Project Management migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Husky and Asana. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Asana.
Husky
Source
Asana
Destination
Compatibility
9 of 13
objects map 1:1 between Husky and Asana.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from Husky to Asana is a migration from a service-business practice manager to a general-purpose project management platform. Husky consolidates Projects, Tasks, Clients, Time Entries, and recurring Jobs in a billing-aware context; Asana separates work tracking from billing and focuses on team collaboration, views, and automation. We extract data from Husky via CSV exports or direct database access (no REST API exists), map Clients to Asana Organizations or Teams depending on structure, preserve task hierarchies and owner assignments, and flag recurring job metadata for manual recreation in Asana. Finalized invoices do not migrate because they are locked financial records under Husky; we export them as a reconciliation report for the customer's accounting team. Workflows, automations, and custom integrations do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory of these for the customer's admin to rebuild.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
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What's pushing teams away
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What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Husky object lands in Asana, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Husky
Projects
Asana
Projects
1:1Husky Projects map to Asana Projects as the primary container. Project name, status, start/end dates, description, and owner assignment transfer directly. Custom project fields in Husky (tenant-specific) are enumerated during discovery and mapped to Asana custom fields created in the destination workspace before migration. If a Husky custom field has no Asana equivalent, we flag it during scoping for the customer to decide whether to create a new Asana field or consolidate.
Husky
Tasks
Asana
Tasks
1:1Husky Tasks map to Asana Tasks with project membership, assignee, due date, and status preserved. Subtasks in Husky migrate as Asana subtasks, preserving the parent-child hierarchy. Task descriptions migrate as the task body. Completed-at timestamps transfer to Asana's Completed field to preserve completion history.
Husky
Clients
Asana
Organizations or Teams
1:manyHusky Client records (contact details, billing address, tax settings) split across Asana Organizations and Teams depending on structure. Billing address and tax settings have no direct Asana field; we preserve them in a custom text field client_billing_address__c on the Organization record. The customer chooses during scoping whether clients map to a single Organization with multiple Teams or to individual Team records. Inactive clients are flagged for customer review before import.
Husky
Time Entries
Asana
Tasks (with custom time fields)
1:1Husky Time Entries link a user, a project or task, and a duration or start/end time. We map these to Asana Tasks with custom numeric fields for duration (in minutes) and a date field for the entry date. Date-range scoping is applied to avoid importing mid-billing-cycle entries; the customer defines the scope window during discovery. Billable vs non-billable flags preserve as a custom boolean field billable__c. Time entries without a parent task map to the parent project as a task with a time-tracked flag.
Husky
Recurring Jobs
Asana
Recurring Tasks
1:1Husky Recurring Jobs store a frequency, interval, and last-run date. We export the job template name, description, frequency metadata, and last-run date. Recurrence rules do not transfer as active schedules in Asana because the recurrence trigger logic cannot be reconstructed from the exported metadata. We document each recurring job as a task with the frequency details in a custom field recurrence_notes__c so the customer's admin can recreate the recurrence in Asana's Rules or Calendar Sync manually.
Husky
Invoices
Asana
Not migrated
1:1Finalized Husky invoices are locked financial records and are not imported to avoid duplicate entries in the customer's accounting system. We export invoice history as a reconciliation CSV report (invoice number, client, date, amount, status) for the customer's accounting team or CPA to handle financial record continuity. This is a hard exclusion agreed during scoping.
Husky
Custom Fields (Projects)
Asana
Custom Fields
lossyHusky project-level custom fields are enumerated during discovery with their data types (text, number, date, picklist). Each is created in Asana as a typed custom field on the Project object before record migration begins. Picklist options are mapped exactly; new options added after discovery require a supplemental mapping pass.
Husky
Custom Fields (Tasks)
Asana
Custom Fields
lossyHusky task-level custom fields follow the same enumeration process as project fields. We create matching Asana custom fields on the Task object, preserving picklist values and date formats. Numeric fields map to Asana number fields; text fields map to Asana text fields.
Husky
Custom Fields (Clients)
Asana
Custom Fields (Organization)
lossyHusky client custom fields migrate to Asana Organization custom fields. The same type-enforcement rules apply. Fields that reference Husky-specific concepts (e.g., tax rate, billing terms) are mapped to text fields in Asana with the original value preserved.
Husky
Users and Owners
Asana
Users
1:1Husky Users (active and inactive) map to Asana Users resolved by email address. Active users are invited to the Asana workspace during migration setup. Inactive or archived Husky users are flagged for the customer to decide whether to import as inactive Asana members or omit. Owner assignment on Projects and Tasks resolves to the matching Asana User by email.
Husky
Project Status
Asana
Project Status
1:1Husky project status values (Active, On Hold, Completed, Archived) map to Asana project status values with the same semantics. Status change timestamps transfer to a custom field status_changed_at__c for audit.
Husky
Attachments
Asana
Attachments
1:1File attachments on Husky Tasks are extracted by URL or downloaded during the extraction phase, re-uploaded to the corresponding Asana Task, and linked via Asana's attachment object. Large attachments (>25MB) may require a separate transfer step; we flag these during scoping if they exist in the source account.
Husky
Comments
Asana
Comments
1:1Husky task comments migrate to Asana task comments with author, timestamp, and rich text body preserved. The comment author resolves to the matching Asana User by email. Comments on tasks that are themselves being omitted (e.g., tasks belonging to excluded projects) are not migrated.
| Husky | Asana | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projects | Projects1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Tasks | Tasks1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Clients | Organizations or Teams1:many | Fully supported | |
| Time Entries | Tasks (with custom time fields)1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Recurring Jobs | Recurring Tasks1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Invoices | Not migrated1:1 | Not supported | |
| Custom Fields (Projects) | Custom Fieldslossy | Mapping required | |
| Custom Fields (Tasks) | Custom Fieldslossy | Mapping required | |
| Custom Fields (Clients) | Custom Fields (Organization)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Users and Owners | Users1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Project Status | Project Status1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Attachments | Attachments1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Comments | Comments1:1 | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
Husky gotchas
No documented public API for automated extraction
Finalized invoices are not transferable records
Custom field schema varies by tenant and changes without notice
Recurring job recurrence rules do not migrate as live schedules
Asana gotchas
Automation rules have no export representation
API rate limits cap bulk migration throughput
Portfolios are view-only objects that do not hold data
Custom field enum options cannot be updated via API
Subtasks do not appear in project views by default
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Scoping and extraction method agreement
We audit the source Husky account across projects, tasks, clients, time entries, recurring jobs, and custom field configurations. Because Husky has no public API, we agree on an extraction method during this call: CSV exports from the UI (for smaller accounts) or direct database access coordinated with the customer's IT team (for larger accounts with complex time entry histories). We also confirm which Husky projects, clients, and time entry date ranges are in scope, and which finalized invoices to exclude.
Schema discovery and custom field enumeration
We enumerate all tenant-specific custom fields on Projects, Tasks, and Clients, recording field name, data type, and picklist options where applicable. We map each Husky custom field to an Asana custom field type (text, number, date, picklist, boolean) and confirm the mapping with the customer's admin. This step also covers the Asana assignee strategy for multi-owner Husky tasks.
Destination schema provisioning
We create the Asana custom fields, any required Organizations or Teams, and custom fields for billing address, recurrence notes, and billable flags before any record import. If Asana Organizations are used for client mapping, we create the Organization records first so that the lookup relationship is satisfied when Task records are imported.
Test migration in Asana sandbox or development workspace
We run a full migration into a non-production Asana workspace using production-like data volume. The customer's project lead reconciles record counts (Projects in, Tasks in, Clients in, Time Entries in), spot-checks 25-50 records against the Husky source, and signs off the mapping before production migration begins. Any corrections to field mapping, custom field creation, or assignee strategy happen here.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Organizations or Teams (from Husky Clients), Projects (with owner assignments resolved), Tasks (with project membership and assignee resolved), Subtasks (with parent-child hierarchy preserved), Time Entries (with date-range scoping applied), Recurring Job metadata (as converted recurring tasks with recurrence notes), Attachments, Comments, and Custom Field values (applied to all objects after base records exist). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report.
Cutover, delta pass, and handoff checklist delivery
We freeze Husky writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Asana as the system of record. We deliver the recurrence rebuild checklist (one row per Husky Recurring Job with Asana recreation steps), the automation inventory (for the customer's admin to rebuild Rules in Asana), and the invoice reconciliation CSV. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild automations or provide post-migration admin support as standard scope; these are separate engagements.
Platform deep dives
Husky
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Asana
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard Project Management migration. 2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Husky and Asana.
Object compatibility
2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
Husky: Not publicly documented as a hard ceiling..
Data volume sensitivity
Husky doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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