Automatically process every item across two related lists

Runs a second list of steps for every item in a first list, so related data gets matched and processed automatically.

How the work actually flows

It repeats. Repeats advance to next item in first list; runs once per each item in the related list.

Pattern: Structured Loop (21) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

flowchart TD trig(("manual run or another trigger")):::human s0["take next item from first list"]:::task s1[["run second process on related list"]]:::mi s2[("combine results into one output")]:::store trig --> s0 s0 -->|"one per each item in the related list"| s1 lp{"first list is exhausted"}:::gate s1 --> lp lp -. "advance to next item in first list" .-> s0 lp -->|"finished"| s2 out[/"combined cross matched dataset"/]:::out pay{{"automates tedious many to many comparison"}}:::pay s2 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
A stepRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetRepeat or finishResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
General Automation
Connects
Code

The problem it solves

You need to compare or combine two related lists, like every product against every location, but doing it by hand row by row is slow and error-prone. Standard tools often can't handle this kind of nested comparison cleanly.

Who it fits

An operations team that regularly needs to cross-reference two related sets of data.

How it works

  1. The process starts with a manual run or another trigger
  2. It loops through the first list one item at a time
  3. For each item, it runs a second process against every item in the related list
  4. Results are combined back into a single clean output
What you get

Related records matched across two lists

You get two related lists of data automatically cross-referenced and combined into one clean, organized result.

What you get

A combined dataset where every item from one list has been matched or processed against every item in the related list.

What you need

The automation platform itself; no extra outside accounts are required.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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