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Set custom field in UI action

You can set the field value via the UI automation rule THEN part.
For example, you can set Today's date for the date type custom field:

set Today's date for the date type custom field

Or the text value for the text type custom field:

text value for the text type custom field

🚧 NOTE

You can not set the URL type custom field via automation rule UI controls