Microsoft To Do Automation for Task Management

Name: Microsoft To Do Automation for Task Management
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Automate task creation, updating, and retrieval in Microsoft To Do.

About This Workflow

This workflow demonstrates how to leverage the n8n Microsoft To Do node to automate common task management operations. It covers creating new tasks, updating their status, and fetching task details.

Key Features

Task Creation: Automatically create new tasks in a specified Microsoft To Do list with customizable details like title and importance.
Task Updating: Update the status of existing tasks (e.g., to 'inProgress').
Task Retrieval: Fetch details of a specific task.

How To Use

On clicking 'execute': This is the manual trigger for the workflow. You can initiate the automation by clicking the 'Execute' button.
Microsoft To Do (Create Task): This node is configured to create a new task.
- title: Set to 'Document Microsoft To Do node'.
- operation: Set to 'create'.
- taskListId: A specific Task List ID in your Microsoft To Do.
- additionalFields.importance: Set to 'high'.
- credentials: Requires 'Microsoft OAuth Credentials' to authenticate with Microsoft To Do.
Microsoft To Do1 (Update Task): This node updates the task created in the previous step.
- taskId: Dynamically retrieves the ID of the task created by the 'Microsoft To Do' node using ={{$json["id"]}}.
- operation: Set to 'update'.
- taskListId: Uses the taskListId from the previous 'Microsoft To Do' node.
- updateFields.status: Set to 'inProgress'.
Microsoft To Do2 (Get Task): This node fetches the details of the updated task.
- taskId: Dynamically retrieves the ID of the task created by the 'Microsoft To Do' node using ={{$json["id"]}}.
- taskListId: Uses the taskListId from the previous 'Microsoft To Do' node.
- This node will output the details of the task after it has been updated.

Apps Used

automation

microsoft

task management

todo

Workflow JSON

{
  "id": "212acc23-28a5-44a1-83d3-e5237309c2b8",
  "name": "Microsoft To Do Automation for Task Management",
  "nodes": 13,
  "category": "Productivity",
  "status": "active",
  "version": "1.0.0"
}

Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.