Moving orginal card from one list to another.

[Chip Thomas]

I have this automation set up, and it works great. 

when a card is added to list "New Request" by anyone, mirror the card on the top of list "{cardname}" on board "New Request", and add the red label to the card

Starts there, and then is created over there.

Now, when someone goes to the New Request board and moves it to their assigned board, I would like the original board, I would like the orgianl to move to the In Progress List.

I have tried several varaitions of of this automation, but can't get it to work correctly.  

when a card is moved out of the board by anyone, find a card titled "{cardlink}{*}" on board "TargetBoard", and move the card to the top of list "In Progress" on board "TargetBoard"

Thank you for your help.

[Chip Thomas]

Ok, got that part to work, what can we do with the remaining list that is left empty list in the New Request board?

Instead of having the automation work on the card, is their a way to have it react to the list?

[Theodoro Reato]

Hi Chip,

Unfortunately, there isn’t a way to move/react the list. All actions are performed on the card, not on the list, since the list will remain there for more cards to be added and for the automation to take action on them.

[Theodoro Reato]

Hi there,

Welcome to the Community,

Try to replace {carlink} with {triggercarlink}.

It worked on my tests. :)

Cheers.

Happy New Year.

[Chip Thomas]

I changed it to the {triggercarlink} and it still didn't move in the orginal.

[Theodoro Reato]

Oh, apologies, I misunderstood your request. You were searching for the card link, so I thought you would take action on it. 

Remove this action and instead use the "find the source card". It's in the content tab.

Give it a try and let me know how it goes.

[Chip Thomas]

There is a list named "In Progress" in the original board. I am "assuming", and we know how that goes, that Trello doesn't know what list to move it to in the original board?

I'm doing my best to keep the board and list correctly used.  LOL.

Thank you for your help.

[Theodoro Reato]

If the list doesn't exist, the automation will create it! 

Could you try to trigger the rule and check the log? It's the bulb icon above the rule.

[Chip Thomas]

I created a card in the New China Buffett Board

And this appears in the New Request board as expected/wanted.

Using this automation.

I moved the list from the New Request board to my Assigned Chip board.

And the automation does not run or throw any errors.

[Theodoro Reato]

I recreated your rule, and it worked. 

Did you enable the rule on the board where the mirrored card is? It can't be enabled on the original board. The rule needs to be enabled where the action is taken, in this case, where the card was moved out. 

You can enable it on multiple boards if needed. Can you try?

[Chip Thomas]

Thank you so much for helping me.  This is what I have enabled and where.

I tried it again and still nothing.

[Theodoro Reato]

It looks correct. If you move to a different board, a mirrored card in one of these boards (it must be a mirrored card), it should find the original card and move to the top. Can you confirm this is what you're doing? And what do you see on the logs after triggering it? 

I was thinking about opening a ticket for you, and we can discuss it further. What do you think?

[Chip Thomas]

I am fairly certain it is one little step that I am not doing correctly.  Let me video what I am doing and let you see.

[Chip Thomas]

https://youtu.be/gnFankHHpqI

[Theodoro Reato]

Oh, I see it now, Chip. Thank you for the video, you're the best.

You're moving the list, and the trigger is when a card is moved, even tho the card is moved with the list, this does not trigger the automation.

Beyond having Automation enabled on the board "New Requests", you need to manually move the card by going to the card and moving it to the new board. Could you try?

Feel free to take the video down! 

[Chip Thomas]

Yep, that did it.  Thank you for all your help.

Chip

[Theodoro Reato]

Awesomeee! You're welcome.