# enroll contact in workflow from custom-object workflow

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/enroll-contact-in-workflow-from-custom-object-workflow/77583>\
**Category:** Lists, Lead Scoring & Workflows\
**Tags:** enterprise\
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/enroll-contact-in-workflow-from-custom-object-workflow/77583 "2023-03-20T21:41:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![CCoffman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@CCoffman1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CCoffman1)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/enroll-contact-in-workflow-from-custom-object-workflow/77583/1 "2023-03-20T21:41:24Z")

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Hi

We have a custom object that is associated with a Contact called Applications. We would like to enroll any related Contacts in a Contact-based workflow based on the Application Pipeline Stage updates.

Does anyone have a trick to do this?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![himanshurauthan](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/himanshurauthan/32/53076_2.png) [@himanshurauthan](https://community.hubspot.com/u/himanshurauthan)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/enroll-contact-in-workflow-from-custom-object-workflow/77583/2 "2023-03-21T09:06:12Z")

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Hello @CCoffman1  
1. Create a new contact-based workflow and set the trigger to “Contact property changes”.  
2. Choose the property “Application Pipeline Stage” as the property to monitor for changes.  
3. Set up the workflow actions that you want to occur when the pipeline stage changes. For example, you can send an email, update a property on the contact record, or create a task for a sales rep.  
4. In the workflow settings, enable the “Enrollment triggers” option and choose “Enroll contacts when they meet a certain criteria”.  
5. Set the enrollment trigger to “Contacts associated with an Application”.  
6. Save and activate the workflow.  
Now, whenever the pipeline stage of an application changes, any associated contacts will be enrolled in the workflow and the specified actions will occur.  
Thanks & Regards  
Himanshu Rauthan

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**Author:** ![CCoffman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@CCoffman1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CCoffman1)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/enroll-contact-in-workflow-from-custom-object-workflow/77583/3 "2023-03-21T15:47:38Z")

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In step 2, there is no Application Pipeline Stage property on the Contact.  
That property only exists on the Application. We can’t copy that from the  
Application to the Contact because a Contact might have multiple  
Applications in various Stages.