Simple Butler automation not working

[Sam Gamblin]

Hello

I am trying to set up a rule that when I have a start date that is less than a day away, it moves the card to a certain list.

This is the rule I have set "when a start date less than 1 days from now is set on a card by me, move the card to the top of list "To do today""

I have looked at it multiple times and can't understand why it's not working. I'm wondering if it's something to do with the Planyway Power Up?

Any advice much appreciated!

Sam

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sam Gamblin and welcome to the community!

You can't do that per se. Jira uses the rank field to sort issues, and there isn't a functionality to move the card to the top of the list. You can only move the card to a different status.

[Sam Gamblin]

Thanks - that explains why then!

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Kindly accept my answer in order to help other in the community! Thank you :)

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Sam Gamblin -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

This is a Butler automation question for Trello, correct?

If so, I just tried the rule you described and enabled it in Trello and it worked for me.  For example, here is my rule:

Would you please post an image of your rule as that may provide some context for the cause.  Thanks!

Kind regards,
Bill

[Sam Gamblin]

Hi Bill, yes you're right!

I have some "due date" rules on the board too, and was wondering if they might be conflicting somehow?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi, Sam.

Very interesting!  Do you note the differences between our rules which do exactly the same thing?

You apparently set the date criteria first while I did the date set first.  Looks like a bug to me as the triggers are different *and* the same.

Perhaps try to do what I did by creating a new rule, selecting the date set first, and then the "less than 1 days from now" part.