Timelines in Connected Boards

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I have a board where I calculate the timelines based on presets that I have arranged.

I want to feed this info to another board using connected boards but I can’t use the timeline that’s showing up in the 2nd board to create alerts such as deadlines and 5 day notifications. Because in the 2nd board, the timeline isn’t readable in automations.

Have you found a workaround?

Also can this be a feature request?

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hi @jennyvaz

The reason is that a mirror column might look like a timeline but technically it is not. This is why automations do not work on mirror columns. There are several apps that solve this by (as an example):

  • copying the timeline value from board 2 to board 1 as a real timeline column. For that you need to have an unique key that is used for linking (see https://monday.com/marketplace/129)
  • using an approach of a master board that grabs information from multiple detail boards based on a template (see https://monday.com/marketplace/101)
  • copying the content of an existing mirror column to a real column. Out partner Work Perfect has a solution called Mirror to Real (contact is @Kimb)
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thank you so much Bas! :star:

went with option #3

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Hi Jenny…unrelated to your request for assistance I’m interested in learning more about the timeline presets that you reference. Can you share more about these presets?

Thanks in advance,

Greg

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Hi Jenny, I too am interested in understanding “calculate timelines based on presents.”

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@gbick @MatthewB

my presets are really the timeline + duration combo and I’ve organised the flow of the project into items + sub-items

nothing sophisticated TBH. apologies for not writing this clearly.

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Hi Jenny…thanks for the reply, perfectly clear!

Best,

Greg

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Hi Jenny. Try VLOOKUP marketplace apps to connect timelines in monday.com connect boards this. It is a powerful connect board alternative that mirrors columns while keeping the ability to use monday.com automations.

We’re at appsupport@jetpackapps.co for any question.

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@basdebruin Hi sir, i new to Monday. Com, i have situation here pls solve it. I have a board in which people names in text column and their experience in numbers column, i want to set an automation when i type their name in similar text column i should get their experience get filled automatically in that board.

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hi @Gopi, if it helps… (if similar)

I used a combo of the following to create the automation in my case.

You’ll need connected boards & mirror columns (in this case the name).

  • Status Change (trigger a connect based on new value)
  • Get Column Magic (available on Monday marketplace) - when column changes, change the value.

Jenny

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@jennyvaz Thanks for your solution.I will work it out and reply soon.