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May 12, 2022 11:23 AM
So I’m trying to create an automation which creates a record and then updates two of the fields using Airtables built-in automation. But I don’t seem to have the ability to do what I want to do. (Or at least I don’t know how).
This is what I want to do:
It involves 3 tables called: Layouts, Modules, and Content
- Triggor: When you link a record in the “Body” column cell in the “Layouts” Table
- and the record linked has “needs content” checked in the Module Table
- Create a record in the content table
- And Assign that new content record the “Layout” record it is associated with
- And Assign that record the “Module” record it is associated with
As soon as I get to 4 or 5, I see no way to link records in the new content record. I mean if I knew what records in advance, I guess I could do it. But I don’t know which module and layout will be linked in advance.
Is this not possible with automation? Or am I missing something? Or do I need to write a script (Which I am not adept at)

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May 12, 2022 12:05 PM
Hi @Chris_Bolton
I am not sure if I follow 100% so forgive me if I am wrong.
Your trigger is on the Layouts table, so you should be able to get that recordID from step 1.Then your module id will come from the Create Record step 2

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May 12, 2022 12:31 PM
Hi Chris. Hasn’t #5 been taken care of in #1. Meaning, the Module record is linked to the Layout record to be part of the trigger that kicks things off. So, #5 should just be a lookup field (through Layout) in the new Content record.
If you actually want a link field for Module in Content, then you’ll want that record id available in Layout that you can copy over to Content in the automation action.

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May 16, 2022 03:05 PM
Thank you. I didn’t realize the power of recordID!
