How to Link Google Calendar Events to Asana Tasks With 2-Way Updates
This walkthrough will show you how to sync Asana tasks with Google Calendar events through a no-code 2-way integration that anyone can set up in minutes flat. This is easily achievable through Unito’s 2-way integration for Asana and Google Calendar which enables events to be automatically created in any calendar based on new or existing Asana tasks. Linking a shared calendar to Asana tasks will save you from having to copy-paste details of your event-related tasks into G Cal since Unito creates the events for you automatically.
This 2-way integration is also a handy way to stay on top of key dates for product launches, conferences, corporate events, or any kind of important meeting. Automating your project management tool with Google Calendar is essentially seen as the next step for any professional who’s ready to elevate their workflow automation game.
In this article:
- Step 1. Add Asana and Google Calendar to Unito
- Step 2. Set a flow direction from Asana to Google Calendar
- Step 3. Set rules to sync specific Asana tasks with Google Calendar
- Step 4. Choose fields to keep in sync between Asana tasks and Google Calendar events
- Step 5. Save, close and launch your Asana to Google Calendar flow
- What’s next after linking Asana to Google Calendar?
This 2-way Asana Google Calendar integration is designed to automatically:
- Create events in Google Calendar based on specific Asana tasks including specific details (fields in Unito) chosen by the user.
- Keep events and tasks in a real-time two-way sync so that changes made to the task or calendar event are instantly reflected in the other.
TIP: Unito identifies contacts and calendar guests by their email address. In order to sync guests to your shared calendar, each email address must be associated with your contacts in Asana and Google Calendar before building a flow.
Watch this Asana + Google Calendar flow in action
Before we sync Asana and Google Calendar to Unito:
- Ensure you have an account in both Asana and Google Calendar with the right permissions to access and modify information in each tool.
- (Optional): Read about Unito’s Asana and Google Calendar integrations to better understand the capabilities and limitations of each.
Step 1. Add Asana and Google Calendar to Unito
- Navigate to the Unito App and select +Create Flow.
- Select Start Here to add Asana and Google Calendar to Unito.
- Choose the accounts you want synced with Unito.
- When you integrate Google Calendar for the first time, you’ll have to go through the authentication process. Be sure to select every checkbox in order for your flow to function properly.
You’ll need to specify which account, list, and Calendar you wish to sync through Unito.
When you’re ready, click Confirm.
Step 2. Set a flow direction from Asana to Google Calendar
Flow direction tells Unito where to create and sync new events or tasks. Since our goal is to share visibility on Asana tasks in Google Calendar, we’ll set a 1-way flow from Asana to Google Calendar.
Click Confirm when you’ve chosen a flow direction.
Step 3. Set rules to sync specific Asana tasks with Google Calendar
Your rules determine which tasks should become Google Calendar events. This is our chance to filter out unrelated tasks from our flow and prevent them from adding irrelevant information to a shared calendar.
Select Add a new trigger to set additional conditions that specify the information you want included in the flow. We recommend using single-select fields (status, labels, a custom field, etc.) in Asana to filter specific tasks.
Find out more about setting rules.
Step 4. Choose fields to keep in sync between Asana tasks and Google Calendar events
In this step you’ll determine the relationship between fields in Asana and Google Calendar – to link title with title, description with description, etc. You can also determine how automated updates occur at this stage: from one tool to another, or bidirectionally (2-way sync).
First, you can try auto-mapping your fields to begin with a prebuilt template.
With a 2-way sync between fields, changes in either Asana tasks or Google Calendar events will update the other. If you choose a one-way sync between a pair of fields, then only the source tool will update the destination, but not vice versa.
Choose + Add mapping to add a pair of fields in Asana and Google Calendar. Then, Select a field for each tool and find the field you wish to map.
Tip: In order to create an optimal sync with Google Calendar, map your Asana Start Date to Google Calendar’s Start Date and Time.
Click Confirm when you’re satisfied with your field mappings to proceed.
Find out more about setting field mappings.
Step 5. Save, close and launch your Asana to Google Calendar flow
And that’s it! You’ve just completed the first flow between Asana and Google Calendar. Congratulations!
If you’ve followed the steps above, your flow will now:
- Create an event in Google Calendar for every Asana task you’ve included in the rule set.
- Sync dates, times, guests, event titles and descriptions between your tools and keep them up to date in real-time.
Here are a few screenshots of our synced Asana project and Google Calendar:
Why sync Asana tasks with Google Calendar events?
This workflow has a number of use cases for any team that works in Asana but wants to extend visibility on key due dates through a Shared Google Calendar without copy-pasting every detail from one app to the other. It could be used by a marketing or product team to build a more visible go-to-market roadmap. We could imagine they’ve established dates for new features & launches across several initiatives. If they sync Asana and Google Calendar with Unito, then any changes made to a page or a related event will automatically update in real-time.
What’s next?
How’s you like to sync Milestones as well as tasks? Since Unito can only map Google Calendar due dates to one field per flow, we’ll need to build another flow for milestones. Both, however, will follow nearly identical steps except for our specific rules and field mappings.
- Duplicate this flow to suit other use cases you may have in mind.
- Now that you’ve got the hang of Unito, you can try something more complex, such as uniting technical and non-technical teams by syncing Asana to Jira, GitHub or Bitbucket.
- Get support on HubSpot deals by assigning tasks to Asana users or loop teams into your Intercom conversations.
- Generate progress reports based on real-time data by syncing Asana to Google Sheets
- Delegate work to external freelancers in Trello from your internal Asana project