Is it possible to update Asana task based on Slack reaction?

Hi @Joe1024 

For us to have more info, post screenshots showing an example of the message from Slack and screenshots showing the DATA OUT from the Zap trigger step that you are trying to use to get the Asana Task ID.

@Joe1024

For the Asana Assignee that will need to add this Zap action: Asana - Find User (by Email)

This will return the Asana User ID to map to the Assignee field.

Help for how to map dynamic variables to dropdown fields: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496241696141-Add-custom-values-to-dropdown-menu-fields-in-Zaps

thanks @Troy Tessalone  - - - what im looking to do is to get the ASANA task that was created by the SLACK workflow - - - and when i react to that SLACK message - - - i want that corresponding asana task to update the ASSIGNEE to the user who used the reaction

@Joe1024 

Help us have more info by posting screenshots showing a specific example of the message from Slack and screenshots showing the DATA OUT from the Zap trigger step that you are trying to use to get the Asana Task ID.

sure - - - i’ve used a few of the SLACK options in zapier - - and nothing seems to tie back - - here’s a quick ss - - lemme get that other ss for you

 

i used the Message Ts var - - - and here’s the error

 

@Joe1024

We need to see screenshots showing the full Slack message text that contains the Asana Task link that you are trying to get the Asana Task ID from.

okay - sorry about that @Troy Tessalone  - - just getting my feet wet with zaps

i hope this is what u r after

 

okay - - i’ll give that a “go” - - and report back - - thank you again @Troy Tessalone 

something like this ?

 

so i think i have something here - lol … i took your advice on the text split - and since im posting the asana task ID in the slack message - - im just parsing that - - - im using the  / as the seperator and taking the last chars after that - - and that leaves me with the asana ID to grab for the following zap steps

 

@Troy Tessalone Hi 👋 - - so i got this working but someone else on my team reacted to a slack message an the associated asana task was not updated

when i go to test the zap - - that message is not coming up in the results - - where did i go wrong here?

 

@Joe1024 

Check your Zap Runs history details for activity to see the DATA IN/OUT for each step to help you troubleshoot: https://zapier.com/app/history/

thank you @Troy Tessalone i found that log to be helpful - - i updated my step in the last screen-shot where i am looking for USER ID.  so instead of doing of EXACTLY MATCHES for each ID - i changed it to a TEXT IN and just copied the IDs in and comma-seperated .  that seems to work so far - but will report back if there are any issues.  

next up - is i want to sync comments between slack and asana - i’ll search on the forum on tips n tricks

thank you again

That’s fantastic news @Joe1024. Thanks so much for sharing that update here, it’s much appreciated! 🤗 And well done on getting it fixed - great work! 🙌 

If you run into any further troubles or questions please do reach back out to the Community. 

In the meantime, happy Zapping! ⚡