Project Management migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Time Champ and Asana. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Asana.
Time Champ
Source
Asana
Destination
Compatibility
9 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Time Champ and Asana.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from Time Champ to Asana is a schema-bridging migration, not a direct record copy. Time Champ is a workforce intelligence platform built around silent activity monitoring, attendance tracking, and app-usage classification; Asana is a task and project management platform with no native attendance, GPS, or app-surveillance module. We preserve the data that can land cleanly — users mapped to Asana members, teams mapped to Asana Teams, and timesheet narratives decomposed into time entries for Asana's paid Timesheets add-on. Attendance records, shift schedules, activity logs, screenshots, and tenant-scoped productivity classifications have no direct Asana equivalent and are delivered as structured reference exports for manual rebuild. We do not migrate Time Champ's alerting engine, burnout signals, or attrition risk scores because these are computed at runtime and are not persistent records. Workflows, alert rules, and notification configurations are similarly out of scope; we deliver a written inventory of these for your admin to recreate in Asana Rules.
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
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Time Champ 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.
Time Champ
User
Asana
Member (User)
1:1Time Champ user records (name, email, tracking mode preference, team assignment, license tier) map to Asana members. The Silent vs Interactive tracking-mode setting from Time Champ is preserved as a custom text field tc_tracking_mode__c on the Asana member for audit reference. Users must be provisioned in Asana before any cross-platform lookup can resolve task assignments or team memberships during migration.
Time Champ
Team
Asana
Team
1:1Time Champ teams (users and optional line-manager hierarchy on Professional+) map to Asana Teams. We resolve the parent-child user relationships from Time Champ's org hierarchy and map them to Asana Team membership. If the customer exceeds Asana's free-tier seat limit for Teams (Starter caps at one Team; Starter trial allows three Teams), we route the migration to the paid Asana tier during scoping.
Time Champ
Timesheet
Asana
Time Entry (via Asana Timesheets add-on)
1:manyTime Champ generates timesheets from auto-tracked activity windows. We decompose each aggregated timesheet into atomic time entries with date, duration, user, and project/task association. Asana's native time tracking requires the paid Timesheets add-on ($10/user/mo); we verify this add-on is active before migration and warn if it is not. Time Claims (employee-initiated corrections to auto-tracked time) migrate as time entry line items with a tc_time_claim flag.
Time Champ
Attendance Record
Asana
None (reference export only)
1:1Time Champ attendance records (daily clock-in/clock-out, overtime, late-arrival flags) have no native Asana equivalent. Asana has no attendance or time-clock module at any tier. We export attendance records as a structured CSV (user, date, clock_in, clock_out, overtime_hours, late_arrival_flag) for the customer to load into their HRIS, payroll system, or a separate attendance tool. Attendance data is not deleted — it is preserved as a reference export with a rebuild recommendation for a dedicated attendance platform.
Time Champ
Shift
Asana
None (reference export only)
1:1Time Champ shifts define working-hours windows, days of the week, and break configurations. Multi-Shift Configuration is a Professional+ feature. Asana has no native shift scheduling or working-hours configuration. We export shift definitions as a structured JSON file (shift_name, user, start_time, end_time, days_of_week, break_config) with a manual-setup checklist for the customer's admin to configure in their preferred scheduling or calendar tool.
Time Champ
Activity Log
Asana
None (reference export only)
1:1Time Champ app and URL usage logs with tenant-scoped Productive/Unproductive classifications have no Asana equivalent. Asana does not track app usage or website activity. We export activity logs as a structured CSV (user, date, app_name, url, duration_seconds, productivity_classification) ordered by user and date for the customer's reference. The productivity classification ruleset (which apps are tagged Productive/Unproductive/Neutral) is exported separately as a configuration reference CSV.
Time Champ
Screenshot
Asana
None (reference export only)
1:1Screenshots captured in Time Champ are binary blobs with a capture timestamp associated with an activity window. Asana has no attachment or storage mechanism for screenshot surveillance data. We export screenshot metadata (capture_timestamp, user, associated_activity_window_start, associated_activity_window_end, tc_blur_flag) as a structured CSV if retention is still within the plan's window. If the Professional-tier 1-week retention has already expired, we document this gap in the data completeness report before migration begins.
Time Champ
GPS / Location Tracking
Asana
None (reference export only)
1:1Field employee GPS location logs tied to user records and activity periods have no native Asana equivalent. We export location data as a structured CSV (user, timestamp, latitude, longitude, associated_activity_window) for the customer's reference. If the destination use case requires location tracking, we recommend a dedicated field workforce management or GPS attendance tool post-migration.
Time Champ
Productivity Classification
Asana
None (manual-setup checklist only)
lossyTime Champ's Productive/Unproductive app classification rules are entirely tenant-scoped custom definitions. These do not map to any Asana field because Asana has no native productivity classification system. We extract the full classification ruleset (app_name, url_pattern, classification_label) as a structured CSV and deliver it as a manual-setup checklist for the customer's admin to recreate in any classification tool they adopt post-migration.
Time Champ
Holiday
Asana
None (manual-setup checklist only)
1:1Time Champ tenant-defined holidays are a flat list of date/name pairs. These do not have an Asana equivalent because Asana has no native holiday configuration for timesheet calculations. We export holidays as a structured CSV (holiday_date, holiday_name) and flag it for manual entry into the customer's HRIS or payroll tool.
Time Champ
Time Claim
Asana
Time Entry (via Asana Timesheets add-on)
1:1Time Claims are employee-initiated corrections or additions to auto-tracked time. We treat them as a timesheet line-item type and migrate them alongside standard time entries with a tc_time_claim flag set to true. The Asana Timesheets add-on must be active for these to land as billable or trackable entries.
Time Champ
Alert and Notification
Asana
None (inventory only)
lossyTime Champ burnout early-warning alerts, attrition risk signals, and real-time status notifications are computed at runtime from activity patterns. These are not persistent data records and cannot be migrated. We deliver a written inventory of active alert rules (alert_type, trigger_condition, notification_recipient, notification_channel) for the customer's admin to evaluate recreating in Asana Rules or a dedicated people analytics tool.
| Time Champ | Asana | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| User | Member (User)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Team | Team1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Timesheet | Time Entry (via Asana Timesheets add-on)1:many | Fully supported | |
| Attendance Record | None (reference export only)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Shift | None (reference export only)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Activity Log | None (reference export only)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Screenshot | None (reference export only)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| GPS / Location Tracking | None (reference export only)1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Productivity Classification | None (manual-setup checklist only)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Holiday | None (manual-setup checklist only)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Time Claim | Time Entry (via Asana Timesheets add-on)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Alert and Notification | None (inventory only)lossy | 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.
Time Champ gotchas
Per-user billing with no inactive-seat grace period
Screenshots are tier-gated and short-retained on Professional
Teams seat cap is a hard structural limit
iOS app tracker malfunction corrupts activity log continuity
Productivity classifications are tenant-scoped, not universal
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
Discovery and add-on verification
We audit the source Time Champ account across tier (Starter/Professional/Enterprise), user count, team count, tracking mode distribution (Silent vs Interactive), attendance record volume, timesheet period coverage, activity log retention window, and any active screenshot capture settings. We verify whether the Asana destination has the Timesheets add-on active at the required seat count. The discovery output is a written migration scope that explicitly lists which data types migrate to Asana, which migrate as reference exports, and which have no destination and are inventoried for manual rebuild.
User provisioning and team structure design
We extract all Time Champ users and match by email against the Asana destination's member list. Users without an Asana account go to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision. We design the Asana Team structure to mirror Time Champ teams, preserving the line-manager hierarchy as Team member roles where Asana supports them. If the customer exceeds Asana Starter's team limits, we route to the appropriate paid tier during scoping.
Timesheet decomposition and time-entry import
We decompose Time Champ timesheet narratives into atomic time entries (date, duration, user, project/task association) and import them through Asana's Timesheets add-on API. Time Claims migrate with a tc_time_claim flag set. We verify the Timesheets add-on is licensed for all migrating users before import begins. Each batch of time entries emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next batch starts.
Attendance, shift, and surveillance-layer reference exports
We export attendance records, shift schedules, activity logs, screenshot metadata, GPS logs, and productivity classification rules as structured CSV and JSON files. Each export includes a schema description and a manual-setup recommendation (HRIS, payroll tool, dedicated attendance platform, or document management system). These exports are delivered as a named reference package alongside the Asana migration, not inserted into Asana.
Alert and notification inventory
We extract every active Time Champ alert rule (burnout warning, attrition signal, real-time status, suspicious activity detection) as a structured inventory document. This document lists the alert type, trigger condition, notification recipient, and channel for each rule and provides a recommended Asana Rule equivalent or a note that the functionality requires a dedicated people analytics tool. The customer's admin uses this inventory to rebuild alerts post-migration.
Cutover, validation, and post-migration handoff
We freeze Time Champ writes during cutover, run a final delta export of any records modified during the migration window, then confirm Asana as the system of record. We deliver the reference export package (attendance, shifts, activity logs, screenshots, GPS, productivity classifications) and the alert inventory document to the customer's admin team. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Time Champ alert rules in Asana Rules or migrate Time Champ workflows as Asana automations inside the migration scope.
Platform deep dives
Time Champ
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 Time Champ 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
Time Champ: Not publicly documented; limits are described per-integration and confirmed during onboarding by Time Champ support..
Data volume sensitivity
Time Champ 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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