Dear Kyle,
I have a couple of related challenges with CB auto actions.

I have several Query auto actions that are changing fields in the CB user database. They update fields related both to the logged in user (#me) and the profile I am viewing [user_id]. These are now working fine.

What I need is to be able to send an email with some of those updated field values, after they are changed by those Queries.

1. Is there a trigger that I could use to fire when a Query updates a field value? I’ve tried both AfterUserUpate and AfterUpdateUser and they don’t seem to be trigger when these values are changed by the Query actions. This would be ideal, then I could just have a single email send updated values whenever a user is modified using these Query Auto Action. (I guess I'm looking for something equivalent to the "Save Directly" that alllows this for "field" type actions.)

2. Alternatively, I’ve tried using an email AutoAction, triggered after the Query one. It fires successfully, but rather than send the newly updated fields from the logged in user (#me), it sends the old ones, prior to the changes made in the Query action. I have the “reload user” on “yes” for both Actions, but I guess what I really need is a reload of the logged in person’s information, not the user profile being viewed. Is there some way to do that?

I’d appreciate any guidance.
Thanks,
Remy.

Dear Kyle,
Thanks for your reply. I had previously tried to set up my actions as Field updating ones, but couldn't figure out how to make the calculations do what I need. Attached are the ones that are working using the Query, and you'ss see they use CONCAT, LENGTH, and REPLACE functions.

Is there a way to do this in a Field action? If I chose Set (Field=Value), can I put these kinds of formulas in there?

e.g.
Field: cb_requested_by_currently
Value: CONCAT(cb_requested_by_currently, "[cb:userdata field="Id" user="#me" /],")
Save Directly: No
User: [user_id]

Also, I am able to string actions together, but:
1. Can one action launch two separate actions? (i.e. have the two actions refer to the same triggering one)
2. Can an action be triggered by a re-direct action?

Thanks,
Remy.

Sorry - one clarification. I was able to do the "CONCAT" function by using the the "Suffx" option in the Field Actoin, but it was actually my inability to figure out how to do a strong REPLACE equivelant that led me to use Query Actions in the frst place, so if you have any tips on how to do those, that would be the key.
Thanks,
Remy.

Thanks for your help. I was able to do it using Field Actions. The key was that I hadn't realized that you could use the "Format" functions TOGETHER with the substitutions as the "Value" being set by the action.