Use Asana for an unassigned approval task
Example: A project has a task for final approval. The task has a date but no assignee.
Keep Asana as the source for its records. A Righthand can use available information for the decision below.
This article is from Righthand. The example and result are illustrative. This guide has no executed integration test.
The customer task
A project has a task for final approval. The task has a date but no assignee.
Provider documentation. The documentation gives information about task properties, assignees, dates, completion, and project memberships. These properties give different task facts.
Make account access explicit
If Asana is available in Connections, connect the intended account. Give the Righthand access to that connection.
Provider documentation does not establish installed Righthand operations. Examine the connection’s available tools before assigning direct account work.
For direct account work, the connection must have the necessary read or write operation and permission. If that operation is unavailable, supply the information in a message. The owner must make any account change in that case.
Connection Permissions gives information about account access and tool permissions. Give only the access necessary for the identified task.
The request to the Righthand
Read the supplied approval task.
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Send its date and missing owner.
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Prepare an assignment question for the project manager.
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Send the owner the result before 3 PM Friday.
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Use Pacific time.
Use the provider records for the result
Identify the task and project. Compare the task's assignee, dates, and completion independently. Prepare changes only for the property that the owner approved.
A deadline without an owner can leave the required decision untouched.
For a permitted write, examine the resulting account record. A proposal does not establish a completed change.
For an external message, identify the recipient and permitted task. Ask uses an explicit instruction or approval. Connection tool permissions are another required control. Communications Policy.
An illustrative result and next step
Final approval is due Thursday. No person has the task assignment.
The project manager identifies the approver before the assistant writes an approved assignment.
Try one account task
- Give the Righthand one identified source record.
- Compare its result with that source.
- Examine the account record after a permitted write.
- Examine the work in Activity.
If a direct operation is unavailable, give the source information in a message. This does not establish a direct integration.
When the account tools are sufficient
Use Asana directly when its existing view gives the complete answer and no other conversation is necessary. A person can make the decision from that view.