I tried multiple ways to get what I wanted but always failed in some other way I want to set up a card with a due date and a custom field set to a number. I then want to either use a card button or a detect a move to a different list I wanted to try the following : * On move / button press - set date custom field "Date" to {cardduedate}-{{%"Field"}} => I'm only able to select a time frame to move it by * After that I tried to replace the custom field with a start date On move / button press - set start date to {cardduedate}-{{%"Field"}} => can't use {cardduedate} as it will only allow custom fields to be used here * the last thing I tried was to remove the need for the extra due date by edit the Calender Commands to include the calculation each time move each card due in less than {{%"Field"}} days to list => I get an error CANT_PARSE_COMMAND At this point I'm kinda stumped and I would like to get some ideas form you PS: I'm not using "Field" as my custom field I just needed a dummy name

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Creating an secondary due date a custom fields value days before the regular due date

Stefan_9l9ck5

I tried multiple ways to get what I wanted but always failed in some other way

I want to set up a card with a due date and a custom field set to a number. I then want to either use a card button or a detect a move to a different list

I wanted to try the following :

On move / button press - set date custom field "Date" to {cardduedate}-{{%"Field"}}

=> I'm only able to select a time frame to move it by
After that I tried to replace the custom field with a start date
On move / button press - set start date to {cardduedate}-{{%"Field"}}

=> can't use {cardduedate} as it will only allow custom fields to be used here
the last thing I tried was to remove the need for the extra due date by edit the Calender Commands to include the calculation each time

move each card due in less than {{%"Field"}} days to list

=> I get an error CANT_PARSE_COMMAND

At this point I'm kinda stumped and I would like to get some ideas form you

PS: I'm not using "Field" as my custom field I just needed a dummy name

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Garrett_89d460

Hey @Stefan

You're quite close to having this set up, but there's one trick you'll need to do, to make this work.

Currently setting a date field doesn't allow for that variable manipulation, so you'll need to use a different option in Butler. Fortunately, you can manually enter the name of the Date field and use a variable as the value.

With that, and some arithmetic formatting, you can get the other field to subtract that set number of days as well.

Here's the action in Butler:

Image 2021-04-21 at 4.19.54 PM.png

Also, here's the formatting after it's added to the command:

Image 2021-04-21 at 4.20.01 PM.png

Give that a try and let me know how it goes!

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Garrett_89d460

Hey @Stefan

You're quite close to having this set up, but there's one trick you'll need to do, to make this work.

With that, and some arithmetic formatting, you can get the other field to subtract that set number of days as well.

Here's the action in Butler:

Image 2021-04-21 at 4.19.54 PM.png

Also, here's the formatting after it's added to the command:

Image 2021-04-21 at 4.20.01 PM.png

Give that a try and let me know how it goes!

Stefan_9l9ck5

Thank you very much for helping me with my problem, everything works great now.

I would never have tried to use the "set custom field xxx to" because it wouldn't allow to pick it out of the list.

I must say that was a bit confusing. Was there something about that on the help page and I just missed it or is it a kinda secret feature ?

Garrett_89d460

It's not specifically called out in a help doc, but I'll let the team know we should consider adding some clarification that it can be used in that way.

tkelly

Bringing back this topic. When I tried this method, I get the errror:

Couldn't find a Custom Field called "Date" in card https://trello.com/c/ixxx. Please make sure that the Custom Field exists with that exact name.

Any other ideas?

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