Asana — track time to Harvest
The Harvest + Asana integration allows you to track time to Harvest directly from your tasks in Asana.
You can also import projects and people from Asana to Harvest, as described in Asana: Import projects and people.
Enable Harvest time tracking in Asana
Within Asana, you can enable Harvest time tracking for yourself, for an entire team in your organization, or for a workspace you belong to.
Enable time tracking for yourself
- In Asana, click your profile photo in the top right corner and select My profile settings….
- Click on the Apps tab of your Asana profile settings, then click Activate to the right of Harvest Time Tracking.
Enable time tracking for a team (in an organization)
- In Asana, hover over the team’s name in the sidebar and click the three dots that appear on the righthand side.
- Select Edit Team Settings… from the dropdown menu.
- Click on the Advanced tab and check the box next to Enable Harvest integration….
Enable time tracking for a workspace (in an organization)
Note that you must be an Administrator in Asana to enable time tracking for your Workspace.
- In Asana, click your profile photo in the top right corner and select Admin Console.
- Click on Settings in the left-hand menu and click on the Harvest integration tab.
- Tick the Enable Harvest integration... option.
- Click Done.
Track time in Asana
Once time tracking is enabled for some or all of the areas in your Asana account, you can track time from any Asana task in those areas.
- Select a task in Asana and click the timer icon.
- A timer window will open. Select a project and task.
- The first time you track time to an Asana task, you’ll need to manually specify a Harvest project and task. After the first time, Harvest will remember your project + task selection for that Asana task.
- Click Start timer or add a duration or start/end times and click Save.
- To stop a timer, click the timer icon again (it will have turned blue). The timer window will open, and you can click Stop timer.
What time tracked using the integration looks like in Asana
If your team is tracking time to the same Harvest account using the integration, you'll see the total time tracked to that task at the bottom of the pop-up. In this case, the task "Buy a ladder" in Asana has had 14 hours tracked to it via the integration.
What time tracked using the integration looks like in Harvest
When you track time from Asana, we'll add the name of the Asana task to the time entry note in Harvest, with a link back to the Asana task. This link is included on the Day view of timesheets as well as on the entry details in a detailed time report.
Disable Harvest time tracking in Asana
You can disable Harvest time tracking in Asana at any time.
Disable Time Tracking for Yourself
- In Asana, head to My Profile Settings….
- Click on the Apps tab of your Asana profile settings, then click Active to the right of Harvest Time Tracking.
Disable Time Tracking for a Team (in an Organization)
- In Asana, hover over the team’s name in the sidebar and click the three dots that appear on the righthand side.
- Select Edit Team Settings… from the dropdown menu.
- Click on the Advanced tab and uncheck the box next to Enable Harvest integration….
Disable Time Tracking for a Workspace
Note that you must be an Administrator in Asana to disable time tracking for your Workspace.
- In Asana, head to the Admin Console and then to Settings.
- Click on the Harvest Integration tab and uncheck the box next to Enable Harvest integration….
- Click Done.