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Can I monitor the progress of 10 projects completion in 10 "parent" cards when their child is done?

Alexander Sverdlov

I want to have 10 "parent" cards which subsequently each will have a checklist (or several checklists) - checklist items will be converted to cards, those cards will be worked on - is it possible that when a card is "Done" or in the Done column, it would be converted into a Completed checklist item in the orginal card's checklist?

Because when you 'promote' a checklist item into a card, I haven't seen a way to convert it back into a checklist item.

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Iain Dooley

@Alexander Sverdlov you can do this using Butler, I wrote about it here:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Trello-articles/Trello-Subtasks-with-Butler/ba-p/1060392

Alexander Sverdlov

thanks Iain. However: that solution requires me to have a specific button for specific subtasks (checklists named Subtasks).

I can't name all checklists in all cards in all projects "Subtasks" - what if a card has 3, or 6 checklists in it? Do I need to have Subtasks 1-Subtasks 6, 6 buttons each card, even if in that card I have just 3 checklists?

That limits the ability to logically name checklists.

Is there a way to that even manually, by converting the card from a checklist item? Is there a way to link the card to a checklist item? Because the moment it gets converted manually, it disappears forever from the list of items in that checklists

Iain Dooley

@Alexander Sverdlov it’s pretty flexible, for example you could trigger the command when a checklist item is completed and convert the completed item to a linked card

Alexander Sverdlov

Yes, but your solution suggests that I can only use a certain name for a checklist. Actually in the options for checklists and buttons I only see an option to use certain names for checklists.

Can I use * for ANY checklist?

Essentially what I want to achieve is simple:

1. Any item in any checklist, when converted to a card, when that card is Done, the checklist item it was converted from, also gets marked as done.

BUT

As soon as you manually convert a checklist item into a card, it disappears! If I want to do it manually, I have to recreate it to mark it as done.

If I want to do it automatically, I must use the same checklist name, which defies the purpose of logic and organization. Who uses the same checklist name in all cards?