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MBinder (WMF) (talkcontribs)

I noticed a new option in columns: 3 gears with an option to choose "New trigger..."


This leads to a Herald-like page that automates an action when tasks enter a column.


I searched but found no documentation for this. Does it exist? I know this is a feature some have asked for, and would like to know if I can disseminate knowledge about this feature to teams. :)

MBinder (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Found https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227300 too, so I may have answered my own question. It also sounds like maybe I should wait to disseminate widely, in case there is a performance hit as yet discovered.

Jdforrester (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Yeah, new feature; @MModell (WMF) said he was exploring the feature.

MModell (WMF) (talkcontribs)

The workboard trigger feature is currently fairly simplistic but there is no reason to keep it a secret. In fact I'm in the process of writing a blog post about it. Any early adopter feedback would be welcomed. I don't think much formal documentation exists, currently, however, the planned improvements for triggers are documented in this upstream task.

I think the biggest gotcha which should be documented is that triggers only work on workboards. Consequentially, triggers are not enforced when you use the "move on workboard" action from a task's comment box.

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