Automate copying a card to multiple boards?
Asked by Jesse Brownstein:

Hello,

I asked this question in a [different thread here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Trello-questions/Re-Re-How-do-you-repeat-a-Trello-card-weekly-into-a-dif/qaq-p/2771005/comment-id/97067#M97067), so I apologize in advance if it's redundant, but I wanted to add more detail.

Here's my issue:

How can I automate copying a specific card to multiple boards weekly?

For example:

I need to copy Card A from Board A to a list on Board B and Board C every Thursday at 8am.

Is this possible using the Repeats power-up or Automation with scheduling? I don't see an option to do so.

I was able to get close by creating an automation rule like this:

**every Thursday at 8:00 am, find card "Beach - Art" and copy it at the top of list "TO DO"**

The problem is that I don't see an option to specify which board to copy the card to. Perhaps this is the wrong method?

See screenshot below:

![trello-automation.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/338997iF8FA662262C95B93/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "trello-automation.png")

I understand there may be other work arounds such as creating card buttons to copy the card to the designated board OR creating an automation rules to move a card to another board based on selected criteria as suggested in this thread:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Trello-questions/Re-How-to-automatically-copying-a-card-and-its-content/qaq-p/2766402/comment-id/96897#M96897>

But my use case is a bit different because I need a single card to be copied to multiple boards, not just one.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Hannah Humbert - Simpla Workflows
body: [@Jesse Brownstein](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5556967) would this work for you?

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340879iA54C793592053DA3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

You could then add multiple actions to the same automation in order to copy the card to multiple boards.

comments: author: Jesse Brownstein
body: [@Hannah Humbert - Simpla Workflows](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2109993)

Thank you!

This is a great workaround for my needs.

FYI - it seems I can't simply copy the action and change the board for this automation. I have to instead make duplicates of the automation for each board. See screenshots.

Limitation of actions within same automation:

![2024-08-09_18-04-35.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341076iD67139EE2E52F2C5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2024-08-09_18-04-35.png")

My solution was to create multiple automations for each board instead:

![2024-08-09_18-09-41.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341077i9920214241AF3E5E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2024-08-09_18-09-41.png")


author: Mutya A
body: Hi Jesse,

What kind of information from the card are you trying to copy over? If this is copying a card to create new cards and retain their card title and description, then I may suggest creating a dedicated list to copy your card over. Similar to your automation rule like this:

**every Thursday at 8:00 am, find card "Beach - Art" and copy it at the top of list "To Copy"**

as this list is only used for this scheduled automation, I can then use a rule that triggers when a card is copied over to this list:

**when a card is copied into list "To Copy", create a new card with title "{cardname}" and description "{carddescription}" at the top of list "To Do" on board "Board B", and create a new card with title "{cardname}" and description "{carddescription}" at the top of list "To Do" on board "Board C"**

the rule looks like this:

![2024-08-07_18-36-12.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340451i67BAAFA740DD5C3E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2024-08-07_18-36-12.png")

You can add more things to copy over if you need a checklist, or members, or due dates.

I hope this helps, but let us know if you have any questions!  
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