Question about Scheduled Automation

Question

Can someone tell me why the Action options for Scheduled automation are so limited? I have a client who wants to be able to reset all checklists on a particular list every Monday morning, and not only can I not create a reset checklist rule for the whole board (seems to be card-level only) but I can't affect checklists at all with a Scheduled automation.

I'm going with a card button solution for now, which is still manual but saves some time, but it got me thinking, why is the Scheduled Automation feature so limited?

Vongsawat · Answer

The clunky solution I've always ended up having to use is having the Scheduled Automation triggering a regular Rule Automation. Normally via adding a label.

Then your Rule Automation triggers off of the label add, clears the checklist, then removes the label.

Its a bit clunky, and can waste automation quotas if used everywhere, but is inoffensive enough for things I want to trigger weekly/monthly.

But yea, no idea why Trello limits access to automation features by automation type..

Brittany Joiner · Answer

@Kelly Gabel i think its more to do with the fact the checklist triggers and actions are a bit limited. They have come a bit of a way since I started using them though, so I am hoping there's more to come.

You can make a feature request for this at https://trello.com/contact