Asana - Create a project

Use the Asana - Create a project action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to create a project in a specific workspace or team. A project represents a prioritized list of tasks or a board with columns of tasks represented as cards in Asana.

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Configure the Asana - Create a project action

  1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  2. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
  1. Select the Workspace in which you want to create the project.
  2. Select the Team to share the project with.
  3. Select the project's Status color.
  4. Specify the project's status Description.
  5. Specify the Project details.

Asana - Create a project action fields and settings

Section Field Description Variable types

(Unlabeled)

Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The Asana connection used to create the project.

To refresh the available connections, click .

 (n/a)

 

Workspace

The workspace in which you want to create the project. This list is populated based on the connection you chose. A workspace is the highest-level organizational unit in Asana. Every project and team is associated with a workspace.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection

 

Team

The team you want to associate this project with. This list is populated based on the workspace you chose. A team is used to group related projects and people together.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Status Status color Represent the overall state of the project:
  • Green: project on track
  • Yellow: project at risk
  • Red: project is behind
  • Blue: project on hold

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Description Text describing the project status.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Project details Name A short descriptive name for the project. For example, Stuff to buy. Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Owner The current owner of the project.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Due date The day on which this project is due. This takes a date with format YYYY-MM-DD. Due date must be set when using the Start date parameter. Start date and due date cannot be the same date.

Text, Integer, DateTime
  Project color The color to assign the project so it can be easily identified.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Default view The default view of the project can be list, board, calendar, or timeline.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Public project Set to Yes if this project is shared with everyone in the organization or to No if not shared with anyone without explicit access.

Boolean
  Notes More detailed information associated with the project.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output Project

Variable to store the project result as an object for use later in the workflow.

The data returned depends on what fields in the result contain values; only fields with values are returned. This list shows all fields for the Project object. This object contains the following properties:

  • Project color (Text) Color of the project.
  • Current status (Object)
    • Author (Object)
      • Name (Text) The name of the user who created the project.
    • Status color (Text) The status color associated with the project's status.
    • Created by (Object)
      • Name (Text) The name of the user who created the project.
    • Modified date (DateTime) The time at which this project status was last modified.
    • Description (Text) The description of the status.
    • Title (Text)
  • Default view (Text) The default view (list, board, calendar, or timeline) of a project.
  • Due date (DateTime) The day on which this project is due.
  • Name (Text) The name of the project.
  • Notes (Text) Notes about the project.
  • Owner (Object) The owner of the project.
    • ID: (Text) ID of owner
    • Resource type: (Text) Resource type of the owner.
    • Name : (Text) Name of the owner.
  • Public project (Boolean) Whether the project is public or not.
  • Team (Object) The team that this project is shared with.
    • ID: (Text) ID of team member.
    • Resource type: (Text) Resource type of the team member.
    • Name : (Text) Name of the team member.
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