Dwarf Fortress: Work Order condition tied to amount of dye

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How do I make a mill-plants work order tied to the amount of dye?
e.g. a mill plants work order on a quern that activates only when the amount of dimple dye drops below 10.
I'm using the DFHack workshop profile function.  One combination that does not work is:

item type : powder
material : dimple cup dye
traits: Dye items

The phrase on the screen after setting these conditions is Amount of dye dimple dye available is less than 10 . Satisfied for next check even though I have hundreds of units of dimple dye in a few dozen bags.
Thanks!

zboson15 · Answer

I use following steps to automate the textile industy:

Mill 5 plants when amount of "dye boxes and bags" (item: boxes and bags; trait: dye items) is at most 10.

Be sure to use to use a stockpile without barrels for the dyes.
This works well. Combine it with

process 5 plants when amount of pig tail thread(item: thread; material: pig tail) is at most 30

weave 5 thread to cloth when amount of pigtail cloth(item: cloth; material: pig tail) is at most 30

dye 5 cloth when amount of dyable cloth (item: cloth; trait: dyable item) is at least 10

Be sure to use a stockpile without bins for the cloths.
The final step is something like:

limited production: make 5 cloth shoes when amount of pig tail shoes (item: shoe; material: pig tail) is at most 30

mass production: make 5 cloth robe when amount of dyed cloth (item: cloth; trait: dyed item) is at least 5

Dwarf Fortress: Work Order condition tied to amount of dye

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