Weekly to do list automation

[Cailen Kinney]

Hi,

My team has a list called 'To do w/c 4th August'. Each week we manually change the name of this list to include the next Monday's date. I am trying to find a way to automate this.

It's easy to make it happen one time. You can schedule an automation e.g. every Monday at 6:55 am, rename list "To do w/c 4th August" to "To do w/c {date}". 

However, the following week the automation does not work, because the name of the list is no longer "To do w/c 4th August" but has changed to the following week, and so the automation doesn't recognise this list and so the date on the list stays the same. 

Is there a way to solve this?

[Priyanka Khare]

Hello @Cailen Kinney 

Hi! To handle this, set up your automation to look for the list by a consistent name like "To do w/c" (partial match), rather than the full date. Then use a smart value like {{now.monday.plusWeeks(1).format("D MMMM")}} to rename it each week. Alternatively, archive the old list and create a new one weekly via automation.

Let me know how it goes!