Hello,
Quite new to Airtable, I have an issue with an automation.
We are a non-profit that coaches People, who create Projects.
We have a directory table called "Annuaire" where all the People are, a Projects table where we list the Projects and a Prospect Projets table for people who may be interested in our courses.
The prospect table has a form, so people can enter their info by themselves. To keep things simple, the Prospect table has info related to the person (which would go in the Directory table) and the project (which will stay in the Prospect Projets table for now).
The automation I have in mind is the following :
1. When a record is created, the personal information create a new record in the Directory table
2. It updates the category (but that part is not a problem
3. Then, the created record in "1" is updated to link the Prospect Projets to the "Annuaire" field in the table
I've tried the following automation :
But as you can see, I have an error I have trouble solving
Here is the setup of the last step
Would somebody be able to help ?
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Weird, that looks like it's set up fine. May I know if you've tried re-testing all the previous steps?
You could also try creating the link when you're creating the record itself instead of via an "Update Record" action
Hello, thank you both for your replies,
I finally managed to solve my issue, from a close issue with a solution I found on another topic (it might even be you @TheTimeSavingCo !)
The automation is now in two steps.
First step :
1. Triggers when a record is created in the prospect table
2. Creates the record in the other table (directory) and copies the information from the prospect table
3. Updates the category in directory, (but that was not the issue)
3. Gets the record ID of the created record in the directory table and gets it to the prospect table in a "Annuaire ID" field (Annuaire is Directory in french)
Then, a second automation :
1. Triggers when the field Annuaire ID is not empty in the prospect table
2. Finds the matching record in the directory table
3. Updates the record that was found in the prospect table
I don't know if there's an easier way or a way to make it work in one automation, but now it works
As for the tests, I've ran them multiple times with many records, exemples, preview, tests, etc... and got the same result every time
Thank you !
PS : Do you think I could clarify the title so this thread could help somebody else ?
Weird, that looks like it's set up fine. May I know if you've tried re-testing all the previous steps?
You could also try creating the link when you're creating the record itself instead of via an "Update Record" action
Hello, thank you both for your replies,
I finally managed to solve my issue, from a close issue with a solution I found on another topic (it might even be you @TheTimeSavingCo !)
The automation is now in two steps.
First step :
1. Triggers when a record is created in the prospect table
2. Creates the record in the other table (directory) and copies the information from the prospect table
3. Updates the category in directory, (but that was not the issue)
3. Gets the record ID of the created record in the directory table and gets it to the prospect table in a "Annuaire ID" field (Annuaire is Directory in french)
Then, a second automation :
1. Triggers when the field Annuaire ID is not empty in the prospect table
2. Finds the matching record in the directory table
3. Updates the record that was found in the prospect table
I don't know if there's an easier way or a way to make it work in one automation, but now it works
As for the tests, I've ran them multiple times with many records, exemples, preview, tests, etc... and got the same result every time
Thank you !
PS : Do you think I could clarify the title so this thread could help somebody else ?
