It would be helpful if you could create an automation so when a dropdown is selected, move item to a group… Right now, you can only use the dropdown to change a status.
hi @annadayton
You can do that with a custom automation and an additional check. When dropdown changes AND dropdown contains label YXZ → move item to group
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Bas, I get stuck with this dropdown automation - it triggers “then …” all the times whenever dropdown column is changed and contains selected labels. But I want to trigger an action only when selected label is ADDED to the dropdown column. For example in “then create item in New Board” it triggers to create new item every time I add or remove anything from this dropdown column (if only there is selected Label already). Any workarounds?
hi @pegam
Welcome to the community! No, I don’t have a workaround for that. There is no trigger “when a label is added” in monday.com. You can make an external app (e.g. with Make) to achieve this, but nothing out-of-the-box I am afraid.
Thanks for replying. This is really strange for me Monday has not added something such obvious …
has Monday removed “When dropdown changes” as an automation option?
I would like to create an automation using a dropdown label as the trigger, but I can’t seem to find how to start with “When dropdown changes”
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Hi Rhyan,
Look for When Column changes, then select your Dropdown column.
What if we could break free of the Formula column? and write formulas that update any type of columns? What if a formula could update multiple columns at once? This is possible with the Advanced Formula Booster app.
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I want to add here that an automation recipe that starts with, ‘When Dropdown is ‘this’, then…’ is not an option I can find.
When Dropdown column changes is not the same as utilizing the dropdown labels as the automation triggers.
Multiple other feature request threads around this topic:
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Dropdown automations (this feature request even had stated it’d be available in 2021…)
Why is this not a feature?
Can automations based on the labels in dropdowns be created (not by an app)?
I think this is what you are looking for: “when column changes” and “only if dropdown contains these labels”
Hi @annadayton , @pegam , @rbanasattherrp , @dorth ,
We recently launched the app Special Automations - monday.com App Marketplace which has the required automation recipe for your use case.
Also if you want any other automation, do let us know at support@superworkday.com
Thanks