I want to change the completed status of several checklist items on cards with the same name on
Asked by Ayoade ADERELE:

I have:

1. created a card with a checklist on it
2. copied the card to multiple lists
3. created new cards from one of the checklists into a new list called common tasks

I now need to update the completed status of the checklist items on each list by updating the completed status of the corresponding card in the list called common tasks


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Ayoade ADERELE](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5347410) welcome to the community! I'm a little confused about exactly what you're looking for, but i think its basically syncing cards and checklists, right? I made a couple videos about this!

And...

comments: author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: Hallo Brittany,  

Thanks for these.  

I have reviewed the first of your videos, but will now go through the second


author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: Hallo again Brittany,  

To be more specific, here is the challenge I am working on

![Board Snippet1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/287979i76BAC4735AE03708/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Board Snippet1.png")![Board Snippet2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/287980i9B9E495753BADBBE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Board Snippet2.png")  

I have a board that has Two cards with the same name on the first 2 lists as shown in **Board Snippet1.**   

Each of the two has the same checklist on them as shown in**Board Snippet2**.

I want to be able to set the Completed Status on a card with the same name in **Board Snippet1**.

This is the rule I have created:

*when the due date is marked as complete in a card in list "Common Activities", find a card titled "{triggercardname}" on board "{boardname}", for each checklist item in a checklist named "TestCheckList", check item "TestCheckItem"*   

However it only works on the first checklist and then stops.  

**How do I set it to go through all the checklists on the board that have the same name?**


author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: [@Brittany Joiner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1692248) This is just to call your attention to my responses.  

Thanks for your help thus far


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Ayoade ADERELE](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5347410) thanks for the tag! I didn't see responses til you tagged me.

Could you use the check all the items in all the checklists of a card action?

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288075iD0C0661862C7938F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: Sorry [@Brittany Joiner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1692248) I forgot to tag you...New to this :-)

I will try this, but I suspect what I need is something that will:  

check all lists for a particular checklist and tag an item on the lists


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Ayoade ADERELE](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5347410) hmm, yeah that is tough. I'm not entirely sure since there's not a way that i know of to iterate through checklists.

I wonder if they were all named the same thing if that would work? Could you make all the checklists have the same name?


author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: [@Brittany Joiner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1692248) Yes, they all have the same name.  

The **cards** are all named **TestCard**

The **checklists** are all named **TestCheckList**

The **items** are all named **TestCheckItem**

Thanks


author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: [@Brittany Joiner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5193251) I guess what I am looking for is to be able to iterate through the lists looking for cards with the same name


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Ayoade ADERELE](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5347410) i think your rule

*find a card titled "{triggercardname}" on board "{boardname}",*is doing that right? Looking for other cards with the same name?


author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: [@Brittany Joiner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1692248) Correct. However, it finds the first of such cards, performs the required action and ends. How do I get it to look for more of such cards with the same name


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Ayoade ADERELE](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5347410) ah okay, i thought you were saying it only did the first checklist. i think i see what you mean now, but im not sure i can help ?

I will say that i think you're looking at using the multiplier concept, which i haven't used yet.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288089i0B3FBAEF457A84C6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

You can learn more about it [here](https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/butler-variables/)!


author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: [@Brittany Joiner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1692248) Thanks for this tip. I will try it and let you know how things go


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Ayoade ADERELE](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5347410) good luck!! you've got this!!


author: Ayoade ADERELE
body: [@Brittany Joiner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1692248) Thanks for your encouragement; I found a way to make it work as I want.  

Although it's not as elegant a solution as I would have liked since it may require too much pre-setup of the automation.  

Here it is, perhaps you can show me a better way:

```


when the due date is marked as complete in a card in list "Common Activities", find a card titled "TestCard" in list "Payments Facilitation" on board "{boardname}", check item "TestCheckItem", find a card titled "TestCard" in list "Agency Services" on board "{boardname}", check item "TestCheckItem", find a card titled "TestCard" in list "Insurance & Micropension" on board "{boardname}", for each checklist item in a checklist named "TestCheckList", check item "TestCheckItem"
```

Turns out that I have to explicitly describe each checklist on each card to make things work


author: Brittany Joiner
body: [@Ayoade ADERELE](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5347410) yeah i don't have any better ideas other than the multiplier, which i am assuming you tried and didn't work.