How to integrate Brushup with Asana to automatically add items to Asana when they are registered in Brushup

If you're looking to make project management more efficient, integrating Brushup with Asana is recommended.
This article clearly explains how to automate item registration and simplify your workflow.
By reducing manual item registration, it will become easier to track progress even in remote work or projects involving multiple teams.
Additionally, by utilizing this automation, you can prevent overlooking tasks and ensure smooth project progression.

Benefits of Integrating Brushup with Asana

Benefit 1: Reduce Work Time

By integrating Brushup with Asana, you can automate item registration.
This eliminates the need for manual item registration, significantly reducing work time.
Furthermore, it alleviates the burden on team members, allowing them to focus on higher-priority tasks.
Especially, when managing multiple projects simultaneously, manual item registration can be time-consuming, but automation enables accurate and efficient information management.
Moreover, it prevents errors from manual registration, saving time on corrections, which is a major advantage.

Benefit 2: Visualize Projects

By automatically reflecting Brushup items in Asana, you can centrally manage project progress.
For example, when working remotely or with multiple teams, you need to check others' progress yourself.
However, by utilizing automation, you can easily visualize project progress.
As a result, there will be no oversight of individual item information, allowing you to advance projects efficiently.
This enables you to quickly identify issues or delays, making it easier to take action.

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How to Create a Brushup and Asana Integration Flow

This time, we will introduce how to set up the following template: "Add to Asana when a new item is registered in Brushup."
By using this template, you don't need to set up automation from scratch, which is very convenient.

The process consists of only 4 steps, so it can be set up in 10-15 minutes.

Register Brushup and Asana as My Apps
Set a trigger to activate when a new item is created in Brushup
Set an action to add a task in Asana
Verify the automation between Brushup and Asana

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Step 1: Register Brushup and Asana as My Apps

Please register Brushup and Asana as My Apps to connect them to Yoom.
Once you complete the My Apps registration, setting up automation becomes easier.

Register Brushup as My App.
Click "My Apps" → "New Connection" on the left side of the Yoom screen.
A list of apps will be displayed, so look for BrushUp or search for it by "App Name".

The following screen will be displayed, so check the explanation and set the "Account Name" and "Access Token".

Next, register Asana as My App.
Select Asana in the same way as before.
When the following screen is displayed, please log in to Asana.

Brushup and Asana will be displayed in the My Apps section.

Step 2: Set a trigger to activate when a new item is created in Brushup

To start setting up automation, click "Try it" on the banner below.

Read the following screen display and click "OK".

The following screen will be displayed, so check the "Title" and "Description".
If you want to make changes, you can do so from the following page.
To set up from Brushup, click "When a new item is registered or updated".

When the following screen is displayed, check the settings.

"Title" → Can be freely changed
"Account information linked with Brushup" → Confirm if correct
"Trigger action" → When a new item is registered or updated

When the following screen is displayed, make the settings.

"Trigger interval" → Select from 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes
※ The trigger interval varies depending on the plan, so please be careful.
"Project ID" → Check the description and set it

After setting, click "Test" → "Test successful" → "Save".

Step 3: Set up an action to add a task in Asana

Next, to set up Asana, click "Add Task".
The following screen will be displayed, so check the settings.

"Title" → Can be freely changed
"Account information linked with Asana" → Confirm if correct
"Action" → Add task

When the following screen is displayed, use Brushup to set the "Task Name".
Click the arrow in the red frame to display the Brushup output, and select "Item Name".

Scroll down, check the description, and set the "Project ID" and "Section ID".
If there are other items you want to set, do so.
After setting, click "Test" → "Test successful" → "Save".

Step 4: Verify the automation between Brushup and Asana

Finally, click "Turn on Trigger" to complete the automation setup.
Check if the flowbot is running.

Other examples of automation using Brushup and Asana

1. This is a flow that automatically adds a new item registered in Brushup to Microsoft Excel.
‍You can also manage Brushup items in Microsoft Excel.
This eliminates the need to manually transfer item information, reducing work time.

2. This flow automatically creates a channel in Microsoft Teams when a new item is registered in Brushup.
‍It facilitates easier interaction with members by automatically creating channels for each project.
This is especially recommended for those who frequently communicate using Microsoft Teams.

3. This is a flow where tasks added to Asana are automatically added to kintone and sent to Chatwork.
Task management and task verification can be done smoothly, which will improve work efficiency.
The likelihood of overlooking tasks is reduced, ensuring that tasks can be addressed with certainty.

Summary

In this article, we introduced a flow that automatically adds items to Asana when they are added to Brushup.
This minimizes manual item registration and allows you to visualize task progress.
By incorporating this automation, your team's work accuracy and speed may improve.

If you are using Brushup and Asana, try using Yoom to streamline your project management.
No special skills are required for app integration and automation.
It can be set up in 10-15 minutes, so you can use it during breaks in your work.
If you are interested in trying it out, please register for free here.