Butler Reports

Question

I wrote the following report

every weekday at 8:00 am, create a report in variable "Completed_Today" with all cards in list "Completed Today" using pattern "- {cardname} 
", and send an email notification to "test@email.com" with subject "Completed Today" and message "## Completed {date}

"

There are cards in the list but the reports is empty.  Any ideas on what I am missing.

Beth Maxwell · Answer

I figured out what I did wrong after I posted this question.  I fixed it by doing this...

every weekday at 7:00 pm, create a report in variable "Completed_Today" with all cards in list "Completed Today" using pattern "- {cardname} 
", and send an email notification to "test@test.com" with subject "Completed: {date}" and message "{$Completed_Today}"

The email works and I get a formatted list with bullets.

Another related emailed reports question:

If I change the email address to a card email address the formatting is horrible. Any idea why that happens.

Michael Pryor · Answer

Does the "using pattern" part of the rule filter out for cards that match that pattern?  If you remove that, do you get a report of all the cards in the list?