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Qrew Cadet

4 years ago

Copy a Sync Field to an editable text field in the Sync'd Table

I need to copy data in a Sync Table from a Sync field to a duplicate "editable" field in the same table when the Sync updates the table. I have tried automations, actions, table to table imports, al...

MarkShnier__You

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Qrew Legend

4 years ago

An Automation or a Pipeline should work. Why did the automation you tried fail?

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NikkiWalters
Qrew Cadet
4 years ago
Hi Mark,
Yes, unfortunately the Sync Field is not showing as an option when I set up the automation. I also am avoiding new automations since they will be going away in 2022.

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Nikki Walters
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- MarkShnier__You
  Qrew Legend
  4 years ago
  I have not tested but I don't see why a Sync would not be available as a choice as a source but in any event you can set up a pipeline to do this.
  
  There's a bit of a learning curve the first time you set up a pipeline but it should work.
  
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