Consolidating multiple card titles into the description box of one card

[Ed Schutte]

Is there a way I could take all of the card titles from all of the cards in a given list (or with a given label) and put/paste those titles into the description of one card? Sometimes I get long lists and I want to consolidate the multiple cards into one card in this way. please help.

[DiMaggio Tucci]

@Ed Schutte 

I think what @Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting suggested is probably better than putting it in the description.

However, if you absolutely need it in the description, I think this is possible to do.

My thought would be to loop through each card in the list and add the title to the description by using:

for each card in the list

find the card you want to write the description to

set the description to

{foundcarddescription}

{multipliercardname}

This takes the existing card description and appends the current card's name to it, and this is done for each card thanks to the "for each" automation.

But, again, I like the checklist idea better. This is just in case anyone literally requires it be in the description.

I also did not test this; it's more of an idea.

[Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting]

This would work well if the trigger is "when a card is added to list" (you could add other filters like labels etc...

It would look a bit different though:

When a card is added to "List A", find the card "List A Summary" and set the card description to {carddescription}\n {triggercardname}

Note: You don't need to use {foundcarddescription} because the find card cascade function changes the focus of the action to that card already 

[Ed Schutte]

Thank you all! I tested the "set card description" function . .and it worked! Here is my bonus question. . . .lets say, I wanted to do something similar, except this time, I wanted to merge all of the card descriptions from multiple cards into the card description of one card. . how could I do this?

[DiMaggio Tucci]

@Ed Schutte 

There are multiple automations to select multiple cards. They could all be in a list, or all contain some text in common, etc. I also don't know what your trigger is. So the specifics of how you "grab multiple cards" depends on your need.

Once you've got that, though, you can do a "for each" automation (under "Cascade").

And use the same method to update the description of one card.

For each card, it will keep the current description, and append the selected card's description to the end.

Again, you may need to use {multipliercarddescription}, or it may automatically change the focus of the card as @Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting said. I don't have time to test it now, but I believe using {multipliercarddescription} will work regardless.

This effectively achieves what you're looking for.

If you need me to be more specific, let me know. I'm just laying down the idea for you!

[Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting]

This also can work but you'd need to format the description correctly.

Regarding multipliers, these are only valid for where cards a linked within a card, see the "for each card..." actions from the cascade section below:

You could get the card description or name if the trigger is like I suggested above 

Here is the modified version

When a card is added to "List A", find the card "List A Summary" and set the card description to {carddescription}\n ###{triggercardname}\n{triggercarddescription}

The other option is to use smartlinks, which enables you to see (at least a portion of..)the description too:

When a card is added to "List A", find the card "List A Summary" and set the card description to {carddescription}\n [{triggercardlink}]({triggercardlink}) "smartCard-block")

[Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting]

Hi @Ed Schutte 

You can use an automation to consolidate all cards in a list into a checklist, if that is helpful?