Hello,
I am trying to create an automation in a project that would re-surface old tasks in one particular section if the due date is approaching.
Currently, I have this:
But this runs anywhere in the project, messing up my sections. How can I make sure this only triggers if the task is in a specific section?
You’ll want to use one additional trigger within this rule by clicking the upper “+” in your screenshot and adding the trigger “Moved to a section” and supply your section name to target, then save the rule.
Consider the “Moved to a section” as “In or moved to a section.”
The default for two triggers is they both must be true, so that will focus your rule as desired.
Hope that helps,
Larry
Hi Larry, thank you! To consider the “Moved to a section” as “In or moved to a section.” was what I was missing. The wording of the trigger makes it sound like this only triggers at the moment you move something to a section.
I’ll give this a shot. Thank you!
Hm. Nope. Doesn’t work.
@Sascha_Picchiantano, Are you aware that “Due date is approaching” rules only run once per day just after midnight? I’m guessing not since you didn’t wait a day before saying it failed 
(This is documented but often misunderstood.)
I agree “Moved to a section” is not a good label.
Hope that helps,
Larry
Oh, I didn’t know that. Thanks for pointing it out. I’ll wait for tomorrow and see what happens
The wording on the triggers is really a recurring issue, takes a long time to get it…
Ok. Midnight has passed. Twice. The rule still hasn’t run:
Here is the rule again, for reference:
What else am I missing?
2 things to check that might help:
Does this help?
PS: you don’t have any other rule running?
PS2: can you share a screenshot of a task that should have moved and haven’t? you can use http://facepixelizer.com to anonymise
I am not entirely sure, but I thought I set one of the tasks with a 3 day due date specifically to test rule triggering. I might have done it wrong, though. I have now set a task to become due on Wednesday next week. If that doesn’t trigger, I will revert back.
Thanks!
Alright. Looks like it worked now Thanks everyone!
I have a similar issue, the auto trigger doesnt work. Please help!
Welcome, @Nancy_Nguyen,
Did you read the prior posts in this thread? In particular, making sure that before midnight you have a task (in My Tasks, I’m assuming) with a due date of tomorrow, and then wait until after midnight (usually before 1am) to see that the rule has run.
Hope that helps,
Larry
Perfect! Thanks @lpb . I tried several time and finally it worked.
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