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Hi all,

First of all, is there a document somewhere that describes what each rule can do and how it can be used? If there is, please share!

And now, the question... Is there a way to set a number of triggers that could then be used as a single trigger for other rules?

What I mean is this:

Dates are always formatted in different ways
2016-06-02
02-06-2016
06-02-2016
06-02-16
... and that's just the dashes.

Is there a way to create a generic find_date rule that could then be used as a trigger in a new rule? Or maybe it could just add a comment to a file with the date found and allow the next rule to use that comment to add the date to a renamed file.

In short, do I really have to recreate a date search pattern or other common search pattern each time? If that's the case, it's fine. I just don't want to find out later I did all that repetitive work for nada.

Thanks for your help.
-eco

You can use multiple conditions in an "any" condition and reuse the same date attribute in each case, with a different format for each one.

Mr_Noodle wrote:You can use multiple conditions in an "any" condition and reuse the same date attribute in each case, with a different format for each one.

Thanks for your reply.

I got the "if statement" working but are you saying I should create an inactive rule with all my date formats and use it as a template for future rules?

I guess if you need this type of rule often, yes, you can duplicate it as needed.

Mr_Noodle wrote:I guess if you need this type of rule often, yes, you can duplicate it as needed.

OK, I'm getting the hang of it. Is there a manual somewhere describing the "filters" and "events" and how to use them other than Sparky's seemingly excellent screencast?

First off, you might want to get the terminology correct so you can get better search results. What I think you call filters are "conditions" or "criteria". Not sure what you mean by "events" though. Maybe "actions"?

There is in-app help and you can also search the support page, which will point you to various knowledge base articles as well as tutorials and videos done by others.

Mr_Noodle wrote:First off, you might want to get the terminology correct so you can get better search results. What I think you call filters are "conditions" or "criteria". Not sure what you mean by "events" though. Maybe "actions"?

There is in-app help and you can also search the support page, which will point you to various knowledge base articles as well as tutorials and videos done by others.

My bad, completely missed the question mark icon bottom right...