# Zapier Workflow Suggestions needed

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/zapier-workflow-suggestions-needed/883879>\
**Category:** App Integrations\
**Tags:** zapier\
**Created:** [6 August 2024 21:19 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/zapier-workflow-suggestions-needed/883879 "2024-08-06T21:19:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [6 August 2024 21:19 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/zapier-workflow-suggestions-needed/883879/1 "2024-08-06T21:19:46Z")

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I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to create a workflow that needs to constantly get zapier related task updates. The Zap will send the entire record and unfortunately, it seems Asana treats the new information as a change to every field that has information.

I want an update from NULL to a date to trigger an action like creating a task, but I don’t want a task triggered when it updates from DateX to DateX.

I was hoping to use a number field that I could inspect based on the stage of the task so that it wouldn’t repeat things that it already did. I don’t see the # custom fields showing up as fields you can do rules based on the number \< x.

Right now, i am creating a custom status field for every field and checking if it is blank before doing the action and then updating the custom field to YES so it doesn’t repeat.

Also a text field has up to 4 different letters in it. It would be wonderful to have a rule inspect the text field and do things based on the value. Right now i have it create a task for me to manually inspect it and multihome it for each letter it has.

Any suggestions much appreciated.

Thanks!

Anyone else have experience with Zap updates helping the workflow?