Trello

Trello is a web-based, collaboration tool used to organize projects with the use of boards, lists and cards. A Trello board is a series of lists containing cards that represents tasks. You can move cards in and between lists to group or prioritize tasks, as a simple way to see what tasks need to be done. In the context of Nintex Automation Cloud, Trello is a connector Service used to define a connection required for associated actions and start events. Examples include Salesforce and Box. Method of integration to cloud services, business applications and content stores. used to create connections for Trello actions. Use Trelloactions A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. to create, update, delete, and move cards between boards, add labels to cards, and retrieve board information. For more information, the Trello website.

Create a Trello connection

Trello connections requires you to grant permissions to read and write all user and group data. They also require an auto-generated key (API key) and token (Api key) for a valid Trello user. For information about creating a key and token, see https://trello.com/app-key.

Create a connection from the connections page or from the action configuration panel when configuring the action. For information about creating connections and assigning permissions, see Manage connections.

Create a Trello data source

Use the Trello data source to create a drop-down list of Trello board labels, board members, cards, checklists, or lists in a form. Each data source is configured for a specific user. You can create as many data sources as you need. For more information on creating a data source and assigning permissions to it, see Data sources.

For example, to allow users to select a specific card in a form, add a drop-down list of cards to the form using a Data lookup control A form control that allows users to select from a drop-down list of values that have been fetched from a third-party service.. The Data lookup control uses a Trello - Get cards data source to list the cards in a list.

Trello data source fields

When you create a Trello data source, you can configure additional fields to specify which board labels, board members, cards, checklists, and lists the data source should retrieve.

To access the data source fields, in the Add data source section, select the Connector and the Operation.

These operations are available:

  • Get board labels: list all the board labels in Trello.
  • Get board members: list all the members of a board in Trello.
  • Get boards: list all the boards in Trello.
  • Get cards in a list: list all the cards of a list in Trello.
  • Get checklists on a card: list all the checklists on a card in Trello.
  • Get lists: list all the lists in a board in Trello.

The following configuration fields are displayed depending on the operation selected.

Operation

Field/Selection

Description

Get board labels Connection The connection to use for the data source.
  Board The TrelloBoard you want want to get board labels from.
Get board members Connection The connection to use for the data source.
  Board The Board you want to retrieve members from.
Get boards Connection The connection to use for the data source.
Get cards in a list Connection The connection to use for the data source.
  Board The Board the list containing the cards belong to.
  List

The list in Trello that contains the card you want.

Get checklists on a card Connection The connection to use for the data source.
  Board The Board containing the list with the card.
  List The List containing the card.
  Card

The card containing the checklists you want to retrieve.

Get lists Connection The connection to use for the data source.
  Board The Board containing the lists you want to retrieve.