Hi,
Suppose you are set automation trigger for Tasks table 'when record match condition' (Status=Complete)
The simple and a bit risky and not 100% correct way is to add Update step
and put a value of trigger record link field into [Record ID ] (to update)
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Each link has Name (displayed on it) and ID (of a record linked in other table)
So you need to switch which value to pass and set ID instead of Name
Then in Fieds (to update) select Stage and choose .
Example - I set 'When Task is Done', set Stage to Stage 3
(note: i added lookup of task Status from Tasks table. Sometimes Stage can be set with formula, using such lookup, so you don't need automations for that
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Of course formula is not so 'bright' as Single-Select. But you can add color emojis with Win+.(dot) ✔⚠❓😃
But that's another story.
Problem of such method - Record ID expects single ID. So, if you have 2 Clients linked, it will fail
Indeed, linked field able to hold the array of links. Putting array into a place for a single value is not good. Even if now this array has exactly 1 member.
Second method: use Find Records to find all Clients linked to your trigger record. Result can be limited to a number of records, so you can set limit to 1 and be sure that only a single ID will be returned.
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Third method is closest to actual workflow - take array of IDs right from trigger record value of 'Link to Clients'
(now it's only 1 link, but if there were 10, it would work as well) and use as a list in Repeating Group
Inside Repeating Group install Update step for Stage.
Again, don't forget to choose ID property
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I linked the Task X to three Clients, set Task to Done and all three were promoted to Stage 3
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