How can I use the Timeline Column as a "Date" in an Automation?

[London (Kenji Usami)]

Hi,

I had the same issue (ie wanting to base an automation based on the ‘start date’ of a timeline instead of the ‘end date’) and it seems that monday.com currrently only takes the end date into consideration for timeline automations.
I also found this feature request so I’ve voted for it:)

Automations based on Timeline Start Date

Currently, Automations used against Timeline columns default to the End Date; For our use case we’d like to have the option to toggle to Start Date. We use Timelines to track customer-defined time periods, which vary in length. We’d like the notification to trigger an action prior to the customer’s window opening. We need notifications based on the Start Date so we have a consistent lead time for each Timeline entry. The lack of consistency impairs adoption of monday more fully in our organizati…