Subtask Dependencies

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @Melissa_Hoppe, and welcome @Lis_Engelsman,

@Melissa_Hoppe

Is there a way for a subtask to be dependent on a previous subtask?

Yes - making a task dependent works the same way whether it’s a task or subtask. I discuss this in some more detail in this post above in this thread:

Subtask Dependencies

Hi @Kara_Jacobson and welcome to the forum! Yes, you can definitely make a subtask dependent on another subtask. One thing you have to remember is that by default, subtasks do not inherit an association to their parent task’s project (you have to manually make that association if you choose to). This leads to a catch with creating subtask dependencies - as noted above in this thread, when Asana displays the list of tasks to choose from to identify the dependency task, it displays subtasks in …

In addition, I really like the workaround posted just above by @Darbie_Pelachick - very handy, Darbie!

@Melissa_Hoppe

So if one subtask date get changed, the others will automatically be pushed back the same number of business days based on the original timing?

This is not possible with Asana. However, it is definitely possible using my Flowsana integration - both the Dynamic Duration and Auto-Adjust workflow types do exactly what you’re wanting.

[John_Versfeld]

Hi all

It seems that it is possible to mark a task as complete even if it has uncompleted sub tasks. This seems to be the case even if the sub tasks are marked as dependencies.

Is it possible to set the task so that it is not possible to mark it as complete unless all of the sub tasks (dependent or not) have actually been completed?

Thanks!
John

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @John_Versfeld and welcome to the forum!

@John_Versfeld

Is it possible to set the task so that it is not possible to mark it as complete unless all of the sub tasks (dependent or not) have actually been completed?

No, sorry, this is not currently possible.

There is a thread requesting that this feature be added; you can add your vote here:

Mark all subtasks complete before allowing tasks to be marked complete

Flagging my interest here, too! I am an Asana Solution Partner and many of our customers (~8/10) ask me for a possibility to somehow prevent parent tasks to be completed before subtasks are - or at least be shown a warning pop-up. Many of them use subtasks as “Check lists” - this mentality seems to be a popular usecase for subtasks. Alternatively, since it does not seem to be an issue of relevance in Asana, we would greatly love the opportunity to alter this via Asanas API! We’d be happy to th…

[John_Versfeld]

Thanks @Phil_Seeman! I have added my 10c to the thread.

[Sarah_Moore]

Hey, any movement on this? or any advice on how people have improvised? We have an interior design company and I am looking for a leads ‘form’ to move into a ‘task’ with a template ‘subtasks’ solution. Would be great to hear if anyone else has found a solution

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @Sarah_Moore and welcome to the forum!

@Sarah_Moore

I am looking for a leads ‘form’ to move into a ‘task’ with a template ‘subtasks’ solution.

My Flowsana integration provides an automated solution:

Flowsana: workflow automation for your Asana projects

Hi all, A new Flowsana update is out, featuring three big additions that a lot of people have been asking for. Add subtasks from a template Now you can have Flowsana automatically add a predefined set of subtasks to a task based on any available If-Then Rule condition. How this works is that you create a task, in any project, and add a set of subtasks underneath it. This task becomes in essence a “subtask template”. (One recommended approach for organizing things is that you create a project,…

[anon67256697]

@Darbie_Pelachick - Thank you so much for this!