No, sorry, you canât - Asana does not support triggering one rule based on another rule. You can add your vote for that capability here if youâd like:
With an Asana Business-level subscription, you could accomplish what you want because you can create a custom rule that has multiple rule actions.
I love these too. I had a similar need to the Architect. I am trying to ensure I have a good Master Project List so I can take a holistic view of things. Examples include seeing what is in flight, prioritise projects, look for missing topics etc. I have seen an approach of creating Portfolio dashboard reporting using Asana to Go which comes close.
Here was the original rule The Architect
Goal : automatically build a master project, from various sources.
Idea : in various projects, create a rule that automatically adds any task created to a master project.
Why itâs cool : your master project will always be up-to-date with all its childrenâs tasks.
I am trying to make the idea âAll Projectsâ not âvarious projectsâ - in other words all new projects create a task on the Master Project List. Then I would review the MPL every week. Zapier has the right triggers and actions but I cannot find a way to make the task be a reference to the original project - I can only add a new task every time there is a new project which is not helpful for a weekly review. I had look at Flowsana too but again Rules are built by project and do not apply to all Projects.
Another great one is the âOut of Officeâ. If youâre on leave, you can create a rule where if someone assigns you a task, Asana automatically comments with an Out of Office message so people know that you wonât see/be able to action a task until youâre back. Great for working with clients. And then you just turn it off when youâre back.
Great tricks! Kinda disappointed when I tried to build one and couldnât because weâre running under Premium plan though. (glad to know Flowsana is an alternative)
Does anyone have a workaround rule that will send an email to a client when they have overdue tasks?
What about âTask Created Byâ triggers?
We work with many accounting clients and often times they donât have their notifications turned on nor pay attention to the Asana My tasks section and the mobile app no matter how many trainings we do.
The Asana Rules are only the tip of the iceberg. Once you start playing the automation game seriously; there are other apps like Zapier & Flowsana. I put together a list of all triggers and all actions for them!
Hi, is there a way where you can set a rule that every time a task is created in a project, a template task is used?
I was trying to use the forms which will create a task whenever it is answered (its great for collecting data) and pushes it as a task but I wanted to have that task have subtasks automatically because my template task has 13 subtasks I need to have in each new task.