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Workflows and how to delete "nested" data types

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#1

Hello everyone! I’ve been struggling for a while with some issue. Would be super grateful for the community help!)

Here’s the problem. I organized by database with types like LVL1, LVL2, LVL3. Each of them refers to another in a “nested” way. LVL1 was a filed for LVL2 lists, while LVL2 has LVL1 field etc. And that works pretty well almost all the time.

The problem is that this is a task-manager (for desktop browser for now). So imagine LVL1 is a project, LVL2 is a task and LVL3 is a subtask. But what if a user wants to delete whole project (LVL1) including all its children (LVL2→LVL3). That’s exactly what I’ve been struggling with. And I have no idea how to create a workflow for that. It seems like I’ve tried everything I could imagine.

Any ideas? Thank you in advance)

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#2

In the delete workflow for a LVL1 thing,
add 3 actions:

  1. Delete a list of things | Things: thisLVL1’s LVL2’s LVL3s
  2. Delete a list of things | Things: thisLVL1’s LVL2s
  3. Delete a list of things | Things: This LVL1

That should delete things in a clean way, not keeping any unclean things on the DB

Cheers, Ranjit | Blur Apps
PS: I’m also available for 1:1 consultations to help with your App as needed :slight_smile:

#4

Omg, that 's awesome, thank you very much! Hope to work with you in the future!

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