I was wondering if there is some way of understanding the context in which a button was triggered. For example, it is possible to trigger a button of an entity inside a collection (when it is in a one-to-many relation). So if a I have a collection of sub projects linked to a parent project: [image] …

In most cases, you can access the Project’s fields in buttons (and rules) using formulas. There’s no way for Fibery to distinguish the button being pressed from within the collection field of a Project (compared to say from a table view or the entity view) but you can use filters and/or formulas to…

[image] Chr1sG: you can use filters and/or formulas to determine what should happen to a item based on whether or not it has a parent Project Yes, that is precisely what I’ve done in the case that I’ve been working on. The basic structure that I have is as follows: [image] The intent of the…

[image] cannibalflea: The challenge is that Initiatives and Service Categories have a many-to-many relation That isn’t what your workspace map is showing in the image you shared :thinking:

@Chr1sG you’ve got a good eye :wink: I’ve simplified the structure for the sake of this discussion/post and so the graphic doesn’t quite match-up with reality. But the relation is a many-to-many relation. Can try and record a screen capture to better describe the full setup if that is helpful

So you want to run an Initiative button automation from the collection field of a Service Category entity view, right? Or is it from another view you have in mind? Is there anything that distinguishes the Initiative to be duplicated from other Initiatives within the same Service Category?

[image] Chr1sG: So you want to run an Initiative button automation from the collection field of a Service Category entity view, right? Yes! [image] Chr1sG: Is there anything that distinguishes the Initiative to be duplicated from other Initiatives within the same Service Category? Not…

Hey, I am running into something similar in this simple example: [image] We have an entity with Shoots (for some captures we do), and here we have passes with assigned labels so we know what to shoot. In all passes we then add as many takes as necessary until we have one thats good. It would be…

[image] Wilco_Boode: its clear that the views have an understanding of their current context. Extending this to the enitities in the views would really help smoothing out some processes Unfortunately, buttons do not ‘know’ anything about what view the user was looking at when the button is pr…

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