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Auto fill attribute from another entity

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When I click on an item ‘Send Message’ in the navigation menu, I want to create an object of entity ‘Message’ with attributes Email, Subject, Description. I want the Email attribute value to be auto filled from another entity ‘User’ which also has an attribute Email. How can I auto fill the Email attribute from another entity?

asked 2021-07-23

Shardul Silswal

1 answers

Eline Bijkerk · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-23

To do so, simply create a microflow behind the button that creates a Message object with the values you want to use from the user object. If it's the current user you want to use, you can use the default $currentUser. If not, you'll have to retrieve the user from the database first. The flow would end up looking something like this: