Using references in automation

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#1

Hi there,

I’m working on an automation that creates a new item in a folder whenever the due date of an existing item is updated. The new folder is intended to function as a to-do calendar.

While the automation works well overall, I’m having trouble adding a reference to the original item. Currently, the only option I’ve found is to add the $itemurl to a description attribute. However, this results in plain text rather than a clickable URL.

Although I can manually add a reference once the item is created, I’d prefer to include this step (or an alternative solution) directly in the automation.

Thanks in advance for your help, and wishing everyone a great start to 2025!

#2

Hello.

No, something like that is not possible at the moment, but makes a lot of sense. We could add it, but I cannot promise anything.

Also, we will check about itemUrl variable. I assume it should become a link when it is in the description or sent over the email.

#3

Thumbs up for this. Using $step.item.url in appending to links-type attribute in an automation would be a major advancement in dependency management while seemingly keeping the current architecture intact. So many flows would be made possible with this addition.

Being able to work with references would totally be a dream. Currently a cover item (let’s say a story) and subitems (e.g. tasks) have totally different schema so I want to keep them in different folders. But linking them together is not possible in an automated way.