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Automation - How to edit an attribute of an object that is referenced in work item

Ben Whiteley_469mm6

I am creating a recurring check for company devices.

Work items are created in the protect, based on time since last check date that is stored as an attribute on each device object in assets.

I have this part working - tickets are created, and the correct object is inserted to a custom field on the work item as reference.

The part i can not figure out how to do is as follows:

I want a rule that is triggered when the work item moves from in progress to done. - creating the trigger is easy part...

Then i want to lookup the object that is referenced in the custom field on the work item, and edit the custom attribute I added "last check date" replacing the existing value with current date.

I am struggling to understand how to find the specific object listed in the work item.

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Marc Koppelaar

Hi @Ben Whiteley

You will need to use the lookupobject action

example clause: objecttype = <name of the object type> and key IN {{issue.customfield_xxxxx}}

Where xxxxx is the id number of the field

Then add a branch, select the asset schema and add the smart value key = {{lookupObjects.key}}

And add an edit object action in the branch.

example clause: select the attribute and use smart value {{now}}

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Mikael Sandberg

In order to edit an object you need to create a global automation, then you can use the AQL branch to lookup the object and then use the edit object to set the attribute you want to update.

Marc Koppelaar

Hi @Ben Whiteley

You will need to use the lookupobject action

example clause: objecttype = <name of the object type> and key IN {{issue.customfield_xxxxx}}

Where xxxxx is the id number of the field

Then add a branch, select the asset schema and add the smart value key = {{lookupObjects.key}}

And add an edit object action in the branch.

example clause: select the attribute and use smart value {{now}}

Ben Whiteley_469mm6

Hi Marc,

Thanks for your help - I am making progress. However i must be missing something, as the above does not find any objects

Here is what i have:

Screenshot 2026-01-08 145543.png

and this is the log from the rule run:
Screenshot 2026-01-08 145648.png

Marc Koppelaar

Hi @Ben Whiteley

In the lookup, use objectType = <name of the object type>, don't use objecttypeid

Ben Whiteley_469mm6

ok - thanks - changed that back, and still no objects found.

Appreciate your help on this. Its been driving me mad

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