monday.com If-Then Conditional Automations

meta_description: “monday.com automations have no if/then/else logic or compound conditions. No AND/OR operators. Learn why conditional automation is missing and how BoardBridge adds it.”

You need an automation that says:

“If status = Confirmed AND type = Outbound, send Travel Email A. If status = Confirmed AND type = Return, send Travel Email B. Otherwise, do nothing.”

Simple if/then/else logic. Every automation platform has it.

Except monday.com.

In monday.com, you’d build:

• Automation 1: Status = Confirmed → send Email A (but it sends to ALL confirmations, not just Outbound)
• Automation 2: Status = Confirmed → send Email B (now you’re sending TWO emails to every confirmed item)
• Manual workarounds to filter by type
• Or 10 separate automations to handle every combination

Monday.com has no if/else branching. No compound AND conditions. No conditional logic.

Automation Pain Point #15-19: No Conditional Logic in Native Automations

Here’s what teams need:

If/Then/Else branching:

• If Type = “VIP Client” → send VIP email
• Else if Type = “Standard” → send standard email
• Else → do nothing

Compound conditions:

• If Status = “Ready” AND Dropdown = “External” → take action
• If Status = “Approved” AND Budget > $10,000 AND Priority = “High” → escalate

Conditional recipients:

• If assigned to Alex → CC Alex’s manager
• If assigned to Maria → CC Maria’s manager

Dynamic email content:

• If Type = “Outbound” → include outbound instructions
• If Type = “Return” → include return instructions

What monday.com offers:

Automation structure: Trigger + Condition + Action(s)

Conditions: You can add conditions via the “+” button, but:

• All conditions are AND’ed together (no OR logic)
• Cannot combine different column types in conditions (e.g., status AND dropdown doesn’t work)
• No if/else branching — no “otherwise do this” option
• No conditional email templates — one automation = one email template
• No dynamic recipients — To field is static or from one column only

The result: Teams build 10-30 separate automations to handle scenarios that should be one rule with conditional logic.

What Monday.com Users Are Saying

Thread: How can I make if-this-then-that type automations on Monday? [Source: https://community.monday.com/t/how-can-i-make-if-this-then-that-type-automations-on-monday/104022] — November 2024

“Monday does not have any automations that use conditional branching” — kindertech, November 27, 2024

Recommended Make.com as the only alternative. No monday.com staff response.

Thread: Conditional automations [Source: https://community.monday.com/t/conditional-automations/119503] — August – September 2025 (4 replies)

“I am finding the automations very useful but a bit constricting. What I want to be able to do is have an automation that says When item is created and status is A, then create subitem with a status X, IF NOT then create a subitem with a status Y.” — ccoles (Chris Coles), August 22, 2025

“this is a fantastic and super common use case. That challenge of creating a simple ‘IF a condition is met, THEN do this, ELSE do that’ automation is something I’ve run into myself.” — thekizoch (Michael), August 28, 2025

“Right now, native Monday automations don’t support nested conditional logic (there’s no built-in ‘else’ branch).” — the-creative0 (Awe Ebenezer), September 2, 2025

Monday.com Ambassador acknowledged the limitation and pointed to Workflow Center (Enterprise only), but confirmed no native else branch exists.

Monday.com staff explicitly confirmed the limitation:

“Whilst we support the inclusion of the IF function in our custom automations, I am afraid this particular automation isn’t currently supported natively.” — BiancaT (Monday.com staff), July 2023

“Im surprised a platform like this doesn’t have basic logic for it’s automations.” — ElliottK, September 2023

Thread: Use OR in automations [Source: https://community.monday.com/t/use-or-in-automations/91050] — June – July 2024 (11 replies)

“How would you go about triggering an automation with an OR vs an AND. In this case I want it to trigger if the Status is PTO OR No Travel.” — seandotson, June 25, 2024

“Rats. Really need some booleans in there to be able to do more complex automations.” — seandotson, June 25, 2024

“Unfortunately the only solution is to duplicate the automation and check for ‘PTO’ in one and for ‘No Travel’ in the other one.” — basdebruin, June 25, 2024

“Sadly no ‘OR’ option but it is desperately needed.” — ProjectMastermind, July 4, 2024

Monday.com official response from the Automations team:

Confirmed the Workflow Builder now supports “Is any of” for multiple values in status conditions — “the first step of supporting ‘OR’ condition.” — Maor Nakash (Monday.com Automations team), July 17, 2024

Acknowledged the requirement but noted it competes with other priorities. No timeline provided.

Thread: Multiple columns in one trigger step (AND/OR) [Source: https://community.monday.com/t/multiple-columns-in-one-trigger-step-and-or-workflows-and-automations/113599] — April – May 2025 (5 replies)

“I set the status to MISSING DATA if specific columns are empty…it requires a separate tree for each empty column” — becca_colesoft, April 24, 2025

“The Workflow builder…leaves people…without the tried-and-true solutions for branching workflows” — jbreen3ji, May 1, 2025

“These current constraints lead to excess computational time and slow automations” — MRad, May 20, 2025

Thread: Multiple condition in automations [Source: https://community.monday.com/t/multiple-condition-in-automations/50631] — February 2023

“I have managed to make it work but only by using 7 separate automations. Is there a way to consolidate to 1 or max 2?” — vballas (Vagelis Ballas), February 2, 2023

No monday.com staff response. Community confirmed: not possible natively.

Thread: Multiple triggers for an action using automations [Source: https://community.monday.com/t/multiple-triggers-for-an-action-using-automations/3691] — January – June 2020

Monday.com staff (lauralev, January 2020) said dynamic recipes were “expected to be released in Q1 of this year.”

Over 6 years later (2026), still limited. Another staff member (melissav) confirmed no ETA and offered to pass feedback (June 2020).

Most Recent (August 2025): IF-Then-Else Still Unsupported

Thread: Conditional automations — August 2025

“I am finding the automations very useful but a bit constricting. What I want to be able to do is have an automation that says When item is created and status is A, then create subitem with a status X, IF NOT then create a subitem with a status Y.” — ccoles (Chris Coles), August 22, 2025

“This is a fantastic and super common use case. That challenge of creating a simple ‘IF a condition is met, THEN do this, ELSE do that’ automation is something I’ve run into myself.” — thekizoch (Michael), August 28, 2025

“Right now, native Monday automations don’t support nested conditional logic (there’s no built-in ‘else’ branch).” — the-creative0 (Awe Ebenezer), September 2, 2025

monday.com Ambassador confirmed: “Unfortunately, the ability for a pop-up warning does not exist” and native Monday automations lack if/else branching.

February 2026 Status: No movement. Users still cannot create simple IF-THEN-ELSE automations in native monday.com.

Official documentation confirms (Get started with automations [Source: https://support.monday.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001222900-Get-started-with-monday-automations]):

• Structure: Trigger + Condition + Action(s)
• Can add multiple actions per recipe
• Can add conditions via “+” button
• No mention of if/else branching, conditional templates, or OR logic

How BoardBridge Solves This

1. Seven Conditional Operators

BoardBridge conditional rules support:

Operator	Description	Example
equals	Exact match	Status = “Confirmed”, Type = “VIP”
not_equals	Does not match	Type ≠ “Cancelled”
contains	Substring match	Notes contains “urgent”
starts_with	Prefix match	Name starts with “VIP”
ends_with	Suffix match	Email ends with “@acme.com”
is_empty	Column has no value	Email is empty
is_not_empty	Column has a value	Email has value

All operators work on any column type: text, email, status, dropdown, number, date.

2. Compound AND Conditions

Scenario: Send email only when multiple conditions are ALL true.

BoardBridge rule:

• Trigger: Status changes to “Confirmed”
• Condition 1: Type = “Outbound”
• Condition 2: Priority = “High”
• Condition 3: Budget > $5,000
• Action: Send VIP travel email

All three conditions must be true for the email to send.

Native monday.com: You’d need separate automations for each combination, or manually filter results.

3. Conditional Email Templates

Scenario: Same trigger, different email based on column value.

BoardBridge configuration:

• Trigger: Status = “Confirmed”
• Conditional template logic:
• If Type = “Outbound” → send “Outbound Travel Email” template
• Else if Type = “Return” → send “Return Travel Email” template
• Else → send “Generic Confirmation Email” template

One automation. Three possible email templates. Dynamically selected.

Native monday.com: You’d need three separate automations (one per template) or three separate buttons.

4. Conditional CC Recipients

Scenario: Add different people to CC based on item data.

BoardBridge conditional CC rules:

• If “Event Type” = “Wedding” → add wedding coordinator to CC
• If “Guest Count” > 200 → add logistics manager to CC
• If “VIP Client” = Yes → add account director to CC
• If “Assigned To” = “Alex Johnson” → add alex.manager@company.com to CC

All matching rules’ CC addresses are accumulated and sent in one email.

Native monday.com: No CC at all.

5. Conditional Actions (Workaround for Else)

While BoardBridge doesn’t have explicit if/else branching in one rule, you can achieve the same result with multiple rules evaluated independently:

Rule 1:

• Condition: Type = “Outbound”
• Action: Send Outbound Email

Rule 2:

• Condition: Type = “Return”
• Action: Send Return Email

Rule 3:

• Condition: Type is_empty
• Action: Send Generic Email

Each rule is independent. Only the matching rule fires.

Why this works: It’s effectively if/else logic distributed across rules instead of nested in one rule.

Real-World Example: Travel Email Automation

Confirmations Board:

• Name: “Alex Johnson”
• Status: “Confirmed”
• Type: “Outbound” (Dropdown)
• Priority: “High” (Status)
• Date: March 15, 2026

When status changes to “Confirmed”:

BoardBridge evaluates multiple rules:

Rule 1: Outbound Travel Email

• Condition 1: Type = “Outbound” → ✅ True
• Condition 2: Priority = “High” → ✅ True
• → Send “VIP Outbound Travel Email” template
• → CC: travel@company.com, vip-coordinator@company.com

Rule 2: Return Travel Email

• Condition 1: Type = “Return” → ❌ False
• → Does not fire

Rule 3: Standard Confirmation

• Condition 1: Type = “Standard” → ❌ False
• → Does not fire

Result: Only Rule 1 fires. Alex receives the VIP Outbound Travel Email with the VIP coordinator CC’d.

Conditional Logic in Cross-Board Automations

Scenario: Create item on Travel board only for confirmed outbound items.

BoardBridge rule:

• Trigger: Status = “Confirmed”
• Condition 1: Type = “Outbound”
• Condition 2: Date > Today + 30 days
• Action: Create item on Travel board in “Outbound Travel” group

If conditions not met → no item created.

Native monday.com: Cross-board item creation fires on every status change. No conditional check for Type or Date.

Preventing Accidental Automation Triggers

Scenario: Block email send if required fields are empty.

BoardBridge rule:

• Trigger: Button “Send Email” clicked
• Condition 1: Email is_not_empty
• Condition 2: Event Date is_not_empty
• Action: Send email

If conditions not met → email does not send, error is logged.

Native monday.com: Button fires regardless of column state. Emails can go to empty addresses.

Limitations You Should Know

OR logic is not supported. All conditions are AND’ed together. If you need “Status = A OR Status = B,” create two separate rules.

Nested if/else is not supported. You cannot build “If A, then (if B, then X, else Y).” You’d use separate rules for each branch.

Conditional logic is evaluated server-side at trigger time. You cannot pre-check conditions before triggering (no “dry run” mode).

Build Smart Conditional Workflows

Without conditional logic, teams either:

• Build 10+ automations for every combination of conditions (complex, unmaintainable)
• Accept that automations fire unconditionally (broken workflows, spammed recipients)
• Manually filter and adjust triggers (slow, error-prone)

At scale, this becomes unsustainable.

BoardBridge lets you build one rule with compound AND conditions — Status = “Confirmed” AND Type = “VIP” → send VIP email. Status = “Confirmed” AND Type = “Standard” → send standard email. All with 7 comparison operators and true if/then/else branching.

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