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AndrewFry's avatar
AndrewFry
Qrew Assistant Captain
6 years ago

Automation: Not able to select Type Value as source

Normally I would have an option to select my source as "Type a value". But for some reason it doesn't exist for this field selection. The field is a plain text field. I am a similar a...
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EvanMartinez's avatar
EvanMartinez
Moderator
6 years ago
Hi Andrew,

The pick from list option usually shows up on a field in an Automation which is a multiple choice text field. Was that field at some point a multiple choice field or in the field settings has someone selected a "list from another field" option to override the usual behavior?

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Evan Martinez
Community Marketing Manager
Quick Base
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  • AndrewFry's avatar
    AndrewFry
    Qrew Assistant Captain
    6 years ago
    If I remember correctly, it used to be a multiple choice text field, but then was changed to a single text field.

    If I am understanding you correctly, does that mean that I will have to remove the current field from the table, create a brand new one of the same name, but ensure that it starts off as a single text field?

    Thanks for your input Evan!

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    Andrew
    andrew.fry25@gmail.com
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    • EvanMartinez's avatar
      EvanMartinez
      Moderator
      6 years ago
      Hi Andrew,

      I don't think it should require that to my knowledge, I was just curious since that is the option. Is this a new step being added to an existing automation that might have been created before the change happen or is this a totally new automation? If you can't get the right thing to show up for you and the field is now changed over to just a standard text input field I would suggest putting in a case with our Care team and letting them know what you are running into. That way they can take a look at the behavior and we can see if something is causing that field to be stuck in an old configuration.

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      Evan Martinez
      Community Marketing Manager
      Quick Base
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      • AndrewFry's avatar
        AndrewFry
        Qrew Assistant Captain
        6 years ago
        Thanks for the clarification Evan.

        The change from multi text to single text happened a while ago. The automation is new, just created yesterday.

        I have opened up a customer care case and am corresponding with them.

        Hopefully we can figure out what is going on.

        Thanks again!

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        Andrew
        andrew.fry25@gmail.com
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