād like to be able to include built-in and/or custom fields in the message. We are using Asana to track computer inventory, and when we change the status on an inventory item we want to post that change to a channel with some relevant detail.
(We actually use Teams - I know this post is about Slack but I believe itās all the same issue)
Iād like this too. It will make the Slack messages really meaningful. My use case is I have a message that pings my editing Slack channel when a new task is posted. Being able to add custom fields such as Client name will make these way more helpful to editors in that channel.
Iām really interested in this feature as well. Also, thereās an ongoing issue which it doesnāt let me mention/tag someone in the Slack message. It just sends a plain text instead of the tag.
+1 To really wanting this feature
+1 This feature would allow me to fully integrate asana with slack
Agreed - this would be an incredibly helpful feature within the Asana ā Slack integration. A general message is okay, but having variable fields would be top tier and allow me to confidently post messages in Channels without it seeming like spam.
100% agree here. I tried creating a notification channel for when a task goes into āBlockedā status so we can followup with the assignee to help identify the blockers and resolve themā¦ however the message is currentlyā¦
"A task is now blocked "
Which isnāt as helpful as
"The task {TASK_NAME} assigned to {ASSIGNEE_NAME} is now blocked.
Click here to view the task. "
Adding myself to this thread. We really want to highlight the priority of a ticket in our service desk set up - at the moment we can only see who created it and due date. Really hoping it comes through soon!
+1 to this feature. Slack messages are almost useless without it
Agree 100% this is absolutely CRITICAL functionality for making these Slack Notifications useful.
Very helpful!
+1, seems almost necessary for Slack message integration to be useful
Just making sure that all of you who reply here and agree, +1, etcā¦
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Thanks,
Larry
For anyone still looking to use this, seems like this functionality has been added now!