Asana Connector for SSIS

Read and write data related to Tasks, Projects, Workspaces, Portfolios, TimeEntries, Memberships and more.
You can use this connector to integrate Asana data inside SSIS and SQL Server. Let's take a look at the steps below to see how exactly to accomplish that.

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Video Tutorial - Integrate Asana data in SSIS

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

  • How to download / install required driver for Asana integration in SSIS
  • How to configure connection for Asana
  • Features about API Source (Authentication / Query Language / Examples / Driver UI)
  • Using Asana Connection in SSIS

Prerequisites

Before we perform steps listed in this article, you will need to make sure following prerequisites are met:
  1. SSIS designer installed. Sometimes it is referred as BIDS or SSDT (download it from Microsoft site).
  2. Basic knowledge of SSIS package development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services.
  3. Make sure ZappySys SSIS PowerPack is downloaded and installed (download it). Check Getting started section for more information.
  4. Optional (If you want to Deploy and Schedule ) - Deploy and Schedule SSIS Packages

How to read data from Asana in SSIS (Export data)

In this section we will learn how to configure and use Asana Connector in API Source to extract data from Asana.

  1. Begin with opening Visual Studio and Create a New Project.

  2. Select Integration Service Project and in new project window set the appropriate name and location for project. And click OK.

  3. In the new SSIS project screen you will find the following:

    1. SSIS ToolBox on left side bar
    2. Solution Explorer and Property Window on right bar
    3. Control flow, data flow, event Handlers, Package Explorer in tab windows
    4. Connection Manager Window in the bottom
    SSIS Project Screen
    Note: If you don't see ZappySys SSIS PowerPack Task or Components in SSIS Toolbox, please refer to this help link.

  4. Now, Drag and Drop SSIS Data Flow Task from SSIS Toolbox. Double click on the Data Flow Task to see Data Flow designer.
    SSIS Data Flow Task - Drag and Drop

  5. From the SSIS toolbox drag and API Source (Predefined Templates) on the data flow designer surface, and double click on it to edit it:
    SSIS API Source (Predefined Templates) - Drag and Drop

  6. Select New Connection to create a new connection:
    API Source - New Connection

  7. Use a preinstalled Asana Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download Asana Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:

    Asana
    Asana Connector Selection

  8. Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.

    Steps to get Asana Credentials
    Here is how to obtain PAT (Personal Access Token). .
    1. Follow this link and click to Create new token.
    2. Once token generated copy it enter in Token field on this UI. Treat Token like a Password, keep it secure.
    Asana
    Token [Http]
    https://app.asana.com/api/1.0
    Required Parameters
    Optional Parameters
    Enter Token (Personal Access Token - PAT) Fill in the parameter...
    Default Workspace (** Select after Token is entered **) Fill in the parameter...
    Default Project (** Select after Token is entered **) Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMode Fill in the parameter...
    RetryStatusCodeList Fill in the parameter...
    RetryCountMax Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime Fill in the parameter...
    ZappySys Http Connection
    Steps to get Asana Credentials
    Here is how to register OAuth App.
    1. Follow this link and click to Create new app under My Apps.
    2. Give your app a name e.g. My Integration. Check one of the options | Check I Agree | Click Create app
    3. Copy Client Id and Secret. Keep it secure, we will use it later on API Connection UI.
    4. Click on the OAuth section (Under Configure) on your left. Under the Redirect URLs Click [Add redirect URL] button. Enter URL like this https://zappysys.com/oauth. Do not use any random URL otherwise it may not work.
    5. Click on the Manage distribution section (Under Test & distribute) on your left. Here you can add specific workspaces you like to access using this App. If you like to access any workspace then choose [Any workspace] option
    6. Click [Save changes] button. Might be located all the way bottom right on your screen.
    7. Now go back to connection UI and enter ClientId, Client Secret and Redirect URL (match exactly).
    8. Click Generate Token and follow the login prompts. If everything goes well you will see Refresh Token generated.
    9. Choose Default Workspace and Default Project.
    10. Click Test connection to confirm. Now you are ready to use this connection.
    Asana
    OAuth [OAuth]
    https://app.asana.com/api/1.0
    Required Parameters
    ClientId Fill in the parameter...
    Client Secret Fill in the parameter...
    Optional Parameters
    Permissions Fill in the parameter...
    Redirect URL Fill in the parameter...
    Default Workspace (** Select after Token is generated **) Fill in the parameter...
    Default Project (** Select after Token is generated **) Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMode Fill in the parameter...
    RetryStatusCodeList Fill in the parameter...
    RetryCountMax Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime Fill in the parameter...
    ZappySys OAuth Connection

  9. Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and click on Preview Data button to make the API call.

    API Source - Asana
    Read and write data related to Tasks, Projects, Workspaces, Portfolios, TimeEntries, Memberships and more.
    API Source - Select Endpoint

  10. That's it! We are done! Just in a few clicks we configured the call to Asana using Asana Connector.

    You can load the source data into your desired destination using the Upsert Destination, which supports SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Amazon Redshift. We also offer other destinations such as CSV, Excel, Azure Table, Salesforce, and more. You can check out our SSIS PowerPack Tasks and components for more options. (*loaded in Trash Destination)

    Execute Package - Reading data from Asana and load into target

Load Asana data in SQL Server using Upsert Destination (Insert or Update)

Once you read data from the desired source, now let's see how to Load Asana data in SQL Server using Upsert Destination. Upsert Destination can Merge/Synchronize data from source to target for Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSql and Redshift. It supports very fast Bulk Upsert (Update or Insert) operation along and Bulk delete.

  1. From the SSIS toolbox drag and drop Upsert Destination on the dataflow designer surface

  2. Connect our Source component to Upsert Destination

  3. Double click on Upsert Destination component to configure it.

  4. Select the desired Microsoft SQL Server/PostgreSql/Redshift Target Connection or click NEW to create new connection. Select Target Table or click NEW to create new table based on source columns.
    Configure SSIS Upsert Destination Connection - Loading data (REST / SOAP / JSON / XML /CSV) into SQL Server or other target using SSIS
    Configure SSIS Upsert Destination Connection - Loading data (REST / SOAP / JSON / XML /CSV) into SQL Server or other target using SSIS

  5. Set Action to Upsert => (insert if not matching in target else update). Select Target Connection and Target Table. Check on Insert and Update. Click on Map All to Mappings all columns and check on Only Primary Key columns.
    SSIS SQL Upsert option

  6. Click on OK to save Upsert Destination settings UI.

  7. That's it. Run the SSIS Package and it will read the data from the Asana and load the data in the SQL Server/PostgreSql/Redshift using Upsert Destination.

    Execute Package - Reading data from API Source and load into target

Video Tutorial - Write or lookup data to Asana using SSIS

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

  • How to download SSIS PowerPack for Asana integration in SSIS
  • How to configure connection for Asana
  • How to Write or lookup data to Asana
  • Features about SSIS API Destination
  • Using Asana Connector in SSIS

How to write or lookup data to Asana in SSIS (Import data)

In upper section we learned how to read data, now in this section we will learn how to configure Asana in the API Source to Post data to the Asana.

  1. Read the data from the source, being any desired source component. In example we will use ZappySys Dummy Data Source component.

  2. From the SSIS Toolbox drag and drop API Destination (Predefined Templates) on the Data Flow Designer surface and connect source component with it, and double click to edit it.
    SSIS API Destination (Predefined Templates) - Drag and Drop

  3. Select New Connection to create a new connection:

    API Destination - Asana
    Read and write data related to Tasks, Projects, Workspaces, Portfolios, TimeEntries, Memberships and more.
    API Destination - New Connection

  4. Use a preinstalled Asana Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download Asana Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:

    Asana
    Asana Connector Selection

  5. Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.

    Steps to get Asana Credentials
    Here is how to obtain PAT (Personal Access Token). .
    1. Follow this link and click to Create new token.
    2. Once token generated copy it enter in Token field on this UI. Treat Token like a Password, keep it secure.
    Asana
    Token [Http]
    https://app.asana.com/api/1.0
    Required Parameters
    Optional Parameters
    Enter Token (Personal Access Token - PAT) Fill in the parameter...
    Default Workspace (** Select after Token is entered **) Fill in the parameter...
    Default Project (** Select after Token is entered **) Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMode Fill in the parameter...
    RetryStatusCodeList Fill in the parameter...
    RetryCountMax Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime Fill in the parameter...
    ZappySys Http Connection
    Steps to get Asana Credentials
    Here is how to register OAuth App.
    1. Follow this link and click to Create new app under My Apps.
    2. Give your app a name e.g. My Integration. Check one of the options | Check I Agree | Click Create app
    3. Copy Client Id and Secret. Keep it secure, we will use it later on API Connection UI.
    4. Click on the OAuth section (Under Configure) on your left. Under the Redirect URLs Click [Add redirect URL] button. Enter URL like this https://zappysys.com/oauth. Do not use any random URL otherwise it may not work.
    5. Click on the Manage distribution section (Under Test & distribute) on your left. Here you can add specific workspaces you like to access using this App. If you like to access any workspace then choose [Any workspace] option
    6. Click [Save changes] button. Might be located all the way bottom right on your screen.
    7. Now go back to connection UI and enter ClientId, Client Secret and Redirect URL (match exactly).
    8. Click Generate Token and follow the login prompts. If everything goes well you will see Refresh Token generated.
    9. Choose Default Workspace and Default Project.
    10. Click Test connection to confirm. Now you are ready to use this connection.
    Asana
    OAuth [OAuth]
    https://app.asana.com/api/1.0
    Required Parameters
    ClientId Fill in the parameter...
    Client Secret Fill in the parameter...
    Optional Parameters
    Permissions Fill in the parameter...
    Redirect URL Fill in the parameter...
    Default Workspace (** Select after Token is generated **) Fill in the parameter...
    Default Project (** Select after Token is generated **) Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMode Fill in the parameter...
    RetryStatusCodeList Fill in the parameter...
    RetryCountMax Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime Fill in the parameter...
    ZappySys OAuth Connection

  6. Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and go to the Mappings tab to map the columns.

    API Destination - Asana
    Read and write data related to Tasks, Projects, Workspaces, Portfolios, TimeEntries, Memberships and more.
    API Destination - Select Endpoint

  7. Finally, map the desired columns:

    API Destination - Asana
    Read and write data related to Tasks, Projects, Workspaces, Portfolios, TimeEntries, Memberships and more.
    API Destination - Columns Mapping

  8. That's it; we successfully configured the POST API Call. In a few clicks we configured the Asana API call using ZappySys Asana Connector

    Execute Package - Reading data from API Source and load into target

Advanced topics

Actions supported by Asana Connector

Asana Connector support following actions for REST API integration. If some actions are not listed below then you can easily edit Connector file and enhance out of the box functionality.
 Get Workspaces
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 Get Workspace (Single)
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Parameter Description
Workspace Id
 Get Projects
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Parameter Description
Workspace Id
Team Id
 Get Project (Single)
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Parameter Description
Project Id
 Get Tasks
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Parameter Description
QueryBy
Option Value
project project
tag tag
section section
user_task_list user_task_list
assignee_and_workspace assignee_and_workspace
Project Id The project to filter tasks on.
Workspace Id The workspace to filter tasks on. Note: If you specify workspace, you must also specify the assignee to filter on.
Assignee Id The assignee to filter tasks on. If searching for unassigned tasks, assignee.any = null can be specified. Note: If you specify assignee, you must also specify the workspace to filter on.
Section Id The section to filter tasks on.
Tag Id
UserTaskListId
Completed Since Only return tasks that are either incomplete or that have been completed since this time.
Option Value
2023-12-31 2023-12-31
2023-12-31T00:00:00 2023-12-31T00:00:00
now now
now-24h now-24h
today today
yesterday yesterday
yearstart-10y yearstart-10y
monthstart monthstart
monthend monthend
yearstart yearstart
yearend yearend
weekstart weekstart
weekend weekend
yearstart-1y yearstart-1y
yearend-1y yearend-1y
monthstart-1d monthstart-1d
monthend+1d monthend+1d
monthend+1d-1y monthend+1d-1y
Modified Since Only return tasks that have been modified since the given time. Note: A task is considered “modified” if any of its properties change, or associations between it and other objects are modified (e.g. a task being added to a project). A task is not considered modified just because another object it is associated with (e.g. a subtask) is modified. Actions that count as modifying the task include assigning, renaming, completing, and adding stories.
Option Value
2023-12-31 2023-12-31
2023-12-31T00:00:00 2023-12-31T00:00:00
now now
now-24h now-24h
today today
yesterday yesterday
yearstart-10y yearstart-10y
monthstart monthstart
monthend monthend
yearstart yearstart
yearend yearend
weekstart weekstart
weekend weekend
yearstart-1y yearstart-1y
yearend-1y yearend-1y
monthstart-1d monthstart-1d
monthend+1d monthend+1d
monthend+1d-1y monthend+1d-1y
 Get Task (Single)
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Parameter Description
TaskId
 Get Workspace Teams
Returns records for all teams in the workspace visible to the authorized user.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Workspace Id
 Get Project Sections
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Parameter Description
Project Id
 Get Project Section
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Parameter Description
Project Id
Section Id
 Get Users
   [Read more...]
 Get User (Single)
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Parameter Description
User Id
 Get Allocations
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Parameter Description
Workspace Id
Project Id
User Id
 Get Attachments
There are three possible parent values for this request: project, project_brief, and task. For a project, an attachment refers to a file uploaded to the [Key resources] section in the project Overview. For a project brief, an attachment refers to inline files in the project brief itself. For a task, an attachment refers to a file directly associated to that task. Note that within the Asana app, inline images in the task description do not appear in the index of image thumbnails nor as stories in the task. However, requests made to GET /attachments for a task will return all of the images in the task, including inline images.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Parent Id (e.g. Id of Project, Task or ProjectBrief) Globally unique identifier for object to fetch statuses from. Must be a GID for a project, project_brief, or task.
 Download Attachment
Download a specific attachment by Id.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Attachment ID The attachment Id for the attachment to get.
Fields
Option Value
name name
resource_subtype resource_subtype
connected_to_app connected_to_app
created_at created_at
download_url download_url
host host
parent parent
parent.name parent.name
parent.resource_subtype parent.resource_subtype
permanent_url permanent_url
size size
view_url view_url
 Download Multiple Attachments
Download Multiple Attachments for a specified parent.There are three possible parent values for this request: project, project_brief, and task. For a project, an attachment refers to a file uploaded to the [Key resources] section in the project Overview. For a project brief, an attachment refers to inline files in the project brief itself. For a task, an attachment refers to a file directly associated to that task. Note that within the Asana app, inline images in the task description do not appear in the index of image thumbnails nor as stories in the task. However, requests made to GET /attachments for a task will return all of the images in the task, including inline images.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Parent Id (e.g. Id of Project, Task or ProjectBrief) Globally unique identifier for object to fetch statuses from. Must be a GID for a project, project_brief, or task.
OverwriteFile
Option Value
True True
False False
SaveFolder Specify a disk folder path to save file(s) to
Fields
Option Value
name name
resource_subtype resource_subtype
connected_to_app connected_to_app
created_at created_at
download_url download_url
host host
parent parent
parent.name parent.name
parent.resource_subtype parent.resource_subtype
permanent_url permanent_url
size size
view_url view_url
 Get Portfolios
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Parameter Description
Workspace Id
Owner Id
 Get Goals
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Parameter Description
Workspace Id
Project Id
Portfolio Id
Team Id
Is Workspace Level
Option Value
true true
false false
Time Periods (e.g. Id1,Id2)
 Get Workspace Custom Fields
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Parameter Description
Workspace Id
 Get Project Custom Fields
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Parameter Description
Project Id
 Get Portfolio Custom Fields
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Parameter Description
Portfolio Id
 Get User Task Lists
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Parameter Description
User Id
Workspace Id
 Get Memberships
   [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Project Id
PortfolioId
GoalId
Member or Team Id (Use with Project OR Portfolio OR Goal)
 Get Tags
   [Read more...]
 Get Time Tracking Entries
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Parameter Description
Task Id
 Generic Request
This is generic endpoint. Use this endpoint when some actions are not implemented by connector. Just enter partial URL (Required), Body, Method, Header etc. Most parameters are optional except URL.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Url API URL goes here. You can enter full URL or Partial URL relative to Base URL. If it is full URL then domain name must be part of ServiceURL or part of TrustedDomains
Body Request Body content goes here
IsMultiPart Set this option if you want to upload file(s) (i.e. POST RAW file data) or send data using Multi-Part encoding method (i.e. Content-Type: multipart/form-data). Multi-Part request allows you to mix key/value and upload files in same request. On the other hand raw upload allows only single file upload (without any key/value) ==== Raw Upload (Content-Type: application/octet-stream) ===== To upload single file in raw mode check this option and specify full file path starting with @ sign in the Body (e.g. @c:\data\myfile.zip ) ==== Form-Data / Multipart Upload (Content-Type: multipart/form-data) ===== To treat your Request data as multi part fields you must specify key/value pairs separated by new lines into RequestData field (i.e. Body). Each key value pair is entered on new-line and key/value are separated using equal sign (=). Preceding and trailing spaces are ignored also blank lines are ignored. If field value has some any special character(s) then use escape sequence (e.g. For NewLine: \r\n, For Tab: \t, For at (@): \@). When value of any field starts with at sign (@) its automatically treated as File you want to upload. By default file content type is determined based on extension however you can supply content type manually for any field using this way [ YourFileFieldName.Content-Type=some-content-type ]. By default File Upload Field always includes Content-Type in the request (non file fields do not have content-type by default unless you supply manually). For some reason if you dont want to use Content-Type header in your request then supply blank Content-Type to exclude this header altogather [e.g. SomeFieldName.Content-Type= ]. In below example we have supplied Content-Type for file2 and SomeField1, all other fields are using default content-type. See below Example of uploading multiple files along with additional fields. If some API requires you to pass Content-Type: multipart/form-data rather than multipart/form-data then manually set Request Header => Content-Type: multipart/mixed (it must starts with multipart/ else will be ignored). file1=@c:\data\Myfile1.txt file2=@c:\data\Myfile2.json file2.Content-Type=application/json SomeField1=aaaaaaa SomeField1.Content-Type=text/plain SomeField2=12345 SomeFieldWithNewLineAndTab=This is line1\r\nThis is line2\r\nThis is \ttab \ttab \ttab SomeFieldStartingWithAtSign=\@MyTwitterHandle
Filter Enter filter to extract array from response. Example: $.rows[*] --OR-- $.customers[*].orders[*]. Check your response document and find out hierarchy you like to extract
Headers Headers for Request. To enter multiple headers use double pipe or new line after each {header-name}:{value} pair

Conclusion

In this article we discussed how to connect to Asana in SSIS and integrate data without any coding. Click here to Download Asana Connector for SSIS and try yourself see how easy it is. If you still have any question(s) then ask here or simply click on live chat icon below and ask our expert (see bottom-right corner of this page).

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