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 …

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 t…

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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Link to Collection Item Action Get Help automations	1	599	May 1, 2022
Create a new related entity in a to-many relation field Get Help	6	58	February 10, 2026
Update [Step 1 linked Entity] without a script Get Help	5	57	September 24, 2025
Auto-linking via a to-many relation [workaround] API & Programming flexible-domain , automations	8	687	April 16, 2026
Actions: How to create new entity and add to collection? (many-many) Automations automations	2	432	July 15, 2021

Many-to-many Linking in Automations

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