Automate Actions - Value From Parent Entity

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Automate Actions - Value From Parent Entity

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We use the ClickSend module to send blast sms to our clients via automate actions.
In 2.8-2.9 this worked fine.
In 3.0, you can no longer select a field using "Value from Parent Entity" which effectively breaks both email and sms blast messages.

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Re: Automate Actions - Value From Parent Entity

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To change value in parent entity you have to use Action "change fields value of the parent record"
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That's not what we are trying to do.
We don't need to change anything in the parent entity.
Within the parent entity we have the client's contact information.
Screen Shot 2022-01-12 at 8.29.39 AM.png
Then we created a sub entity called BlastSMS.
Screen Shot 2022-01-12 at 8.28.12 AM.png
Within the sub entity, we have a field for manually typing the message text.
Then we have a field to get the phone number from the parent entity, as seen in the screenshot.
Screen Shot 2022-01-10 at 8.18.07 AM.png
Then we use automated actions > add record to sub entity to add new records to the sub entity.
Screen Shot 2022-01-12 at 8.39.51 AM.png
The button for the automated actions is located in the parent entity. By checking the box next to the clients we wish to send a message to, and then pressing send blast sms, the automated action is supposed to add a new record to the sub entity with their phone number and manually typed message text.
Screen Shot 2022-01-12 at 8.42.23 AM.png
Then clicksend sends the messages as they are added to the sub-entity.

The problem were having now is, since the new update, fieldtype "Value from Parent Entity" is no longer supported in automated actions, so there is no way to get the phone numbers from the selected clients.

TLDR: Please re-add support for fieldtype "Value from Parent Entity" to automated actions.
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Value From Parent Entity never was included in process form because this is dynamic field. If you need copy value from parent to nested you can do it as in screenshot bellow.
So phone number in nested entity should be input filed and then you can copy value from other input field, just enter field id in input field.
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