Hi guys,
is it possible to use business rules just once in order to copy data from one field to another? My use case: I have a field with type single line of text and want to change it to multiple line of text. Because I can't change the type directly, I have to create a new field. But I need the information that was entered in the old field.
Can I use the business rule for this copy paste action or is there a recommended way for this case?
Regards,
dlo
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Thx a lot for helping me. The on-demand workflow works great.
Hi dlo, I wouldn't recommend to use business rules for this task of data cleansing / using a new field. You could use an On Demand Workflow instead for the given entity
condition: If Old Field contains Text
Updates record Action: set New Field with old Field value
You Will need to also create an advanced find view based on the condition, and run the workflow for all the records in that view.
Then you can remove the old field
Best Wishes, Raz
Raz
Business rule runs on onload or onsave of form. Rather than using business rule, use on-demand realtime/background workflow which you can run on multiple records at same time to copy field value to another field
Hope this will solve your issue
Regards,
Rutul
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