# Custom Object Workflow - Renaming the record. **URL:** \ **Category:** Data Hub\ **Created:** [February 3, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/custom-object-workflow-renaming-the-record/74466 "2023-02-03T18:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCalderon11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DCalderon11](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DCalderon11)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/custom-object-workflow-renaming-the-record/74466/1 "2023-02-03T18:36:30Z")
I am working to rename each new custom object automatically upon creation. Soemthing like this: Random number - Company Name. The custom object is associated to the Company upon creation however I haven’t been able to accomplish this as the workflow won’t let me pull the company name of the associated record. I’ve tried a workaround where upon creation of the customer object it will update a field on the Company record which can then trigger the Company to update all associated custom objects with the company name. From there I trigger another workflow on the custom obejcts to rename itself when the Company field on the custom object is known. The workaround doesn’t always trigger so I’m hoping there is a more efficient way to accomplish. I hope this makes sense. I’m working to have a clean naming scheme and need assistance. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![kvlschaefer](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kvlschaefer/32/71076_2.png) [@kvlschaefer](https://community.hubspot.com/u/kvlschaefer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/custom-object-workflow-renaming-the-record/74466/2 "2023-02-06T15:04:50Z")
Hi @DCalderon11, Thank you for reaching out to the Community! I wanted to invite our subject matter experts to this conversation. Hi @MariSuper, @ChrisoKlepke, @jolle - Do you have any tips for @DCalderon11? Thank you! Best, Kristen