Merge tasks
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Matt
I often end up with redundant tasks on my task list, but rather than deleting one, I want to merge them. For example, one task might have a link back to an email that I starred, and another might be something I captured somewhere else. I want to keep the details of both but only have a single task.
Please don't follow the Asana UI for merging. It sucks.
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Regie
What Sara said is what I'm like aww do i have to go back and redo it. Because I just created a task and I know I'll get similar emails, for it.
Jeson P
Regie: Thanks for this feedback! We will make sure to update you here if we decide to work on this. :)
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Sara Guillotte
THIS!! I've already needed this so many times! Especially in an instance like Serge described here: "Sometimes I created a task manually, but then this same task was also created from a starred Gmail email, so I'd like to merge them."
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Jillian
Yes please! Merging would be so helpful
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Serge
Agreed. I also have several cases where I need to merge tasks:
- Created the same tasks at two different moments (I've a bad memory ;-))
- At least 1 task from Trello was somehow created twice in Akiflow (not sure why) with exactly the same title
- Sometimes I created a task manually, but then this same task was also created from a starred Gmail email, so I'd like to merge them.
Stefania
Hi Matt, can you please tell me more about why would you like to have one single task?
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Matt
Stefania: There are many different use cases. Here are a couple of them:
- There are multiple pieces of information in a slack thread and I want to "save" them so they pulled into Akiflow but then I want to combine them because they're all really just one task.
- I end up with duplicates in Akiflow. For example, I add a task via Option+Space and at some other point I add that same task by starring and email or marking something in Slack. Since I don't remember if it's already in Akiflow, I err on the side of getting it all into my system but then I have duplicates that I want to merge. Sometimes, yes, I can just delete one of them but sometimes — because they come from separate sources — there is information in each task I want to keep.
Stefania
Matt: Thank you so much for explaining Matt!
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Molly
Stefania: I'd like to have this option as well as the ability to merge multiple tasks by converting them into a slot, ideally from the list view in addition to the calendar. I wish I could merge tasks into a slot in the list view,
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add them to the calendar. That way, I don't have to schedule a slot before I know how long the tasks will take. Ideally, the time for the slot could be calculated from the total time for all the tasks. It would be great to have the option to add some wiggle room for shifting from one task to the next.