automation fueld update order

The fields don’t update in order — they update all-at-once simultaneously.

- ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant

​@ScottWorld  SO what happens if I copy data form a field then update that field in the same Action step?  Will it copy the newly inserted data then and not the old? 

I’m not sure what you mean? Maybe post screenshots of what you’re trying to do?

- ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant

​@ScottWorld How about this, i want my automation in one Action to :

Copy current data from a field1 to another field2 Then update field1 with new data from another record

If your automation relies on either:

1. Formula fields that get updated after the initial Update Record step updates a related field
2. Lookups / Rollups that get populated after the initial Update Record step updates a linked field

Then you’ll need to use a second Update Record step that uses the value from the previous Update Record step, as that lets us get the updated data to use

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Let’s say your data looks like this: 

And you want the automation to paste ‘Number to use’ into ‘Initial’, and then save the value from ‘Initial * 2’ into ‘Initial * 2 stamped’

Your automation setup would then look like this, where the first step pastes the value from ‘Number to use’ into ‘Initial’:

And then the second Update Record action uses the value from the previous Update Record action:

​@TheTimeSavingCo very nice thanks, what did you use to make that gif for the screen tutorial?

MacOS’s screen recording + ffmpeg to convert it to a gif!