Trello Import From Google Spreadsheet - V2.0

January 08, 2015 by Iain Brown in AppleScript, Google Apps Script, Scrum, Trello

I've had a few requests to improve the Google spreadsheet that allows you to import data into Trello, and this has culminated in Version 2.0 of the spreadsheet.

The new version has the following improvements:

It has been converted to use the new Google Sheets.
You can specify Label names, rather than colours.
There is the ability to import any number of checklists.

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