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AndrewFry
Qrew Assistant Captain
6 years ago

Options: Modify field in ALL children records, based on Parent record field

I am trying to determine which would be the most effective and efficient way to accomplish a goal. When a certain field is completed in the Parent record, I need specific fields in ALL related chil...
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EverettPatterso's avatar
EverettPatterso
Qrew Captain
6 years ago
Thanks Andrew! I needed something like this when the key field changes on the Parent table, and have to update child records on 6+ other tables. Now the automation can change those values which rebuilds the relationship when the key field changes. Sometimes I forget how powerful Automations can be.

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Everett Patterson
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    AndrewFry
    Qrew Assistant Captain
    6 years ago
    That is a fantastic way to implement that. I hadn't even thought of utilizing it for when the key changes so that you can re-relate and rebuild those relationships and child records back to the original parent record.

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    Andrew
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