Hey all, is it possible to stop an automation rule midway if certain conditions are met in a script? I have a deduplication script that uses GraphQL to count the number of matching entities and delete the most recent one if the total number exceeds 1. I would like to notify a user as the next step,…

[image] Chr1sG: User who triggered the rule, or empty. How you this be written? I can’t figure out how to write an If statement that lets me leave the false outcome as blank since it requires both the true and false outcomes to be a User type. Best I could come up with was this and it actual…

You can simply return - but make sure you’re awaited all Promises you’ve received from calling FIbery api.

Thanks Matt, my lack of Javascript knowledge is definitely slowing me down a bit. I tried adding return to my script but I realized that I actually need to stop the automation from running a notification step as opposed to just ending the script. I don’t think that’s possible without throwing an err…

[image] Tommy_Hedley: I don’t think that’s possible without throwing an error Indeed, it is the only way I know of aborting the automation entirely. [image] Tommy_Hedley: I can work around it by adding a “duplicate” checkbox that the script can set true and then use that to trigger a not…

It might seem messy, but it’s actually a perfectly fine way of doing it :blush:

[image] Tommy_Hedley: I can’t figure out how to write an If statement that lets me leave the false outcome as blank since it requires both the true and false outcomes to be a User type. Related: Allow to return an empty value from a formula - #2 by Matt_Blais

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