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AmyGosz2's avatar
AmyGosz2
Qrew Cadet
6 years ago

When a child record is added, create a second child record

My app has two tables. When the child record is added, I would like another child record automatically created and have some fields pre-populate with data from the first child record. I think it would...
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AmyGosz2's avatar
AmyGosz2
Qrew Cadet
6 years ago
HI Mark...I did try an automation, but the field values I want to populate in the new child record are formula fields on the original child record. Those fields were not available in the drop down of fields to choose to set up and populate.

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Amy Gosz
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MarkShnier__You's avatar
MarkShnier__You
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6 years ago
You cannot type manually into a formula field nor can an Automation write into a formula field.  So you will need to rethink that you are trying to do.  Or explain here what you are trying to do.



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