One of the most basic conditions lacking in the workflow appratus is “if value is something”. Meaning, check if a specific column within an item matches a certain value. The lack of this feature requires complex workarounds if such are even possible.
What about using ‘when column changes’, ‘if value is something’…
There isn’t an option for ‘if value is something’ as far as I can tell.
Hi Guy! 
Thanks for flagging this! Can you please share which column type(s) you are looking to reference for your “if” condition?
Currently, using the “If / Else” block in the workflow builder, you can select specific values from a Status Column (item and subitem level), Dropdown Column, Numbers Column, and Person Column.
I understand these are specific to 4 out of the 30+ columns available, but let me know if you’re looking for the possibility to reference a different column type?
Hi Shannon,
Thanks for the reply. Specifically this time it came up with regards to the date column. I needed a workflow that checks ‘if date is something’. However, Instead of a special condition to each specific column type I think that a general condition (‘if value is something’) would have been more dynamic and frankly more useful. This is already achieved with the ‘find matching item’ block, for example, where you can match the item according to any value, so I imagine it’s not impossible.