Further to my earlier question, there doesn’t seem to be a way of adding existing entities into another entity’s collection (i.e. linking to those entities in a many-to-many relation) through automations. The actions currently offered are: Add [Database] Item : This basically creates a whole new entity rather than searching and linking to an existing entity Update [Database] : This updates the linked entity/entities (based on optional filter) rather than updating the collection Delete [Database] : This actually deletes the linked entity/entities (based on some filter) Unlink [Database] : This removes the linked entity/entities from the collection without totally deleting the source entity You are able to use the Update Field Action to add one and and only one item to the collection but the next time you call that, it just overwrites the previous relation even though it is a many-to-many relation. You are able to work around this using scripts. So I wanted to propose a “Link [Database]” action in automations.

Fixed :slight_smile: [image] CHANGELOG: March 10 / Limit Access by IPs, “Link [Collection]” Action, 10 Fixed Bugs Changelog We are slowly getting back to work. Some people are relocating from Belarus, so development speed was not great last two weeks. Here is the first Spring release with some minor improvements. Limit Access by IPs Now you can make your Fibery workspace secure by allowing a list of IPs to access it. Navigate to Workspace Settings and find Access Settings section. [Screenshot 2022-03-10 at 4.50.10 PM] Automations: “Link [Collection]” Action Now you may link existing entities to the parent entit…

Just to clarify, it is possible to link multiple items using the Update Field action, but you’re right that these items will replace any previous linked items, rather than add to the collection.

Having a separate “add entity(ies) to collection”, while NOT overwriting the existing collection, would seem like a pretty fundamental capability.

Yep, only currently possible with a script, I’m afraid :frowning_face:

Many-to-many Linking in Automations

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Chr1sG March 11, 2022, 11:29am 9

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Link to Collection Item Action Get Help automations	1	621	May 1, 2022
Create a new related entity in a to-many relation field Get Help	6	100	February 10, 2026
Update [Step 1 linked Entity] without a script Get Help	5	109	September 24, 2025
Auto-linking via a to-many relation [workaround] API & Programming flexible-domain , automations	8	747	April 16, 2026
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Many-to-many Linking in Automations

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