smart value number of tasks in incomplete state for autmation in confluence

[Pedro Garzon]

Hello,

I'm trying to create a Confluence Automation flow that checks the numbers of tasks that are incomplete.

Has anyone has figure out how to do this? On the web I found smart values like {{tasks}} or 

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Pedro Garzon 

What is the context / scope of your check? 

• To check tasks without any other information (e.g., the task details)
  • Use a rule trigger which provides one-and-only-one page
  • Add a Task branch for incomplete ones
  • After the branch (not inside it), check the count with {{tasks.size|0}}
• To check all the Tasks, you could try using the Send Web Request action to call the REST API endpoint to get tasks, filtering status on incomplete ones

I do not believe the first approach provides any page information.  The second one with the REST API will have the page ID values with each task.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Pedro Garzon]

I have a page in confluence with 5 actions. I would like to create an automation that archives the page when the 5 actions are complete. 

I will try again but last time I tried a Task Branch Confluence did not recognized the smart value {{task.size}} = 0. I do not recognize the "|0}}" do you know where in the confluence documentation I can find the reference for it?

Thank you  

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Pedro Garzon 

Please note for the Task Branch, the smart value after the branch is plural: {{tasks}}

And this will count all possible tasks which the rule's actor / user can access...not just the ones for the page.  To only count for one page, I believe the REST API technique and filtering on the page id is required.

Finally, the |0 part provides a default value of 0 when the smart value does not return anything (i.e., it is a null value).  That syntax is listed in the Jira smart value documentation rather than in the Confluence information:

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/#Default-values