Auto-linking to other cards by Title Name

Chris W_rm6xdb

I have board with about 1k cards. Each card often refers to other cards, indicated by a reference number at the top of the card description (e.g., “Related to: 2613, 1632, 1730”). This reference number is included at the beginning of each cards title (e.g., “2613: 6 Pallet 172s”).

My goal is to create a link for each reference number, allowing users to navigate directly to the related card. Ideally, I’d like to automate this process to save many hours doing it manually. However, I’ve been unable to find a power-up that provides this functionality.

I’ve noticed that there doesn’t seem to be an existing implementation that restores a “#” + Card Title linking system. Is anyone aware of a solution or workaround for this?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

 

Hannah Humbert - Simpla Workflows

Hi Chris! You could use butler automation for this. E.g. 

when the description of a card contains "Related to: {*}", find a card titled "{wildcard1}{*}", and link the cards together

However, you would need to prefix the reference number with "Related to: " each time you want to reference a card.

Can I suggest an alternative using a custom field? Maybe try something like this instead:

when custom field "Related to" is set to "{*}", lookup a card titled "{wildcard1}{*}", set the card's description to "{carddescription}\n--\nRelated card: {foundcardlink}", and clear custom field "Related to"

You would just need to type in the reference number into the custom field and it would then add the card link to the description (you could link it in the attachments as an alternative).