# Configuring Asana using a Personal access token

### Video overview

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#### Steps to set up your Personal Access Token (PAT)&#x20;

1. In Smaply, **Open the Asana configuration page**. From your Account settings (a) > Integrations (b) > Asana Setup (c)<br>

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1. Now, **make sure you're logged** into your Asana account at [app.asana.com](https://app.asana.com/)
2. To **find your workspace ID** open link [app.asana.com/api/1.0/workspaces](https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/workspaces) and copy the workspace gid from the result. Paste it into the Workspace ID field.
3. Generate a **Personal access token**<br>

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   1. Open [app.asana.com/0/my-apps](https://app.asana.com/0/my-apps) and under Personal access tokens select "Create new token"
   2. In the "Create new token" dialog, give it a clear name, we suggest 'smaply-connector' and click "Create token"&#x20;
   3. Copy the generated token into the configuration screen in Smaply
4. Save the configuration and the connection success message should be shown&#x20;

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Learn more about Personal access tokens at <https://developers.asana.com/docs/personal-access-token>
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