Reschedule overdue Asana tasks and clean up completed tasks
For Asana, this automated workflow reschedules overdue tasks and cleans up completed ones daily at 7 AM. It ensures your task list remains organized and up-to-date, enhancing productivity by preventing clutter and missed deadlines.
- Project Managers: To ensure that overdue tasks are rescheduled daily, keeping projects on track. - Team Leaders: To maintain accountability by regularly updating team members on their tasks. - Freelancers: To manage personal task deadlines effectively without manual tracking. - Asana Users: Anyone using Asana who wants to automate task management and keep their workspace organized.
Problem Solved
What Problem Does This Workflow Solve
- Overdue Task Management: Automatically reschedules overdue tasks, preventing them from being forgotten or overlooked. - Clutter Reduction: Cleans up completed tasks, ensuring that the workspace remains organized and efficient. - Time Efficiency: Saves time by automating routine task management processes, allowing users to focus on more critical work.
Workflow Steps
Detailed Explanation of the Workflow Process
1. Daily Trigger: The workflow is scheduled to run every day at 7 AM. 2. Fetch User Tasks: It retrieves all tasks assigned to a specific user that have not been completed since the start of the day. 3. Check Task Status: Each task is evaluated to determine if it is still open (not completed). 4. Evaluate Due Dates: For open tasks, it checks if the due date is in the past. 5. Update Due Dates: If a task is overdue, its due date is updated to today's date. 6. Clean Up Completed Tasks: Tasks that have been marked as completed are deleted from the list, keeping the workspace tidy. 7. Sticky Notes: Additional sticky notes provide setup instructions and reminders for users.
Customization Guide
How Users Can Customize and Adapt This Workflow
- Change the Schedule: Modify the time settings in the Everyday at 7am node to run the workflow at preferred intervals (e.g., weekly). - Adjust Filters: In the Get user tasks node, change the assignee or workspace parameters to target different users or projects. - Modify Conditions: Tailor the conditions in the Due date in the past? node to apply different rules for overdue tasks based on specific criteria. - Add Additional Actions: Users can incorporate new nodes to perform extra actions, such as sending notifications or logging updates to another system.