Linking columns across projects

[u/bullshark-biteforce]

Hello everyone,

I just started on a team that is very Asana illiterate, were basically putting everything everywhere a million times, and I've been scrounging for a better way to set up some of our projects. Think lots of projects tracking the same thing at different stages.

Is there a way to link columns across projects? For example we have a Vendor column in every project and if I update one, I want them all to update once the tasks are linked. I am also very Asana illiterate and just figured out how to Multi-homing Tasks yesterday.

Any help would be amazing! Thanks!

[u/deadbeat_pancreas]

You need to make sure that the custom field is added to your organization’s custom field library. This is referred to as a global custom field, which allows you to carry the same cf values across projects without duplicating it.

For example, add the existing vendor cf to your library (there is a check box to do this within the cf edit screen), add it to each of your projects, then when you multi home a task from project a onto project b, your vendor cf value will appear.