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AndrewFry
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6 years ago
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Order of Template copy

I have a few templates setup and using automation, copy them over to my parent record as child records. However, it seems that the automation copies the most recently created template record first,...
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    MarkShnier__You
    6 years ago
    not tested but just a hunch.  Try changing the default sort of the source table to be the sequence you want.  Maybe the default sort is high to low on last modified by.

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MarkShnier__You
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6 years ago
not tested but just a hunch.  Try changing the default sort of the source table to be the sequence you want.  Maybe the default sort is high to low on last modified by.

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AndrewFry
Qrew Assistant Captain
6 years ago
So you were on point. I was also able to change the sorting based upon the Order field, rather than the Modified field.

Thanks for the insight Mark!!

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