# Creating standard field in entity that "Self References" that entity?

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**Created:** [April 12, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/creating-standard-field-in-entity-that-self-references-that-entity/6076 "2024-04-12T12:55:37Z")\
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> [@Chr1sG](#):
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> Do you want to have a field in an entity, which returns the entity itself?

Exactly!

> [@Chr1sG](#):
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> Why?

There’s several Fibery limitations I’m trying to work around:  
1a. Not having any way to have filtering/conditional logic when auto-linking  
1b. Not being able to auto-link using many-to-many fields  
2a. Not having formulas in filters. Specifically automation filters in this case.  
2b. Not having branching logic in automation rules.

Maybe if I knew how to script things, it would make things easier for me, but I don’t so I have to rely on more traditional methods like formulas and automations which get very exhaustive to build and maintain.

Here’s a common scenario that we struggle to handle without having many, many separate automations that can be complex and sometimes unreliable. Using a self referencing field, I’ve been able to simplify everything into a single automation now, which is awesome, and now I’m trying to scale that approach to be able to streamline many other automations I have as well.

Relational Hierarchy:  
[Iteration] M-M [Sprint]  
[Iteration] M-M [Team]  
[Team] 1-M [Sprint]

Ideal Logic:  
WHEN  
[Iteration].[Week Number] = [Sprint].[Week Number]  
AND  
[Iteration].[Year] = [Sprint].[Year]  
AND  
[Iteration].[Teams] is any of [Sprint].[Team] (Team A, for example)  
LINK  
[Iteration] to Team A’s [Sprint]

and if any of the conditions are no longer met, UNLINK the iteration from the sprint.

You helped me with a similar scenario in another thread before if it seems familiar [Contains equivalent? - #12 by Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/t/contains-equivalent/3625/12)

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