Automations - Supported Conditions - Teamwork.com Support

Feature overview

What	Automation conditions define additional criteria that must be met for an automation to run after a trigger event occurs.
Why	Refine when automations apply. Target tasks more precisely based on their current values and state. Reduce unwanted automation runs.
Who	Users creating automations can add conditions to narrow the tasks an automation affects.
When	Use conditions when a trigger alone is too broad and you need extra criteria before actions run.

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Automation flow: Trigger → Conditions (optional) → Actions

When something happens, and optional criteria are met, an action is performed.

Automations are made up of triggers, optional conditions, and actions. See Supported triggers, Supported conditions, and Supported actions.

Automation examples

Trigger (when this happens)	Condition(s) (and these conditions are true)	Action (perform this action)
Task's start date arrives	Task priority is set to high	Notify task assignees
Task is completed	none set	Move task to Done column
Task's due date arrives	Task progress is set to 90%	Add comment

Automation conditions

When creating an automation, you can optionally set additional conditions to further refine the criteria the automation needs to meet before it runs and performs the corresponding actions.

People conditions

Condition	Condition purpose & options
Assignee	Apply the automation to tasks based on their assignees. Options Task assignee is set \| not set. Task assignee is any \| all \| not any \| not all of the following specified people. Task assignee is set \| not set.
Follower	Apply the automation to tasks with specific followers. Options Task follower(s) is any \| all \| not any \| not all of the specified people. Task follower(s) is set \| not set.
Created by	Apply the automation to tasks based on their creator. Conditions Task created by is equal to \| not equal to.

Task metadata conditions

Condition	Condition purpose & options
Priority	Apply the automation to tasks based on their current priority level. Options Task priority is set \| not set. Task priority is any \| not any of the following priority level(s). Task priority is set \| not set.
Tag	Apply the automation to tasks matching any, all, or no tags. This applies to site-level tags only. Options Task tag(s) is any \| all \| not any \| not all of the following specified tags. Task tag is set \| not set.
Task list	Apply the automation to tasks within a specific task list. Conditions Task's associated task list is any \| not any of the specified task lists. This condition can only be used when a single project is selected for the trigger.
Board column	Apply the automation to tasks based on their associated board column. Conditions Task's board column is any of \| not any of. Task's board column is set \| is not set.
Task name	Apply the automation to tasks based on task name. Conditions Task's name contains one or multiple terms or phrases.
Task description	Apply the automation to tasks based on their description. Conditions Task's description contains one or multiple terms or phrases.
Project name	Apply the automation to tasks based on their associated project. Conditions Task's associated project's name contains one or multiple terms or phrases.
Task list name	Apply the automation to tasks based on their associated task list. Conditions Task's associated project's name contains one or multiple terms or phrases.
Custom field	Apply the automation to tasks based on their associated custom fields. Conditions Choose a custom field and associated value.

Date and time conditions

Condition	Condition purpose & options
Progress	Apply the automation to tasks currently at a certain percentage of completion. Options Task progress is set \| not set. Task progress is equal to \| not equal to \| less than \| greater than \| less than or equal to \| greater than or equal to a specified percentage. Task progress is set \| not set.
Time estimate	Apply the automation to tasks based on whether they have estimated time set. Options Task time estimate is equal to \| not equal to \| less than \| greater than \| less than or equal to \| greater than or equal to a specified number of hours and minutes. Task time estimate is set \| not set.
Logged time	Apply the automation to tasks based on whether they have time logged against them. Options Task logged time is equal to \| not equal to \| less than \| greater than \| less than or equal to \| greater than or equal to a specified number of hours and minutes. Task logged time is added \| not added.
Start date	Apply the automation to tasks based on their start date. Conditions Task start date is equal to \| not equal to \| less than \| greater than \| less than or equal to \| greater than or equal to a specified date. Task start date is set \| is not set \| has passed \| has not passed.
Due date	Apply the automation to tasks based on their due date. Conditions Task due date is equal to \| not equal to \| less than \| greater than \| less than or equal to \| greater than or equal to a specified date. Task due date is set \| is not set \| has passed \| has not passed.

Task state and structure conditions

Condition	Condition purpose & options
Is blocked	Apply the automation to tasks based on whether the tasks are blocked (aka have active dependencies). Conditions Task is blocked: True \| False.
Is subtask	Apply the automation only to subtasks or only to top-level tasks (aka not subtasks). Conditions Task is subtask: True \| False.
Has reminders	Apply the automation to tasks based on whether the tasks have active reminders. Conditions Task has reminders: True \| False.

Use Desk-related conditions to refine automations based on whether tasks are linked to Teamwork Desk tickets.

Condition	Condition purpose & options
Has Desk tickets	Apply the automation to tasks based on whether the tasks have associated Desk tickets. Conditions Task has Desk tickets: True \| False.