Which card variable can I reference in the Cascade "Collect all cards..." command?

[Benjamin Nagy]

I am trying to write a rule that uses the "Collect all cards..." Cascade command, and I am trying to figure out how to reference attributes of each card being "collected". Specifically I'd like to get the original list name that the card is being collected from so that card can be added as a linked checklist item to a checklist with that name (which will be created by this command).

I have tried "{cardlistname}" (which refers to the card the list of the card the checklist is being added to), "{sourcecardlistname}", "{foundcardlistname}", "{multipliercardlistname}", and even "{triggercardlistname}" but the command procedure errors out indicating there is no list available.  If I add the lists with explicit names prior to this command in the same procedure, "{sourcecardlistname}" refers to the explicit name of the most recent list added during the procedure.

Any ideas on how I can make this work?

[Iain Dooley · Accepted solution]

@Benjamin Nagy you won't have access to card variables until you do "for each card linked from checklist". In fact, in the new Butler collecting cards into a linked checklist and then looping through them that way is the only way to iterate over a list of cards.

[milynnus]

@Benjamin Nagy  Just add a cautionary note about the variable {cardlistname} it is documented that it is not always variable. 🤞

[Benjamin Nagy]

Thanks for the help @Iain Dooley @milynnus!  I accomplished what I intended by doing the following:

when a card with a name starting with "Target" is added to list "Shopping List", collect all cards not in list "Done" with the red "Target" label into linked items in checklist "Start", for each checklist item in a checklist named "Start", lookup a card with link "{checklistitemname}", add item "{checklistitemname}" to checklist "{foundcardlistname}", and remove the "Start" checklist from the card

I don't know how to add the last command 'remove the "Start" checklist from the card' so that it's outside the 'for each' loop, and so I assume the procedure attempts to remove that checklist with every iteration, but nevertheless the procedure worked as intended!

[milynnus]

@Benjamin Nagy  Congrats.