Hi
would it be possible to group the automations in the overview window by dragging them or changing their order?
I have a lot on one board and they are now in order of adding them, which makes it hard to check which automations belong together.
Also I am not sure if the order can cause a conflict or if this is sorted in the background.
e.g.
automation 1 ‘when status a changes move pulse to another board’ and followed by automation 2 ‘when status a changes - set the date in column x’
so it would be nice to change the order around so the automation makes more sense
many thanks
Anja
Hi @Anja! Great questions here. Our automations team is working hard to add more functionality to the automations store including the ability to prioritize automations and change ownership. Changing ownership is our first tackle and then we will move onto other ways to optimize automations in general on your boards. Stay tuned for these developments coming soon! Cheers!
Would also love to have control the order in which automations are run…or have Monday automatically sort them depending on the type (e.g. move to a new board as the last automation executed). Noticed that some automatins fail to run properly because of this.
Thunderbird is actually a good example of an application with this type of system working correctly. It allows you to have filters listed in any order but executes them in a certain order and shows you order as well.
Hi @lauralev. If changing ownership is the first tackle where does dynamic (build-your-own) automations fall in the roadmap? From other topics I thought this was the next priority with automations.
I think a lot of people seem to be finding that updates made prior to ‘move item to board’ automations are hit and miss because it’s not always the last automation to run. The ideal scenario is automation ordering, but in the short term If you could add a default pause just on board move automations so they are ALWAYS the last automation to run you’ll solve a big issue. At the moment I populate a date field then move a pulse, I also have the automation in the next board too as a fallback which support recommended but even then it’s still hit and miss. Super frustrating.
Hi @Krishele! Great question - it is our first tackle in terms of managing automations as a whole not specific recipes. Dynamic recipes is also up there on our roadmap as well. Stay tuned for all the developments to come!
All that would be needed to fix this i’d imagine would be a ‘When status changes to x, move to item to board, after x days’ automation… You can do it with a group move already but just need the same with a board move.
Just following up on this post. It would be great to set automation priorities because they’re like the wild west right now. Notification automations with dynamic text are my biggest culprit. People will get notifications with dates or statuses as blanks which removes the value of the notification.
This is also something my team and I are interested in. At the very least, having an understanding of how they are executed would be helpful also. Is there any information available as to how Monday determines the order in which to execute automations on a board?
Is there any further update on this? It looks like it’s been in the works for over a year.
I have a list of automations creating sub-items and I need them to appear in a specific order. It would be good to be able to move the order around in the automations interface.
in addition to when they trigger, I would like to arrange them to depict a process document, rather than having to recreate that document somewhere else.
@melissav-monday.com@lauralev any update on this? It is completely defeating the purpose of our automation stack to not be able to execute automations in a custom order. Looks like this has been in the works for close to three years at this point.
+1
I am facing problems with my automations because they do not have a correct order. It could be very simple as change position of automation inside of automation´s board
I also need this feature. I use “create a subitem when an item is created” feature and I want to be able to organize the order of the subitems (like a daily routine) but the subitems are created in the order they are listed on the automation center. Being able to drag the order of automations would make my life so much easier and save SO much time!
Hi @lauralev !
Changing the sequence of integrations and automations would be very useful in my work.
How did you manage to create that on the platform since then?
