I’d love to know if there is an update on this request.
It would be very useful to be able to use board name and group name in automation(s) that create item(s) on other boards. We manage multiple, complex projects. Each project has different stakeholders that specialize in different tasks. Each project has its own board. We escalate specific item(s) to subject matter experts. These subject matter experts sometimes have their own, central board to manage their work. We create item(s) on those boards using automations so we can have internal conversations. Thus, you have work coming in from multiple different projects to a central board.
I’ve seen threads that propose the ‘solution’ as hard-coding the name of the board in the automation that creates an item on a different board. However, this is not feasible / scalable when you have hundreds of projects generated from the same template. We would need to edit the automation formula on every board. It would be nice to just use the name of the board in the automation to cut out all this repetitive work. It adds a lot of time to our triage process.
The other workaround we use it adding a text column with the name of the board in every project board. This way we can create a simple automation that is duplicated whenever a project board is created from our template. It’s still extra work to mass complete the value in this column on each project. However, it’s quicker and easier to train project managers to add this text than edit each automation.
It would be awesome to be able to use the board name as a “text” value when we create item(s) on other boards. This would be so much easier to maintain and allow flexible creation of item(s) on multiple boards with different subject matter experts/teams.
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