I am wondering if any thought has been given to allow use of formulas to drive the auto linking within relations. I think the auto linking feature is fantastic (maybe sometimes forgotten). However, one of the things I wish was possible was to set the filters using formulas. The work around is obvio…

[image] cannibalflea: However, one of the things I wish was possible was to set the filters using formulas. I guess you mean using formulas for either side of the matching rules, right? I think they’re not technically filters. [image] cannibalflea: I know this will likely not be a prior…

[image] Chr1sG: I guess you mean using formulas for either side of the matching rules, right? I think they’re not technically filters. Yes, exactly, using formula results on one or both sides to do the matching. [image] Chr1sG: formulas in view filters might have the side-effect of enab…

[image] cannibalflea: However, this goes against my effort to try and limit the number of helper fields I create (which might be an irrational stance in the grand scheme of things). I don’t think that’s an irrational stance at all. At least not until there is a configuration/admin mode and a …

[image] njyo: over time becomes a game of jenga as I don’t necessarily remember why I set up certain things like a year or more ago. Thus the need for a way to add “dev notes” to DBs and their fields (beyond the existing “field description”). This is especially true for Automations, as right …

I ended up copying the Fibery Guide template and adding a whole ‘Process/Automations’ section just to try and solve this problem. It’s surprisingly easy to end up with 20-30 automation per DB and if you’re bad at writing script comments (like I am) it becomes are real pain to ID and modify things.

I wanted to also add another part to this request: Currently, while the auto linking allows users to define multiple rules, it imposes an AND logic to the rules. Therefore there is no way to specify if all conditions need to match (AND) or just one (OR). Since filters already include the ability to…

[image] cannibalflea: Currently, while the auto linking allows users to define multiple rules, it imposes an AND logic to the rules. Therefore there is no way to specify if all conditions need to match (AND) or just one (OR). Since filters already include the ability to define AND/OR logic as we…

[image] interr0bangr: I would setup almost everything as auto-links if they had the same conditional logic filtering as rest of fibery! Same! It’s more robust than automations since user can’t unlink the relation by accident.

via a formula column, call up another entity and filter directly on it to create an automatic relationship

Can you please explain what this means, maybe with an example.

Automatically linking with formulas

Ideas & Features

mdubakov April 16, 2026, 1:16pm 17

auto-linking got more operators today

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Automatically linking with formulas

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