Linked cards created from checklist : sync Due Date and Item Due Date

[Israphil]

Hey Guys,

I work a lot with checklist and cards created from checklists.
They are linked this way :

• This is the checklist from which the card were created :
  
• Those are the cords with the corresponding due date marked as done or not;
• The cards done/not done status sync well with the checklist thanks to the functions :

• when the due date is marked as complete in a card, find the first card linked in the attachments, and check item "{triggercardlink}" 

• when the due date is marked as incomplete in a card, find the first card linked in the attachments, and uncheck item "{triggercardlink}" 

I would like now to create a function so that when I change the due date of card, the item due date changes too.
But i can't find a simple way... Do you think of any solution?

[Joon Shin]

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[Daydreamer Mike]

There is a slightly ugly solution and it would work best if you have an automation "bot" on your board instead of tied to your account.  

The check/uncheck brings focus to that checklist item and then you can set the date.

The same will work for member

[Israphil]

Thank you for your answer!
This works but it sets the time as of today. While I want to set the due date checklist the same the due date card, which can be at another date.
It's ugly, but i was inspired by your post to creat this : it solves my issue

I'm using a created custom field where the new due date is stored, then I inject it in the function.

[Daydreamer Mike]

Yeah, sorry my bad.  My example should have shown what you had done.  At least it was enough to get you there 

[Joon Shin]

@Israphil 

I tried to replicate what you did here, but was not successful.

It appears that you are using a text-type custom field but the "set the item due date on the date in custom field" option would only let me use date-type custom fields.  And since the initial "set custom field" only allows you set text-type fields (not date-type), I can't use it at the last step.

Is your automation still working? What happens if you try to recreate the same automation from scratch?

Perhaps Trello has modified/updated the automation UI since then, and no longer allows test-type custom fields to be used to set the checklist item due date.

[Daydreamer Mike]

Hi @Joon Shin 

Try this:

when a due date is set on a card, find the first card linked in the attachments, set custom field "Date" to "{triggercardduedate}", uncheck item "{triggercardlink}", and set the item due on the date in custom field "Date"