Global Variables

Question

We're exploring trello as a potential tool to manage our sprint planning. We have a very basic requirement where essentially we have an "end-date" of the sprint and would like to automate the due date component via an automation on the card.

We're struggling however to find how to set a "Global Variable" being the end of the current sprint to then assign the due date to. I can see lots of options to refer to custom fields etc but this is a per card basis.

Essentially we'd like to set a date at the "global" level and then have the trigger use that date into the actions and set the date to this "static" date.

Brodie Zambergs · Answer

Ahh that's a shame. It also means we're dependent on the user of the automation being available to update it (so it updates on all our project boards) or we need to disable/copy the automation each time.

Thanks for the suggestion it's what we'll go with!

Cody · Answer

Hey Brodie! We don't currently have global variables, but I've seen a few scenarios like this before, and I'm afraid the best suggestion I have is to use a static date in the automation rule then update it each Sprint.

For example, you could create a rule like this:

The downside is that you'd need to update it each sprint, but a card's due date could easily be fixed by moving it out, then back into that list!