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Update User List field using actions or automations

I am trying to update a user list field using an automation, but all I am able to do is override the whole list with a single user. Is there a way to do this? Maybe a workaround I could use?

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Thanks, Alex

    if you are trying to add an additional user to the user list, you could make a formula which calculates to the new result that you want and write it into the field.

    ToUserList([My Userlist field], ToUserlist([my additional user field]))
    I had a similar problem and solved it with automations.

    Say you have a list-user field and it has a couple of names in it and you wish to add another name to the existing list-users.

    You can use an automation and when the triggering event happens, an automation fires to edit the record (in this example the record I'm on where Record ID# is equal to Record ID#).  It edits the List-User field with the value of itself concatenated with the new email address.

    See below.



    You can also use an automation to set the default values of a List-User field as well.

    I.e., when the record is created edit the record where the Record ID# is equal to the value of the Record ID# (itself) and

    target the List Users field with "Type a value" and put the email addresses chained together with a semicolon.  Like this:


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