# Update/Overwrite/Append Data Options for Contact Property Fields

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/update-overwrite-append-data-options-for-contact-property-fields/788>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** forms, object\
**Created:** [January 20, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/update-overwrite-append-data-options-for-contact-property-fields/788 "2017-01-20T12:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarolinPelz](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/carolinpelz/32/99832_2.png) [@CarolinPelz](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CarolinPelz)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/update-overwrite-append-data-options-for-contact-property-fields/788/35 "2018-03-07T11:14:05Z")

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We are currently using if/then rules in our workflows in order to set a value only in case the field it empty, but as one cannot bring the yes & no branches back together again, the if/then trees get bigger and bigger.

This causes us so much work! Please add this functionality!!!

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