Darshan Hiranandani - Difficulties with custom field variables in Trello automation

[Darshan Hiranandani]

Hi everyone, I'm Darshan Hiranandani, I'm encountering an issue with Trello's Butler automations involving custom fields.

I have set up two buttons for card movements between boards:

1. From Board 1 to Board 2 (works fine and IDs/Names are displayed on Board 2):

   • Code: move the card to the top of list "xy" on board "Board 2", set custom field "ListID" to "{cardlistid}", set custom field "BoardID" to "{boardid}"

2. From Board 2 back to Board 1 (does not work):

   • Code: move the card to the top of list "{customfield:ListID}" on board "{customfield:BoardID}"
   • Error message: Cannot find a board called "{customfield:BoardID}". Check to make sure the board name is spelled correctly.

I've tried using both {customfield:} and {customfieldname:} as prefixes, and I've attempted using both names and IDs in the custom fields. Unfortunately, none of these attempts have resolved the issue.

[Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting]

Hiya @Darshan Hiranandani 

The format for custom field variables is {{%customfieldname}}

Your second button should have the code:

move the card to the top of list "{{%ListID}}}" on board "{{%BoardID}}"

See this article:

https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/working-with-custom-fields/