Mirror mirror - more exciting updates coming soon!

Plus, let's talk about some sick automation you can do right now to make mirror card movement update the original card list.

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This is a section where readers can submit their Trello questions, and each week I’ll pick one and answer it! It’s like “Dear Abby” but make it trello. Have a question you want to submit? Share it here.

Can Mirror cards move in one board when the original card is moved in another board? I know how to create individual automations for when a card is moved into a list. I was looking for more of a variable, because both boards have the same lists. This would make it so no matter what list a card is moved to, the mirror card would move as well in the other board.

Forrest

Good news! I’ve heard there are some improvements coming for mirror card automation. Don’t quote me, but I think being able to access the “original” card with a variable was one of the things discussed.

In the meantime, here’s what you can do:

What’s happening here:

• Trigger for when a card is moved into any list. (Check out this video for an explanation of the regex.)

• Use “find a card” to look up the original card. The mirrored card is just a link to the original one, so the card name = the link of the original card.

• Use the {triggercardlistname} variable to reference the list the mirrored card was moved into.

Does this solve what you’re looking for? Let me know if not!

Want to submit your question? Maybe it’ll be featured next week!

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Speaking of mirrored cards… save your spot in our upcoming Trello Trailblazers event where we’ll chat with Caity Cogdell on the Trello Product team to learn about some improvements coming to card mirroring.

I won’t spoil anything, but… let’s just say there’s some good news around filtering, sorting, and automation😬

🛎️ Newbie tips

New to Trello? This section will help you get up to speed and become a pro before you know it!

Term of the week

• Archive vs Delete: Archiving a card is the main “removal” action in Trello boards. You can only delete a card after it’s been archived.

Tip of the week

• If you can’t find a card, there’s a chance you may have just archived it! Click the three dots on the top right of any board to open the board menu and go to Archived Items. If you see your card there, you can then send it back to the board.

💡 Inspiration and ideas

• I still want to select my board and list when creating a card in Slack!

• Using “contains” text in custom field automations

• Scrum and Trello

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