Use Cases and Tips

Asana + Jira Integration

Learn the best use cases for an Asana-Jira integration, what fields are synced between the two tools, and your customization options.

Use Asana and Jira together to improve your team's efficiency. Whether you need more information to get your workflow set up or you're just checking us out, this guide will show what we sync, how to get started, and how to solve common problems.

Before you start, have you made sure you configured Jira for Unito access?

A demo of an Asana-Jira workflow

Which fields are syncable between Asana and Jira?

Asana   Jira
Task title Issue title
Task description Issue description
State State
Comments Comments
Assignees Assignees
Tags Labels
State Status
Due date Due date
Sections Status
Attachments Description footer
Description footer Attachments
Description footer Link to issue
Custom fields Custom fields
Link to task Description footer
Description footer (or custom field) Priority
Custom field Description footer
Description footer (or custom field) Issue type
Created by Description footer
Description footer Reporter
Description footer (or custom field) Epic name
Description footer (or custom field) Original estimated duration
Start date Custom field
Custom field Sprint

 

NEW: Unito users can now build workflows to sync Jira sprints and backlogs to sections in Asana!

Want to see your Unito flows without ever leaving Asana? Check out the Flow Preview App for Asana here.

Customization options

Here are all the available options for Asana and Jira:

Filter Asana tasks with rules

Unito will sync all tasks by default, but you can customize your workflow by syncing only some of them. You can use Asana tags or custom fields (Text and Number only) to do this. Learn more about using rules here.

Filter Jira issues with rules

You can filter which type of issues you want to be synced to Asana (complete guide).

One-way syncing

You can choose to sync only from Asana to Jira or Jira from Asana. Here is how it works.

Map your Jira and Asana users

Here is a complete article on how to sync teammates.

Default type for new Jira issues

Unito lets you choose which issue type should be created in Jira each time a new task is synced from Asana.

Sync closed work items

Unito will automatically sync open items automatically. But here is how to also sync closed items prior to the flow creation.

Prefix Asana task title with Jira issue number

Unito doesn't sync the issue number is Asana by default but you can enable that in your flow settings under the Asana tab.

Here is how to do it.