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April 18, 2017
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Is there a (simple) way to copy a date field to a datetime field

  • April 18, 2017
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Hi,

I need to copy values from an old date field to a new SFDC custom datetime field. I tried to use a token for the old field value {{lead.MQL date}} and append it with the {{system.time}} token. At first it seemed to work (notice there's no red squiggly line) I was cheering for Marketo being so flexible but then I noticed the campaign skipped this step because the new value was invalid. Way to get my hopes up.

Anyone has an idea how to do this without too much hassle?

Thanks,

Arthur

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    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    April 18, 2017

    Interesting question, Arthur!  I tried a few permutations myself and like you found, the Flow choked on non-datetime tokens (regardless of whether there's also the {{system.time}}).  Maybe there's something we've both missed but I know this works in FlowBoost:

    Andrea_Lechner
    Andrea_Lechner
    Level 2
    April 18, 2017

    If you haven't nested this new field in a bunch of lists or campaigns, you can adjust the type in MKTO and then use your tokens.

      SanfordWhiteman
      SanfordWhiteman
      Level 10
      April 18, 2017

      That's a good point, Andrea. If it were a Text field the token type validation wouldn't apply. But I assumed it was already in use.

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