How to use virtual functions when "Update ConfiForms entries by filter"

Question

I set up a IFTTT integration rule when modifying one form to Update ConfiForms entries by filter in a second form.

What I actually want to do is append a certain value to some field in the second form.

What I tried (amongst various other, really ridicolous things) is

somefield=somefield.append(certain value)

in the macros "Parameters to set on the entry"-parameter.

What it did was exactly what I typed, the new value "somefield.append(certain value)" but not appending the certain value to the old value of somefield.

I must be confusing syntax here, but I do not know what is wrong.

Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ · Accepted Answer

Hi

When you want a field value you refer to it by [entry.field_name] notation

somefield=[entry.somefield]certain value

or in case if you want to update the value using the value of the record you are updating.. and that is triggered from another form then it would be something like

somefield=[entry.id.asEntryRef(entry.somefield)]certain value

Alex