Subtasks connected to custom fields

[Taylor_Leatherwood]

Hello,

Is it possible to connect subtasks with custom fields. This way when a subtask is completed, the matching custom field will be filled in, or vise versa?

I tried looking into rules but do not see how this would look.

Thanks in advance!

[Phil_Seeman]

The way Asana works, as of this writing, is:

• Custom fields are associated with projects, so every task attached to a project has on it the custom fields are in that project
• Subtasks inherit custom fields one level down from a project’s task. That is, for the first level of subtasks below a task that’s attached to a project, those subtasks inherit the custom fields of that project.
• Any subtasks below that first level of subtasks (sub-subtasks and below, if you want to call them that) do not inherit any custom fields.

Say you have a custom field called “Status” in a project and you want to write a rule like “If task is completed, set Status to ‘Complete’”, you can do that and have it apply to subtasks, as long as:

1. The subtask is only one level down from a top-level project task, and
2. On the rule’s setup, you’ve set it to “Runs on tasks and subtasks”

Does this help?

[Taylor_Leatherwood]

From my understanding, using this approach all subtasks have to be complete. One specific subtask is not connected to one specific field…is this correct?

[Phil_Seeman]

Hmm, now this sounds like something different from your initial post.

When you said

Is it possible to connect subtasks with custom fields.

I assumed you meant custom fields on the subtask in question.

Did you actually mean custom field(s) on the parent task?

[Taylor_Leatherwood]

We have multiple subtasks under one task - the subtasks are completed at different stages. When one specific subtask is completed we wanted it to be associated with a specific custom field.