Number/Status determines amount of created items/subitems

Feature requests
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I would like to pre-determine the amount of subitems (or items) created based on a number or status column.

For example, in a payments board, I have an item for who I am paying and the amount I am paying. I have a column for number of installments. I would like to create a number of subitems equal to the number of installments column value.

So, if I have it that I am paying $100 over 4 installments, I would like the workflow to create 4 subitems. I’d then use a formula that’ll divide the $100 by 4 for each subitem. If this is in the workflow that’d also be really cool.

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Hi @DavidSchenkler,

Our Subitems Pro Automations app includes automation recipes for creating subitems based on a number column:

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We hope this helps with your use case! If you have any questions or need custom subitem automation, feel free to reach out — we’d love to assist.

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Sounds interesting. Does it allow for changes?

For example, I start with 4 subitems. I realize I need five and change the number to 5. Will it add one more or add 5 more?

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@DavidSchenkler Currently, the automation creates the specified number of subitems each time it runs, regardless of how many already exist. So in your example, it would add 5 more, not just 1.

However, we can add an option to “create up to a total of N subitems” if that would better fit your needs. Let me know if that’s something you’d like!

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Thanks. However, I figured it out how to do it in workflows. :slight_smile:

Cheers