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Alex's dynamic to-do list

A dynamic to-do list that automatically generates tickets that can be assigned to people.
JH
Justin Hales
Hey Alex, I whipped up this doc for you to show how to build your dream dynamic to-do list in Coda. It took me 24 minutes to build this from scratch 🤯
You can customize this doc however you wanted, but below are two possible solutions to give you an idea of how this could work.
It’s best to create your own copy of the doc so you can play with it. To copy, just click this button:
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Alex’s request

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Expand each solution below 👇

Solution #1: Buttons

One solution is to log a ticket when a button is pressed. This may not be exactly what you were looking for, but worth showing because it’s so simple :)
Table of tasks
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Name
Date
Description
Add ticket
1
Go grocery shopping
6/16/2021
Lorem ipsum
Add ticket
2
Get an oil change
6/17/2021
Bacon ipsum
Add ticket
3
Send a text to grandma
6/14/2021
Donuts ipsum
Add ticket
There are no rows in this table
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Tickets - change log
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Project
New Name
New Date
New Description
Assigned to
1
Go grocery shopping
Bug in the mobile app
6/16/2021
Lorem ipsum
LT
Lola Tseudonym
2
Get an oil change
Misaligned text on the websites
6/17/2021
Bacon ipsum
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There are no rows in this table
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Solution #2: Automations

Note: you need to copy this doc to see the automation in action.
In this solution, we log a ticket any time a value in the
Table of projects
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below is updated.
Try it out! Change something and watch a ticket appear
Once you copy the doc, try updating the name, date, or description of a project below. You’ll notice that after you make the change, a a ticket is created automatically (can take up to 10 sec or so). You can then assign the ticket to people.
Table of projects
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Name
Date
Description
1
Bug in the mobile app
6/16/2021
Lorem ipsum
2
Misaligned text on the websites
6/17/2021
Bacon ipsum
3
Redesign the company logo
6/15/2021
Donuts ipsum
There are no rows in this table
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Tickets (change log)
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Project
New Name
New Date
New Description
Assigned to
1
Bug in the mobile app
Bug in the mobile app
6/16/2021
Lorem ipsum
FM
Felix Marlin
2
Misaligned text on the websites
Misaligned text on the websites
6/17/2021
Bacon ipsum
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There are no rows in this table
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This happens because of an automation I’ve set up in the doc settings.
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And that’s it! Let me know if you have questions -
@halesjustin
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on twitter.

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