Turn a place mention into a location lookup
Keep a teammate's location clue moving by looking up matching Google-supported locations from the comment.
Trigger
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Action
Google Locations
Tool to retrieve google-supported locations. use when searching for locations by name. returns locations ordered by reach (most populous first).
Why this helps
A place mentioned in a comment can be hard to act on once the conversation moves on.
- Make place mentions easier to follow up on.
- Get location suggestions ordered by reach.
- Keep the lookup connected to the task discussion.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Autom once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation asking Notis to retrieve locations matching a place or market phrase in new comments.
- 3Pick the Asana New Comment on Task trigger for the relevant project.
- 4Choose a report channel and test with one comment that names a place.
Questions about this workflow
Will every comment produce useful results?
The lookup is most useful when a comment contains a specific place or market phrase.
Are results ranked?
Google Locations returns matching locations ordered by reach.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
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Asana triggers
Autom actions
Recurring trigger
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Attachment Added to Task
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Google Languages
Tool to retrieve google-supported languages. use when you need a list of language codes for localization.
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Google Locations
Tool to retrieve google-supported locations. use when searching for locations by name. returns locations ordered by reach (most populous first).
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Tag Added to Task
Triggers when a tag is added to a task. Note: Asana's event structure is inverted for tag events — the resource is the task and the parent is the tag. So parent.gid gives the tag GID.
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
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