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New navigation in Asana

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Asana is testing a new navigation. This new navigation is part of a measured experiment, and some users and domains will see a new navigation during the experiment window. The experience is the same across plan tiers that are eligible. If you do not see the sidebar with Work, Plan, Workflow, and Company icons yet, your domain may not be included.

Asana’s new navigation helps you find your work faster by grouping tools by the type of work you are doing. It organizes the interface into clear modes so it is easier to move between planning, doing work, building workflows, and viewing your company structure.

Here's an example of how the new navigation looks:

Previously, all features lived in a single sidebar. That made powerful tools harder to find. This new navigation introduces dedicated spaces for different work contexts. This keeps the interface focused while still giving you access to everything you rely on in Asana.

Here's an example of how the previous navigation looked:

Starred in the new navigation

All starred content can be found in the individual tab it’s associated with. 

  1. Starred projects and portfolios can be found in Work 
  2. Starred goals, dashboards, capacity plans, and workload views can be found in Plan 
  3. Starred project templates, custom fields, rules, forms, and bundles can be found in Workflow 
  4. Starred teams can be found in Company

Find your work

You will see new sections in the left navigation. These group related tools so you can stay oriented. 

Work

In this section, you will find your recent and starred My tasks, projects, and portfolios. This section is dedicated to focusing on tasks and getting work done.

Plan

In this section, you will find your recent and starred goals, workload views, capacity plans, and reporting. This section is dedicated to monitoring and defining company strategy.

Workflows

In this section, you will find your recent and starred project templates, custom fields, rules, forms, bundles, and more in the future. This section is dedicated to deploying, monitoring, and managing your workflows, templates, and AI at scale.

Company

In this section, you will find teams. This section is dedicated to your understanding what's important to the teams and people throughout your organization.

Switch modes

Open the left navigation and select a mode to change context. Your projects and tasks do not change when you switch. The main pane updates to show tools that match the mode you selected.

Visibility

You will only see in the new tables what you have access to. For example:

  • Project templates: You can only see project templates from the teams that you are invited to 
  • Custom fields: Users who are field admins, editors, or users will see the fields they have been given access to 
  • Rules: Users can see rules in the index if they are rule owners or members of projects where the rules are configured. Users can only edit rules that are configured in projects where they have admins or editors permissions.
  • Forms: Forms have a unique access model. Forms that are in private projects aren’t visible to users unless they have been invited to submit the form. After a user has seen a form it’ll be available in the list of forms. The user can only deactivate or delete the form if they have edit/admin access to the project the form is associated with.  
  • Bundles: Users can see bundles where they have user, editor, or bundle admin. Only users with admin or editor permissions can edit bundles. If a bundle is private to its members, only users who have access to that bundle can see it in their list  

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