What is Clay Send Table Data?
Clay Send Table Data transfers information from a source table to another Clay table. It can send one row or turn items in a list into separate destination rows. This is the current feature to investigate when older instructions refer to Write to Other Table.
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Two transfer patterns
Clay documents a Send row method for transferring selected fields from a row. It also provides Send row for each item in a list, which can turn a company's list of people into individual contact rows. These methods solve different problems. Choose the pattern based on the shape of the output you need, rather than selecting whichever action name appears first in an older tutorial.
Understand reruns before using them
For Send row, Clay documents creating a destination row on the first send and updating that row on later sends unless the relevant update setting is disabled. The list-item method creates a new row for each item. Our recommendation is to test a repeat transfer before relying on either behavior. A rerun that creates unexpected duplicates can start redundant enrichment and make ownership of the final record unclear.
Example: companies to people
A company table may contain an approved account and a list of matched people. Sending each person to a separate contact table makes individual qualification possible. Include the company identifier with each person so the relationship survives the transfer. Check that the destination maps the correct name, profile and company fields. Then verify what downstream auto-run settings will do when those new contact rows arrive.
Older terminology and safe migration
Clay marks Write to Other Table as deprecated; its documentation says existing actions continue working while new actions are not supported. Do not rebuild an old process by copying a legacy setup without checking the current transfer feature. Record the source, destination, field mapping and rerun behavior before changing a working handoff. Compare one record end to end, including downstream effects, before transferring the rest of the audience.
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