I’m trying to automate pulling text from a specific cell in a table within a Monday Doc and add it to a text column.
What are you trying to achieve
Each item on our board represents a social media post and has a Monday Doc where we compile and format the copy within a table. I want the text from a specific cell in that table to be automatically duplicated into a text column on the item so that it can be included in reports of our upcoming content.
I’ve attempted this using an “Extract Info” column, but it’s not working. Occasionally it pulls some text, but never from the exact cell I need.
If you’re still looking for a solution, I’d suggest trying Publisher from the marketplace. It lets you publish your items directly from your board to multiple social media platforms, all from a single item, using automation recipes.
Publisher uses post templates that allow you to reference columns to automatically compile your post copy — very similar to how you’re currently using a monday doc — and it also provides previews for each social platform, so you can instantly see how your text will look before publishing.
This way, you can replace the doc with a post template while keeping all the column data you rely on for reporting or for any existing workflows.
Hi @shlbywgnr, I’m using Work Management – Ent, and I was able to pull the information from a monday Doc table by extracting data from a specific column using the ‘Extract from File’ AI column. Sharing a screenshot below for reference. Hope this helps!
