OmniFocus: Append Map Link for Nearby Business

This Shortcuts example will prompt the user to search for a nearby business and then append a Maps link for the chosen business, to the note of the selected project or task.

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 1  “Open App” action • Make OmniFocus the active application.

 2  “Omni Automation Script” action • This action will execute its Omni Automation script.

 3  Script Code • A script that returns the value of the primaryKey property of the single selected task or project  4  If a single project or task is not selected, an error message will be displayed to the user, and the workflow halted.

 5  Map Search • A map search input dialog will be displayed, passing the matched items to the following action. NOTE: by default this action is set to search for local businesses within a 2-mile radius of your current location. Adjust these settings to match your preferred values.

 6  List of Matches • Presents a list of matching businesses, the chosen list item is passed to the following action.

 7  Map Link (URL) • An Apple Maps link to the selected business is generated.

 8  Data Dictionary • A data dictionary (record) is created containing the passed values from the previous actions: the ID of selected task/project; the Maps URL of the chosen business.

 9  Data Input Socket • The data dictionary is placed in the Data Input Socket of the “Omni Automation Script” action.

 10  Omni Automation script • This script uses the argument.input parameter to extract the data passed within the data dictionary, and then uses that data to located the selected OmniFocus task/project and append the Maps link to its note.

Here are the Omni Automation scripts used in this Shortcuts workflow:

Return Identifier of Selected Task or Project
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(async () => {
	try {
		var sel = document.windows[0].selection
		var selCount = sel.tasks.length + sel.projects.length 
		if(selCount === 1){
			if (sel.tasks.length === 1){
				var selectedItem = sel.tasks[0]
			} else {
				var selectedItem = sel.projects[0]
			}
			return selectedItem.id.primaryKey
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue", 
				message: "Please select a single project or task."
			}
		}
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.message.includes("cancelled")){
			await new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
		throw `${err.name}\n${err.message}`
	}
})();

Process Passed Data Dictionary
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var url = argument.input.mapsURL
var ID = argument.input.objectID
var item = Task.byIdentifier(ID)
if (!item){item = Project.byIdentifier(ID)}
if(item.note.length === 0){
	item.appendStringToNote(url)
} else {
	item.appendStringToNote( "\n" + url)
}