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Add a supporting goal relationship
API ReferenceCreates a goal relationship by adding a supporting resource to a given goal.
Returns the newly created goal relationship record.
OpenAPI definition
json
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"name": "Goal relationships",
"description": "A goal relationship is an object representing the relationship between a goal and another goal, a project, a task, or a portfolio."
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"style": "form",
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"goal_path_gid": {
"name": "goal_gid",
"in": "path",
"description": "Globally unique identifier for the goal.",
"required": true,
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"type": "string"
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"GoalCompact": {
"description": "A generic Asana Resource, containing a globally unique identifier.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"gid": {
"description": "Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"example": "12345",
"x-insert-after": false
},
"resource_type": {
"description": "The base type of this resource.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"example": "goal",
"x-insert-after": "gid"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the goal.",
"example": "Grow web traffic by 30%"
},
"owner": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/UserCompact"
},
{
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
}
]
}
}
},
"GoalAddSupportingRelationshipRequest": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"supporting_resource"
],
"properties": {
"supporting_resource": {
"description": "The gid of the supporting resource to add to the parent goal. Must be the gid of a goal, project, task, or portfolio.",
"type": "string",
"example": "12345"
},
"insert_before": {
"description": "An id of a subgoal of this parent goal. The new subgoal will be added before the one specified here. `insert_before` and `insert_after` parameters cannot both be specified. Currently only supported when adding a subgoal.",
"type": "string",
"example": "1331"
},
"insert_after": {
"description": "An id of a subgoal of this parent goal. The new subgoal will be added after the one specified here. `insert_before` and `insert_after` parameters cannot both be specified. Currently only supported when adding a subgoal.",
"type": "string",
"example": "1331"
},
"contribution_weight": {
"description": "Defines how much the supporting goal’s progress contributes to the parent goal’s overall progress. When used with automatically calculated [Goal Metrics](/reference/goals/creategoalmetric) (such as `progress_source = subgoal_progress`), this value must be greater than 0 for the subgoal to count toward the parent goal’s progress.\nAccepts a number between 0 and 1 (inclusive). Defaults to `0`.",
"type": "number",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"GoalRelationshipBase": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/GoalRelationshipCompact"
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"supported_goal": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/GoalCompact"
},
{
"type": "object",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "The goal that the supporting resource supports."
}
]
}
}
}
]
},
"GoalRelationshipCompact": {
"description": "A *goal relationship* is an object representing the relationship between a goal and another goal, a project, a task, or a portfolio.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"gid": {
"description": "Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"example": "12345",
"x-insert-after": false
},
"resource_type": {
"description": "The base type of this resource.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"example": "goal_relationship",
"x-insert-after": "gid"
},
"resource_subtype": {
"description": "The subtype of this resource. Different subtypes retain many of the same fields and behavior, but may render differently in Asana or represent resources with different semantic meaning.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"example": "subgoal",
"enum": [
"subgoal",
"supporting_work"
]
},
"supporting_resource": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProjectCompact"
},
{
"type": "object",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "The supporting resource that supports the goal. This can be either a project, task, portfolio, or goal."
}
]
},
"contribution_weight": {
"description": "The weight that the supporting resource's progress contributes to the supported goal's progress. This can be 0, 1, or any value in between.",
"type": "number",
"example": 1
}
}
},
"GoalRelationshipResponse": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/GoalRelationshipBase"
},
{
"type": "object"
}
]
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"description": "A *project* represents a prioritized list of tasks in Asana or a board with columns of tasks represented as cards. It exists in a single workspace or organization and is accessible to a subset of users in that workspace or organization, depending on its permissions.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"gid": {
"description": "Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"example": "12345",
"x-insert-after": false
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"resource_type": {
"description": "The base type of this resource.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"example": "project",
"x-insert-after": "gid"
},
"name": {
"description": "Name of the project. This is generally a short sentence fragment that fits on a line in the UI for maximum readability. However, it can be longer.",
"type": "string",
"example": "Stuff to buy"
}
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"example": "Greg Sanchez"
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"paths": {
"/goals/{goal_gid}/addSupportingRelationship": {
"parameters": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/parameters/goal_path_gid"
},
{
"$ref": "#/components/parameters/pretty"
}
],
"post": {
"summary": "Add a supporting goal relationship",
"description": "Creates a goal relationship by adding a supporting resource to a given goal.\n\nReturns the newly created goal relationship record.",
"tags": [
"Goal relationships"
],
"operationId": "addSupportingRelationship",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "opt_fields",
"in": "query",
"description": "This endpoint returns a resource which excludes some properties by default. To include those optional properties, set this query parameter to a comma-separated list of the properties you wish to include.",
"required": false,
"example": [
"contribution_weight",
"resource_subtype",
"supported_goal",
"supported_goal.name",
"supported_goal.owner",
"supported_goal.owner.name",
"supporting_resource",
"supporting_resource.name"
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"schema": {
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"type": "string",
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"resource_subtype",
"supported_goal",
"supported_goal.name",
"supported_goal.owner",
"supported_goal.owner.name",
"supporting_resource",
"supporting_resource.name"
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"explode": false
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"requestBody": {
"description": "The supporting resource to be added to the goal",
"required": true,
"content": {
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"schema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/GoalAddSupportingRelationshipRequest"
}
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},
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "Successfully created the goal relationship.",
"content": {
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"schema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/GoalRelationshipResponse"
}
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"401": {
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"404": {
"$ref": "#/components/responses/NotFound"
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"500": {
"$ref": "#/components/responses/InternalServerError"
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"code-samples": [
{
"language": "java",
"install": "<dependency><groupId>com.asana</groupId><artifactId>asana</artifactId><version>1.0.0</version></dependency>",
"code": "import com.asana.Client;\n\nClient client = Client.accessToken(\"PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN\");\n\nJsonElement result = client.goalrelationships.addSupportingRelationship(goalGid)\n .data(\"field\", \"value\")\n .data(\"field\", \"value\")\n .option(\"pretty\", true)\n .execute();"
},
{
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"code": "const Asana = require('asana');\n\nlet client = new Asana.ApiClient();\nclient.authentications.token.accessToken = '<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>';\n\nlet goalRelationshipsApiInstance = new Asana.GoalRelationshipsApi(client);\nlet body = {\"data\": {\"<PARAM_1>\": \"<VALUE_1>\", \"<PARAM_2>\": \"<VALUE_2>\",}}; // Object | The supporting resource to be added to the goal\nlet goal_gid = \"12345\"; // String | Globally unique identifier for the goal.\nlet opts = { \n 'opt_fields': \"contribution_weight,resource_subtype,supported_goal,supported_goal.name,supported_goal.owner,supported_goal.owner.name,supporting_resource,supporting_resource.name\"\n};\ngoalRelationshipsApiInstance.addSupportingRelationship(body, goal_gid, opts).then((result) => {\n console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + JSON.stringify(result.data, null, 2));\n}, (error) => {\n console.error(error.response.body);\n});",
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{
"language": "node",
"install": "npm install asana@1.0.5",
"code": "const asana = require('asana');\n\nconst client = asana.Client.create().useAccessToken('PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN');\n\nclient.goalrelationships.addSupportingRelationship(goalGid, {field: \"value\", field: \"value\", pretty: true})\n .then((result) => {\n console.log(result);\n });",
"name": "node-sdk-v1"
},
{
"language": "python",
"install": "pip install asana",
"code": "import asana\nfrom asana.rest import ApiException\nfrom pprint import pprint\n\nconfiguration = asana.Configuration()\nconfiguration.access_token = '<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>'\napi_client = asana.ApiClient(configuration)\n\n# create an instance of the API class\ngoal_relationships_api_instance = asana.GoalRelationshipsApi(api_client)\nbody = {\"data\": {\"<PARAM_1>\": \"<VALUE_1>\", \"<PARAM_2>\": \"<VALUE_2>\",}} # dict | The supporting resource to be added to the goal\ngoal_gid = \"12345\" # str | Globally unique identifier for the goal.\nopts = {\n 'opt_fields': \"contribution_weight,resource_subtype,supported_goal,supported_goal.name,supported_goal.owner,supported_goal.owner.name,supporting_resource,supporting_resource.name\", # list[str] | This endpoint returns a resource which excludes some properties by default. To include those optional properties, set this query parameter to a comma-separated list of the properties you wish to include.\n}\n\ntry:\n # Add a supporting goal relationship\n api_response = goal_relationships_api_instance.add_supporting_relationship(body, goal_gid, opts)\n pprint(api_response)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(\"Exception when calling GoalRelationshipsApi->add_supporting_relationship: %s\\n\" % e)",
"name": "python-sdk-v5"
},
{
"language": "python",
"install": "pip install asana==3.2.3",
"code": "import asana\n\nclient = asana.Client.access_token('PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN')\n\nresult = client.goal_relationships.add_supporting_relationship(goal_gid, {'field': 'value', 'field': 'value'}, opt_pretty=True)",
"name": "python-sdk-v3"
},
{
"language": "php",
"install": "composer require asana/asana",
"code": "<?php\nrequire 'vendor/autoload.php';\n\n$client = Asana\\Client::accessToken('PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN');\n\n$result = $client->goalrelationships->addSupportingRelationship($goal_gid, array('field' => 'value', 'field' => 'value'), array('opt_pretty' => 'true'))"
},
{
"language": "ruby",
"install": "gem install asana",
"code": "require 'asana'\n\nclient = Asana::Client.new do |c|\n c.authentication :access_token, 'PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN'\nend\n\nresult = client.goal_relationships.add_supporting_relationship(goal_gid: 'goal_gid', field: \"value\", field: \"value\", options: {pretty: true})"
}
]
}
}
}
}
}