Can Automations update a State field using a Formula?

[Matt_Blais]

I was expecting that I could simply return the string Name of the State I want to select, but
the Type required from the Formula is apparently the State type itself, and I see no way to filter or return this Type.

[Chr1sG]

It’s not currently possible without using scripting, sorry.

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