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Automation in Custom Item Types

Table 7. Availability - Legacy plans


Availability: Legacy Business, Legacy Enterprise.; Unavailability: Legacy Free, Legacy Professional.;

Table 8. Availability


Availability: Business, Enterprise, Pinnacle. ; Unavailability: Free, Team;

Overview

Account admins can create and manage automation rules for account-level custom item types. Space admins can create and manage automation rules for account-level and space-level custom item types in their spaces.

Automation rules help streamline your team's processes and reduce manual work.

Type-specific automation is available for both account-level and space-level custom item types. Once you set up an automation rule for a custom item type, it automatically applies to all work items created from this type.

To learn more about how automation works, check out these resources:

Tip

To see which automation rules apply to a work item from a custom item type, click the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner of the work item and select Show automation rules.

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This option is available to all users except for External users, Collaborators, Contributors and Viewers.

Automation in space-level types

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  1. Navigate to the relevant space and click the gear icon in the upper right corner.

  2. Select the Custom item types tab.

  3. Start creating a new custom item type or click one of the existing ones.

  4. In the left panel of the custom item types editor, scroll down and click Manage automation rules.

  5. Click the green Create automation rule button to create a new automation rule if none exists. To edit an existing rule, click on it, or click + New rule to create a new one.

To delete a type-specific automation rule, hover over it, click the three-dot menu button that appears on the right, select Delete, and confirm

To disable a type-specific rule, click it and toggle the Rule on/off switch in the upper-right corner.

Automation in account-level types

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  1. Click your profile image in the upper-right corner of the workspace.

  2. Select Settings.

  3. Click Custom item types in the panel on the left. You may need to scroll down to find it.

  4. Start creating a new custom item type or click an existing one.

  5. In the left panel of the custom item types editor, scroll down and click Manage automation rules.

  6. Click the green Create automation rule button to create a new automation rule if none exists. To edit an existing rule, click on it, or click + New rule to create a new one.

To delete a type-specific automation rule, hover over it, click the three-dot menu button that appears on the right, select Delete, and confirm your decision in the pop-up.

To disable a type-specific rule, click it and toggle the Rule on/off switch in the upper-right corner.

FAQ

Do automation rules in custom item types affect the account rule limit?

Yes, type-specific automation rules count toward the overall account rule limit.

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