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BETA ACTION - this action is still in beta and is subject to change or replacement with newer versions.
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This action is only recommended for power users due to the requirement for using "developer mode" to get column IDs.
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Currently Copy Linked Columns is only supported in the custom automation builder.
Copy Linked Columns accepts a map of column IDs to column IDs defining what will be copied from the linked item to the local item. You must manually enter the column ID due to monday.com limitations in recipe creation, but avoiding an external user interface allows this action to be used in a custom automation increasing flexibility.
The map is a series of lines in the "column ID map" input field of the recipe:
source_id=>target_id
source_text=>target_text
source_date1=>target_date2
These represent the column ID of the connected item to copy to the item. At this time only the text value of mirror columns is supported, and copying to a connect boards column will only work if copying a connected item, it will not rename the connected item if you copy a text field. You can obtain the column IDs by following these instructions from monday.com
There are additional fields required, first to select the connect boards column to copy columns from (this should be self-explanatory), and then a keep/clear which changes the behavior when the connect board column is empty - clearing the target columns or leaving their existing values in place. Maybe the automation will clear the connect board column after copying the values to eliminate extra linkages, speeding up board performance.
Example Recipe:
And an example of the text box with the mapping: