I created a Make scenario that gives me a daily creativity task in a Google Doc. However, it should Only create a new task once I completed the old task. So I tried a filter solution: It should only create a new task if the first line of the doc says “STATUS: COMPLETE”. I use first(split(Text Content; "\n")) to extract that line and compare it in a filter with Text operators: Equal to STATUS: COMPLETE, but the filter always blocks Everything—even when the doc clearly starts with that line. I’ve tried trimming, replacing spaces, and other tricks, but no luck. What’s the most reliable way to check if the first line of a Google Doc equals “STATUS: COMPLETE”? Thanks!
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DAILY CREATIVITY TASKS.blueprint.json (49.1 KB) Thanks, please find attached the Blueprint, as well as screenshots of the scenario and settings in the individual modules. I guess the main challenge: The filter filters Everything atm, no matter, how I amend the first line in Google Docs.
Your brackets, operators, functions, or special variables were not selected from the Variables Panel.
Try selecting it again from the Variables Panel, or type curly brackets like these {{ }} so that it ends up with a background color:
{{ ( }}
{{ / }}
{{ + }}
{{ = }}
etc.
Wrong :
Correct 
:
I also suggest doing this Make Academy, as it covers selecting brackets, operators, functions, or special variables from the Variables Panel.
For more information, see:
- Error Handling Unit 2 - if condition always true - #2 by samliew
- How to make a basic SUM (x+x+x..) function in Make? Is it possible to use Numeric Agreggator? - #2 by samliew
- Formulas not evaluating in modules (Set Variable, Sheets) - Output is literal formula string - #2 by samliew
For more information, please refer to these courses in the Make Academy:
Transforming data using functions
- Introduction functions
- Transforming Data - Text functions
- Transforming Data - average ()
- Transforming Data - formatNumber
- Transforming date and time using functions
- Conditional functions
- String and array conversion functions part 1
- String and array conversion functions part 2
Using get () and map () functions
- The get() function
- The map() function
- The get() and map() functions
- The get(map()) use case
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
— @samliew