I need to be able show just the month in the automated task creation using smart values

[Shreyanth Reddy Bezawada]

I want to create the task titled "Monthly recurring tasks for the month of <current month>". Is there a possibility for us to be able to create it using smart values?

I have tried using "Monthly recurring tasks for the month of {{now.format("MMMM")}}" based on java pattern documentation. It does not seem to create it on a similar manner. Is there a smart value that could pull up just the Month or just the month and the year?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Niranjan · Accepted solution]

@Shreyanth Reddy Bezawada  - Could you try {{now.monthOfYear}} ?

[Shreyanth Reddy Bezawada]

This shows just the number of the month and not the name of the month. I tried this as well.

[Niranjan]

Ok. Then you can consider using this format {{now.format("MM/yyyy")}} . This can get you month and year I suppose (in numeric forms)

[Shreyanth Reddy Bezawada]

Thanks Niranjan, I currently have that as my work around. Just wondering if there was a pattern out there that I might be missing. Thank you for your suggestions.

[Niranjan]

{{now.format("MMM")}} - How does this work?

[Shreyanth Reddy Bezawada]

Perfect, This works.

[Shreyanth Reddy Bezawada]

{{now.format("MMMM")}} - This gives out the entire month name. Thank you for your suggestions

[Niranjan]

Cool. Glad it worked!

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Shreyanth Reddy Bezawada 

I pasted in your smart value and it worked for me in a log message:  {{now.format("MMMM")}}

This may have something to do with the task title field.  So, maybe break this down into steps for fault-isolating this:

1. Try it in a log message to confirm the smart value works
2. If so, try setting this value to a variable (using the action Create Variable) and then create the task with the value in the variable...which will only be a text string.

Best regards,

Bill

[Shreyanth Reddy Bezawada]

Thank you for the headsup Bill. I made a few changes to the setting and it worked.

Regards,

Shreyanth.