Importing values replacement

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Then create a logic hook. It will give you more leverage on how to create your logic.

A before save logic hook can allow you to do direct substitution and you can use the same field.

Here the logic hook documentation:

Logic Hooks

Here a discussion regarding validations on logic hooks:

Validation in before_save

Hello. Unfortunately I have uncovered a fatal flaw in my approach. The problem is that the “before_save” hook is called after any relation records have been inserted. This means that after the exception has been thrown, although the actual record is not saved, there are still orphan relation records left behind. As such I have had to take a different approach. The first set of steps apply to the application as a whole, so need to be put somewhere under custom/Extension/application Create …