Task Modified date/time when does it change?

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Hi everyone!

Just had a question come up while analyzing some data: under what conditions does task modified meta data (date/time stamp) change?

I guess any change to:
Task name
Description
Custom field modified
Tag modified
Comments
Completion/approval status
Date
Assignee
Task liked

Is there anything else I’m missing? Specifically if a task is in a project and the project is put in a portfolio then does that trigger an update to all tasks in the project or any other big call outs that anyone has knowledge of would be great!

Thanks y’all!

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Good question. Maybe @sasha_f can help us with this one?

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Hey folks, sorry for the belated reply. Checked with engineering and found out the following conditions change the modified_at timestamp:

  • story is created on a task
  • story is trashed on a task
  • attachment is trashed on a task
  • task is assigned or unassigned
  • custom field value is changed
  • the task itself is trashed
  • Or if of the following fields are updated:
    • completed
    • name
    • due_date
    • description
    • attachments
    • items
    • schedule_status

The task moving to a new container (project, portfolio, etc) will not affect its modified_at timestamp.

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Thanks so much.

So what’s not covered, from the top of my head:

  • adding a subtask
  • … anything else?
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Adding or removing a tag

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Not sure what “story” is.

Attachment trashed but what about added?
Do comments trigger a modification?

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A “story” is the technical Asana term for a comment, or system-generated note, added in the activity list of a task.

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Story also includes info like “Name was changed” “Due date was changed” “Task was liked”…

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Right, that’s what I meant by “system-generated note”; I should have been more specific there.

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You are right you said it already :sweat_smile: my bad

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@Phil_Seeman @Bastien_Siebman

Thanks both for the clarification, and humor :smiley: