Built-in Trigger Blocks

What are monday Trigger Blocks?

Whether you're just dipping your toes into the monday apps framework, or looking to build an integration recipe without building a custom trigger, our monday trigger blocks are right for you. These 14 trigger blocks allow you to build out your custom recipes with ease.

To utilize a monday trigger block, choose any of the listed triggers in the left hand panel of your custom recipe:

When an Item is Created

This trigger will run when a new item is created on a particular board.

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When a Column Changes

This trigger will run when the selected column within the recipe has a value change; For example, if you select a Text column, and the text within the column changes from “Hello” to “Hello World”

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Output Fields:

Type	ID	Description
Item	itemId	The item ID where the column change occurred
Board	boardId	The Board ID where the column change occurred
Column	columnId	The Column ID where the column change occurred
General Column Value	columnValue	This will provide the new value of the changed column
General Column Value	previousColumnValue	This will provide the previous value of the changed column
Top Group	isTopGroup	This will return “true” if the item is in the first group on the board
Column Type	columnType	This will return the column type for the column that changed (in accordance with our API)
User	userId	This will contain the User ID who initiated the change
Item Mapping	itemValues	This will contain the item mapping values that will be returned as a payload like this: Useful for moving items to a different board, or creating items based on an original item, etc.

Scheduled Trigger

This trigger will run based on a certain schedule. For example, 7 days before the Date arrives at 7 PM - this is when the trigger will call your endpoint with values.

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When an Item is Moved to a Group

This trigger will run when an item is moved to a specific group within a board.

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Output Fields:

Type	ID	Description
Item	itemId	Will return the item ID that was moved to the group selected in the trigger
Board	boardId	Will return the board ID where the item was moved
User	userId	Will return the ID of the user who moved the item
Group	groupId	Will return the current group ID of the item that was moved
Top Group	isTopGroup	Will return “true” if the item was moved to the Top Group of the board
Group	previousGroupId	Will return the Group ID of the item before the move took place
Item Mapping	itemValues	This will contain the item mapping values that will be returned as a payload like this: Useful for moving items to a different board, or creating items based on an original item, etc.

When an Item is Moved to a Board

This trigger will run when an item is moved to any group within a particular board;

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Output Fields:

Type	ID	Description
Board	boardId	Will return the board ID where the item was moved to
Previous Board ID	previousBoardID	Will return the board ID where the item was previously located in
Item	itemId	Will return the item ID that was moved to the board where the recipe was added
User	userId	Will return the User ID that moved the item
Top Group	isTopGroup	Will return “true” if the item is placed in the top group within a board
Group	groupId	Will return the Group ID that the item was placed in
Previous Group ID	previousGroupId	Will return the Group ID where the item was located before
Item Mapping	itemValues	This will contain the item mapping values that will be returned as a payload like this: Useful for moving items to a different board, or creating items based on an original item, etc.

When an Update is Created

This trigger will run if any update is added to any of the items within the board where the recipe is added.

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Here's an example of the body Output Field value:

“text”:”<p><strong> Hey, I appreciate you reading this! </strong></p>”,
“textBody”: “Hey, I appreciate you reading this”

Recurring

This is a trigger that will run on a certain schedule on a recurring basis. For example, `Every 7 days at 11 AM, create a new item.

Input Fields:

Type	ID	Description
Board	boardId	This is the Board ID where the integration recipe is added
Configuration for Recurring Automations	schedulerConfig	Will be used as the setup for the recipe, for example:

When Status Changes

This trigger will call your endpoint when a Status column within a board changes.

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Output Fields:

Type	ID	Description
Item	itemId	Will return the item ID where the status change took place
Board	boardId	Will return the board ID where the status change took place
Status Column	columnId	Will return the Column ID where the status change took place
Status Column Value	columnValue	Will return the current status value of the column, including the index and label
Status Column value (previous)	previousColumnValue	Will return the previous status value of the column, including the index and label
Is Top Group	isTopGroup	Will return “true” if the item is in the top group within the board
Column Type	columnType	Will return the column type of the column where the change occurred. The column type will be “color” for Status columns.
Item Mapping	itemValues	This will contain the item mapping values that will be returned as a payload like this: Useful for moving items to a different board, or creating items based on an original item, etc.

When Date is Set

This trigger will run when a Date column value is added to a specific column within the board;

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When Person is Assigned

This trigger will run when a user is assigned to a People column.

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When any Column Changes

This trigger will run when any column changes on the board where the recipe was added.

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Type	ID	Description
Item	itemId	Will return the Item ID where the column values changed
Board	boardId	Will return the Board ID where the column values changed
Column	columnId	Will return the Column ID where the column values changed
General Column Value	columnValue	Will return the current column values after the change took place
General Column Value (previous)	previousColumnValue	Will return the current column values before the change took place
Is Top Group	isTopGroup	Will return “true” if the item is i in the first group within a board
columnType	columnType	Will return the column type where the change took place
Item Mapping	itemValues	This will contain the item mapping values that will be returned as a payload like this: Useful for moving items to a different board, or creating items based on an original item, etc.

When a Status Changes to Something

This trigger will only run when a specific Status column changes to a particular value in the board where the recipe was added.

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Output Fields:

Type	ID	Description
Item	itemId	Will return the Item ID where the Status column was changed to a specific value
Board	boardId	Will return the Board ID where the Status column was changed to a specific value
Status Column	columnId	Will return the Column ID where the Status column was changed to a specific value
Status Column Value	columnValue	Will return the current Status column value after the change took place
Status Column Value (previous)	previousColumnValue	Will return the previous Status column value before the change took place
Is Top Group	isTopGroup	Will return “true” if the item is in the first group within a board
Column Type	columnType	Will return the column type of the column where the value changed. The Status column type is “color."
Item Mapping	itemValues	This will contain the item mapping values that will be returned as a payload like this: Useful for moving items to a different board, or creating items based on an original item, etc.

Every day if date has passed

This trigger will run at 12 AM, based on the timezone of the user who added the recipe, and when a date arrives. For example, if a Date column has March 15th and March 20th selected in Date column cells, the trigger will run when March 20th arrives at 12 AM for the user who added the recipe to the board.

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When Button Clicked

This trigger will run when a specific button column is clicked on the board where the recipe was added.

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Output Fields:

Type	ID	Description
Item	itemId	Will return the Item ID where the button was clicked
Board	boardId	Will return the Board ID where the button was clicked
Column	columnId	Will return the Column ID where the Button was clicked
Button Column Value	columnValue	Will return the column values of the Button column after it was clicked. For example: "buttonColumnValue": { "clicks": 6, "changed_at": "2021-03-16T09:30:37.061Z", "column_settings": { "buttonText": "Click me", "color": "#579bfc" 0
Button Column Previous Value	previousColumnValue	Will return the column values of the Button Column before it was clicked, for example: "buttonColumnValue": { "clicks": 5, "changed_at": "2021-03-16T09:30:30.00:48", "column_settings": { "buttonText": "Click me", "color": "#579bfc"
Is Top Group	isTopGroup	Will return “true” if the item is in the first group within a board
Column Type	columnType	Will return the column type of the column that triggered the recipe
User	userId	Will return the User ID that clicked the button
Item Mapping	itemValues	This will contain the item mapping values that will be returned as a payload like this: Useful for moving items to a different board, or creating items based on an original item, etc.

Congratulations Builder!

You now know the ins and outs of how data is transferred to, and between, the blocks in your integration recipes.

As a next step, check out the following resources:

• Quickstart Guide: Integration Recipes
• Developers community
• Example Apps