Custom fields enable you to add
additional data to tasks in Asana.
Projects, field names, and values are customizable.
Track priority in your bugs project,
track cost in your launch project,
track stages in your applicant project,
or track whatever else is important
to your workflow team and company.
With custom fields you can track anything.
Let's get started.
Create a new project or navigate to an existing project.
Add field from the drop down arrow next to your project name.
Then it will appear in every task of your project.
Create a new field
type the field name
choose between a text field,
number field
or drop-down.
Add a description to explain the purpose of the field.
This is helpful for teammates
who may want to reuse the same field in other projects.
Create your field.
You can add multiple fields to the tasks within this project.
Search for existing fields across your organization
and use them again for any project
When you add a drop down field you can pick the color of each option.
Your fields will now appear on each task in this project.
Change the custom field values in the right pane.
You will see the field values in the List View.
Use the view drop-down to sort your project by custom fields.
Sort by stage to see everything that is ready to publish.
Sort by channel to see upcoming content for each channel
Multi select tasks to add up the hours being dedicated to a certain channel.
In addition to being customizable and flexible,
you can also run reports on your fields
across multiple projects.
Search by field name to find tasks in
any project with this field.
Search by tasks marked draft to see all
content in the draft stage across all
projects in your organization or team.
Make edits to existing custom fields in
your project by returning to the custom fields dialog box.
Reorder the way custom fields appear in your project.
Edit existing field names descriptions and drop-down options.
Any changes you make to a specific field
will affect all projects using that field.
Remove fields from the project or hide the column in the task list.
Return to your project to see your updates.
Start adding custom fields to any project today
so you can track anything and everything.
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