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Effort for cards
Asked by Marcel H?sen:

Hello all,

is it possible to put an effort (in hours) on the cards in Trello? No time tracking but effort in hours how long a task takes? Is it possible to display this in a dashboard?

Thanks and kind rergards,

marcel


Answers:
author: Alex W
body: Hey [@Marcel H?sen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4992229) - I answered your ticket about this :)

As I said on the ticket, I recommend looking for a Power-Up that can do this as we don't have this feature natively (unless you use a Custom Field).

comments: author: Marcel H?sen
body: Hello [@Alex _ Trello](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4469170) thank you for your Reply. Can you recommend a Power-Up for this? May thanks.


author: Peter Maloof
body: [Alex W](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4469170) - As a new user, I'm curious about the "Effort" field in the "Custom Fields." It's a numeric field, how do I know if it's hours or days or weeks? I'd like to have it established so that I can see how my team is loaded in terms of work. It looks like there is some way to do this because when I put a 4 in the field, there was a pop-up that encouraged me to view the workload in the "timeline" view, but it didn't show anything other than the list with a "4" and the resource assignments.   

Is there a way in Trello to see a day-by-day or week-by-week workload of my team?  

And this answer from the "Team Workload" section of your support page seems to be a joke:

"By adding all of the Workspace's boards to one [Table View](https://help.trello.com/article/1235-workspace-table-view), then filtering by member, it's easy to see who has a ton of cards assigned to them already. This helps managers delegate effectively, by bringing in folks with a lighter workload to share the stack."  

Please tell me there's a more accurate way to track workload in your project management tool than counting cards! ?  


author: Silvia
body: Hi [@Marcel H?sen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4992229) and welcome!

Alex is right with using a custom field to add Effort to each task. You can use our free power-up [Agile Tools by Corrello](https://trello.com/power-ups/59d4ef8cfea15a55b0086614) which allows you to add Story Points and WIP Limits. Story Points show on the front of each card and they can measure a combination of effort, time and importance in a project.

We specialize in reporting so, if you need to see charts with Story Point stats, cycle time, release forecast, burndown or CFD, we've got [Corrello](https://trello.com/power-ups/568c2b6c7d2758a55ac48c98).
Post comment from another user using Butler
Asked by Andrew Arbuckle:

I have a board with a lot of different rules set in butler to post comments when certain custom fields are completed. The issue I am having is that all comments are posted from my profile (as I created the rule) rather than the user completing the field.

Example:  
when custom field  
_Pro-Forma Generated  
is checked  
add the orange label to the card  
remove the red label from the card  
post comment  
@card Pro-Forma Generated please approve  
I need the comment to come from whoever checked the custom field


Answers:
author: Alex W
body: Hey [@Andrew Arbuckle](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4603888) - when you create an automation that posts a comment, the comment will be posted by the account that set up the automation. There's no way to change this unfortunately!
How do I associate a workspace to my Slack channel?
Asked by Steven Cook:

I linked Trello to Slack, but I only see the workspace I created, I don't see the workspace that I do my primary work in. So I need to add a Enterprise Workspace to the Trello App for Slack. How do I do that?


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Steven Cook](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991729) welcome to the community! so i can't find the config settings to add a workspace after Trello has been added to slack, but i removed Trello from slack, and then re-added it, and was prompted immediately to select a workspace, so i think that should let you be able to change it:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/207357i2F9540161846EDA8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

comments: author: Vitalii Saienko
body: You can also open the Trello workspace settings page and link it to Slack workspace from there.

![trello-workspace-settings.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/207458i4FF1CBA3280C2599/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "trello-workspace-settings.png")


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Vitalii Saienko](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1160126) ah i assumed that was just for the slack power-up in Trello, not the bot! That's good to know!


Tags: workspace
Is there a way to automatically organize cards by the label?
Asked by Andrea Stoyka:

Similar to how you can auto-organize your list by the card priorities, is there any way to auto-organize the cards on your list by the label?


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Andrea Stoyka](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991698) welcome! yes you can do this! head to Automation, and you can create an automated action to sort cards in a list by the label (you'll just need to define the sort order). You can either use a manual trigger, like a board button to do this, or you can use a rule to tie it to another action, such as when a card is added to the list, or you can use the Calendar section if you want a trigger to sort it automatically every hour, every day, etc.

comments: author: Andrea Stoyka
body: Amazing, that is SO helpful! Thank you very much! :)


author: Brittany Joiner
body: Glad to help! Let me know if you have any questions setting it up!


author: Silvia
body: Hi [@Andrea Stoyka](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991698) and welcome!

You can also try Swimlanes, a free power-up that makes it easier to view cards sorted by label, member or any custom field you might have.

![swimlanes.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/207433i0A1D9F1E3068D050/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "swimlanes.gif")

comments: author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Silvia](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4941524) oooh that's a good use case!


Tags: automation

label

sort
Is there a way to create a rule that only affects a card "if not empty"?
Asked by IMboguss:

Trying to create a rule that will rename \& move a card, but only if it's not empty.

Not sure how to do the "if not empty" criteria


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@IMboguss](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991688) welcome to the community! When you say "not empty", do you mean like the card description is not empty?

If so, find your trigger and select the filter button, and then you should see this option and select "without an empty description" filter

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/207358i240EB445060FDB65/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

comments: author: IMboguss
body: Thanks for the tip, but the card has a description, just do data.


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@IMboguss](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991688) can you clarify what you mean by no data?
Colours in Tags
Asked by jaime_gomezlabajo:

Hi, I suggest you to add more colours for different tags, it would be great to organise a huge amount of tasks.


Answers:
author: Gaurav Kataria
body: Jaime, thanks for the feedback. We have this on our roadmap. We will share more details next month.


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@jaime_gomezlabajo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991637) welcome to the community! if you have a feature request, the best way to submit it is through the contact page! (more details about feature requests on this page: <https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/submitting-feature-requests-for-trello/>

But also a workaround could be some chrome extensions, I think there's a bunch that style the trello labels differently.

Also you can add text on labels, so i actually prefer to use the same color for similar types of labels, and just swap out the text. That tends to give me plenty of options.

Let me know if you need some other ideas for workarounds! If you give me a bit more context of what's the limitation for you, I can try to help brainstorm!


Tags: colour

tag
Is there a way to migrate boards from old account to a new one?
Asked by Jack Symons:

I have an old trello account but I have recently updated Email address to a business account. Long story short. I need to migrate boards from my old personal account to my new one

How do I do this, thanks


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Jack Symons](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991506) hey there! welcome to the community! you should be able to just add your new account as an admin to those boards, and then log into your new account, and you (as a newly added admin of those boards) can remove your old account from them

comments: author: Jack Symons
body: Great thanks
How can I merge 2 workspaces?
Asked by sharon.shva:

Hello :)

I created 2 workspaces, and I wanted to upgrade my account to Premium.

It only upgraded one of my workspaces, and I only need one workspace.

Only one workspace was actually upgraded to premium. Can I merge the two workspaces together? or move all the boards from one workspace tp another?

I would really appreciate you help!

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@sharon.shva](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991493) welcome to the community! so, i actually don't know if there's a way to do it in "bulk" if that's what you're looking for, but I assume the other workspace is a free one, which means it probably on has ten boards, so should be a quick fix!

Just head to the board and to the right of the board name, you'll see the team/workspace it's associated with. Select that, and you'll see an option to Change Workspace, and then you can select the workspace you want!

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/207360iA9CDA112E5EC7C9E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

comments: author: sharon.shva
body: [@Brittany Joiner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1692248) Many thanks for your rapid reply and assistance!

Highly appreciated.

Have a great weekend!

Sharon
Google Calendar Sync
Asked by Wolfgang Schwingenheuer:

Hello,   
I am using Trello for quite a long time, but now I am struggling with the synchronisation between Trello and my Google calendar.   
I am using the Calendar Power Up and added the calendar by url to my Google calendar.  

That initial setup works flawlessly and all cards with a due date are set as a date in Google.  

But when I changed the due date of any Trello card, that change is not synced - the date remains the original one for at least 24 hours (that's how long I am waiting for a re-sync right now).  
Do I miss something?  
Thanks in advance for any help,

Wolfgang


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Wolfgang Schwingenheuer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991357) welcome to the community! i actually noticed this recently as well when i was trying to use the calendar sync, so it's not just you. You might want to reach out to support and report this as a bug. I gave up because I didn't care about the sync as much, but I agree its extremely annoying if you're planning to use the sync that it doesn't actually change the calendar event if you change the dates inside Trello

(you can make a support ticket here: <https://trello.com/en/contact>)

comments: author: Wolfgang Schwingenheuer
body: Hello Brittany and thanks for the reply,

I actually gave up and (re-)connected Cronofy which works like a charm and on top of that is free for one board.  
I can even re-arrange the Trello dates in my Google calendar and have them re-synced.  

But again thank you and have a great weekend!
Can I make a button's text change dynamically on click?
Asked by Stewart Eade:

I have stolen a user macro for "Expand All" from this forum, but my users have asked if it is possible to make the text in the button change based on the state of the page.

So it toggles between "Expand" or "Collapse" based on whether the button has been clicked.

This is the macro I have used, but not sure how to change to get dynamic button name:

## Macro title: Expand All  
## Macro has a body: N  
## Developed by: George Lewe  
## Date created: 2014-09-22  
## Installed by: George Lewe  
## @noparams  
\<p align="left"\>\<button name="toggleAll" id="toggleAll" type="button" class="aui-button" aria-pressed="false" style="background-color:blue;color:white;font-weight:bold"\>Expand All / Collapse All\</button\>\</p\>

\<script type="text/javascript"\>  
AJS.toInit(function ()  
{  
AJS.$('#toggleAll').click(function()  
{  
var expanded = jQuery(".expand-icon.aui-iconfont-chevron-down").closest("div");  
var unexpanded = jQuery(".expand-icon.aui-iconfont-chevron-right").closest("div");  
if (expanded.size() \> unexpanded.size()) {  
expanded.each(function(){ jQuery(this).trigger("click");})  
} else {  
unexpanded.each(function(){ jQuery(this).trigger("click");})  
}  
});  
});  
\</script\>


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Stewart Eade](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991365) which button in trello are you trying to change? i could probably make something with PixieBrix that changes the text of the button when its clicked, but to show an example I'd need to know which button you're talking about

comments: author: Stewart Eade
body: Thanks for your response. I managed to work it out and the new code (shown in BOLD) below:-

## Macro title: Expand All  
## Macro has a body: N  
## Developed by: George Lewe  
## Date created: 2014-09-22  
## Installed by: George Lewe  
## @noparams  
\<p align="left"\>\<button name="toggleAll" id="toggleAll" type="button" class="aui-button" aria-pressed="false" style="background-color:blue;color:white;font-weight:bold"\>Expand All\</button\>\</p\>

\<script type="text/javascript"\>  
**const btn = document.getElementById("toggleAll");**

AJS.toInit(function ()  
{  
AJS.$('#toggleAll').click(function()  
{  
var expanded = jQuery(".expand-icon.aui-iconfont-chevron-down").closest("div");  
var unexpanded = jQuery(".expand-icon.aui-iconfont-chevron-right").closest("div");  
if (expanded.size() \> unexpanded.size()) {  
expanded.each(function(){ jQuery(this).trigger("click");  
**btn.innerText = "Expand All";** })  
} else {  
unexpanded.each(function(){ jQuery(this).trigger("click");  
**btn.innerText = "Collapse All"** ;})  
}  
});  
});  
\</script\>


Tags: button
Butler Send last comment from card to another card
Asked by Izet Ahmetagic:

For now i figured out how to get the triggercarddescription to work, so i can comment it on another card, but is it possible to somehow get 'triggerlastcomment' (pseudo) ?


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Izet Ahmetagic](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991267) hey there! what's the goal here? you've got a button that when you click it, you want it to get text from where and go to where?

comments: author: Izet Ahmetagic
body: This is basically what im doing now, but i would like the triggercarddescription to be the last comment from the trigger card, instead of description, but i can't get it to work :)  
![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/207393i03B4F329A42BC78A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Izet Ahmetagic](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991267) if you can make the trigger to be when a comment is posted on a card, then you can use {commenttext}

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/207581iDC0CC243A463AB9C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

But that has to have the comment in the trigger. I don't think there's any sort of mostrecentcomment field or anything like that for it to look for when you use a button.

Instead, what i would do is try to restructure so it does this action when a comment is posted, and then use filters to be more selective about which comments it does that with.


author: Izet Ahmetagic
body: Ew, alright, i wanted it as a button, as i want to only send when i post something specific.  

Thought it was possible, but thanks :)


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Izet Ahmetagic](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4991267) it might be and im just misunderstanding, but I'm out of ideas ???? Hahah sorry i couldn't be more helpful!


author: Felix
body: You'd have to trigger your rule on when the comment is posted, in order to access the comment text. The variable "{commenttext}' is available on "when a comment is posted" type rules. See <https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/butler-variables/>

comments: author: Izet Ahmetagic
body: I actually did create a rule which updates custom field "lastComment" which works, but somehow i can't get it to send to another card ?  

<br />

i tried {triggerlastComment}, but it doesn't send the comment?

EDIT: Maybe i should have added that it's a button im trying to post the last comment from a card to another card


author: Izet Ahmetagic
body: [@Felix](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853253) Any new opinions on this?  

I did try creating a custom field named "Lastcomment" and used {{%Lastcomment}} instead of {{triggercardDescription}}, it doesn't send anything :)


Tags: automation

butler
Inactive ex-staff is admin of a board
Asked by Maggie Sarkissian:

Hi there,

We have a Trello board that we use frequently that an ex-staff member is the only admin of. We would like to become an admin of this board, however, it is not part of our team workspace, but a workspace called "Trello Workspace" that we can't join (everyone is a guest).

Is there any way of recovering admin rights to this board? We are reluctant to copy the board since it will erase members from cards.

Thanks,

Maggie


Answers:
author: Vishaal S
body: Hi Maggie, How are you?

It happens pretty frequently that someone who was the only admin of some boards leaves the Workspace associated with those boards. Our team can't re-assign admin permissions for account security purposes, but I'll be happy to help with some workarounds!

You can upgrade your Workspace to Trello Premium ( only if you have other workspace members) which adds several features to make managing people and boards a bit easier, including the ability for the Workspace admin to take control of all boards in the Workspace. You can sign up for Premium here: <https://trello.com/business-class>

Another option is if the user's associated email address is a company email address (e.g., jim@yourcompany.com), you probably have access to their inbox by way of your email management system administrator. You can trigger a password reset at <https://trello.com/forgot> and reset their password, then log into their Trello account. Then, make yourself admin over the boards in question. After that, you should be able to log in as yourself and remove the user from the boards (and maybe make a couple of team members admin over those boards to avoid this situation in the future).

For more details about the above recommendation and other alternatives, see: [Changing the admins of a team or board](https://help.trello.com/article/768-changing-the-admins-of-a-team-or-board)

Do let me know if you've more questions. I'd be happy to help


Tags: administration

workspace
Prevent duplicate cards created by Butler if someone moved the card between lists 2 times
Asked by Yara Farhat:

Hello,

I have a rule that creates follow up cards each time a card is **added** to a specific list.

it looks like this:"*when a card is **added** to list "Account Created", copy the card to the top of list "Follow up from day 1 of sign up" on board "Sign Up Followups- Nikka", rename the card to "Follow up day 3-{cardname}", set due date in 3 working days, create a unique card with title "follow up day 7-{triggercardname}" and description "{cardlabels}\\nDescription:\\n{carddescription}" in list "Follow up from day 1 of sign up" on board "Sign Up Followups- Nikka", and set due in 7 working days, create a unique card with title "follow up day 14-{triggercardname}" and description "{cardlabels}\\nDescription:\\n{carddescription}" in list "Follow up from day 1 of sign up*"

Now the team member moves the card from one list to another in order to trigger the rule. However, if the card is moved twice by mistake Butler will create duplicate cards.

Is there a way to prevent this?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Hannah Humbert - Simpla Workflows
body: Hi [@Yara Farhat](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4970545) ! Would it make sense to change the action from "copy the card" to "create a unique card"? Butler won't create it again if it already exists in this case. You can then use variables to copy any needed information from the trigger card like descriptions, labels, etc.

comments: author: Yara Farhat
body: Hello, Yes I guess it worked. Thanks


Tags: butler
Distorted image from saved photo
Asked by Amy Boles:

Hello.

I am uploading a custom photo onto my board and the image is distorted - it's HUGE. This also happens when I use a populated photo already in the Trello background list. What should I do to change the size? It's blurry and MASSIVE on the board. ![Screenshot 2022-07-20 135824.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/207088iA7046DBC7569B028/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2022-07-20 135824.png")


Answers:
author: Lara
body: Hi Amy,

Thanks for reaching out!

The way Trello works with board backgrounds is admittedly a bit complicated. The part of Trello that is responsible for handling board backgrounds behaves differently depending on the size of the image you upload.

We've asked our engineers for advice on how to choose the right size for a board background and they recommend cropping and scaling your image to the exact browser dimensions that you use when you use Trello. This should ensure the best fit when using a particular board background.

To determine the image dimensions you should use, follow these steps:

1. Set your browser window to the size you want it to be for when you use Trello. For example, if you usually use Trello full screen, make your browser window full screen.
2. Go to <http://supportdetails.com/> and note the "Web Browser Size" value. This represents the Width x Height you'll want to create your image.
3. In your favorite image editing tool, crop and scale the image the match (or get close to) the browser size you noted above. It doesn't need to be an exact match.

As for the issue occurring with an image from the Unsplash image library, could you please check if the issue persists when you use a different browser?

I'll keep an eye out for your reply,

Lara  
The Trello Team

comments: author: Amy Boles
body: Thanks, Lara.

The link <http://supportdetails.com/> is static for me. Additionally, this sentence, 'Our tool inspects your computer for what hardware you have and what options are enabled' has me unwilling to add any information.

Is there any other way to make backgrounds work better? I am trying to navigate through as many bugs as possible before we roll out Trello to our company. We are Enterprise customers, does this offer more support with this question?


author: Lara
body: Hi Amy,

Sorry that link didn't work! You could give <https://www.webfx.com/tools/whats-my-browser-size/> a try instead.

We definitely offer more support for Enterprise customers! Could you please create a ticket at <https://trello.com/contact#/> and reference this Community post? Thanks!

All the best,

Lara  
The Trello Team