An Overview of Unito's Asana Integration

Connecting Asana with Unito? Here’s what you can expect from this integration.

In this article:

What Unito syncs from Asana
Supported fields for Asana tasks
Additional features
Other documentation

What does Unito sync from Asana?

Unito syncs tasks from Asana projects by linking individual fields from those tasks to items in other tools (e.g., Trello cards, Jira issues, ServiceNow records).

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What about Asana Projects? Unito's Asana Advanced integration allows you to sync full Asana projects instead of individual tasks. You can learn more about this integration here or reach out to us so we can activate it for your workspace.

Supported fields for Asana tasks

Unito supports 25 fields for Asana. Here's a list of these fields as well as supported sync directions and rules.

Quick definitions:

One-Way: Changes in this field can be synced to the tool it’s integrated with, but changes in the other tool can’t be synced back.
Two-Way: Changes to this field will be synced to the tool it’s integrated with, and changes in the other tool will be synced back.
Rules: This field can be used to build rules.

Asana Field	Definition	One-way	Two-way	Rules?
Assignee	A user assigned to the task, indicating responsibility or involvement.	✅	✅	✅
Attachment	A file (image, document, etc.) attached to a task.	✅
Comment	A note or discussion point added to a task.	✅	✅
Completion date	Date a task was completed.	✅
Created at	The date and time when the task was first created in Asana. Useful for tracking when a task originated and for filtering tasks based on their creation time	✅
Created by	The Asana user who initially created the task. Helps identify the task creator and can be used to assign ownership or filter tasks in a flow.	✅
Date*	A custom field for setting dates other than a task's due date.	✅	✅
Description	The detailed text describing the task's purpose, context, or instructions.	✅	✅
Due date	The date by which the task is expected to be completed.	✅	✅
Globally unique task identifier	A unique code that identifies the task within Asana, even across different workspaces or organizations.	✅
Link to task	A direct URL in one synced item that opens its paired Asana task.	✅
Multi-select*	A dropdown field allowing for multiple selections.	✅	✅	✅
Number*	A field that can be filled with a number.	✅	✅
People*	A field allowing you to tag Asana users.	✅	✅	✅
Project name	The name of the Asana project to which the task belongs.	✅
Section / column	The section or column within an Asana project where the task is located.	✅	✅	✅
Single-select*	A dropdown field.	✅	✅	✅
Start date	The date when the task is scheduled to begin.	✅	✅
Status	Defines the task state: active/open, completed or archived.	✅	✅	✅
Subtask	Smaller tasks nested within a parent task, breaking down larger tasks into manageable steps.	✅	✅
Tag	Labels or keywords used to categorize and organize tasks in Asana.	✅	✅	✅
Task name	The title or brief description of the task.	✅	✅
Task type	A task, milestone, or approval.	✅	✅	✅
Text	A custom field allowing users to enter text.	✅	✅
Updated at	The date and time when the task was last modified in Asana. Useful for tracking changes	✅

*Custom field. Only some plans support custom fields.

Additional features

Unito's Asana integration also supports the following features:

Embedded version: Want to use Unito right from your Asana project? Check out this embedded version.
Synced and copied attachments: Unito can copy attachments to and from Asana, meaning the whole file will be available in any synced work item as long as it's mapped to an attachment field in your other tool. You can also stream Asana attachments to the description footer of the other tool, adding a clickable link for anyone in the other tool to view it without logging in to Asana.