Suggestion to add rule condition "task is added by template"

Currently, you’re able to set the condition in Asana to check if a task was added to the project by form but it would be great if you could choose to set the condition “task is added by template” and even better to choose which template it was added from.

For more context, my company often uses task templates for recurring meeting dockets. I like to name the template the title of the meeting and then have a rule to change the task title to include a section for the date and for who ran the meeting (ex. Weekly Marketing Meeting - MM/DD/YY - Ashley). Weekly Marketing meeting is the template name. It would be nice if the first condition is checking if the task was created from the meeting template before renaming it.

Note: Not a solution but marked as such to elevate a key reply

Welcome, @Kimberly_King,

Until/if Asana implements this, have you considered using a custom field to enable this on your own?

You could create a single-select From Template custom field with values like Template A, Template B, etc. (one for each task template you have).

Edit each task template to set the default value for this field to its corresponding single select value.

In the rule you want to use just specify the trigger as:

  • When: Task added to this project
  • If: From Template is Template

Use “Otherwise If” for each of the additional templates.

In List view Options, toggle off the display of Task Template since it’s not relevant there.

Thanks,

Larry