I’ve run into the 5-path limit in my Zap and I’m wondering whether it’s possible to get more than that.
The use case: I'd like 16 options for paths so I can get an sub/unsub action for 8 different Mailchimp lists. I really won’t want to set up 16 different Zaps for this.
Possible?
Best answer by nicksimard
Hey
There’s a pretty cool secret to Paths that you might not have seen, yet. Paths can go “five wide and three deep” meaning that you can have 3 Paths nested under your 5 initial Paths and then an additional 3 Paths under each of those.
Might that work for your use case?
However, often times the same workflow can be accomplished with the addition of a lookup table. A Lookup Table is a way to match a value and transform it into something else.
You can read more about it here: https://zapier.com/help/create/format/create-lookup-tables-in-zaps
Hope that helps!
+11Hey
There’s a pretty cool secret to Paths that you might not have seen, yet. Paths can go “five wide and three deep” meaning that you can have 3 Paths nested under your 5 initial Paths and then an additional 3 Paths under each of those.
Might that work for your use case?
However, often times the same workflow can be accomplished with the addition of a lookup table. A Lookup Table is a way to match a value and transform it into something else.
You can read more about it here: https://zapier.com/help/create/format/create-lookup-tables-in-zaps
Hope that helps!
+14Hi
Good question.
Another approach to creating paths is by chaining Zaps together with Webhooks: https://zapier.com/apps/webhook/help
Example: Zap A action (Webhook) sends data to Zap B trigger (Webhook)
This allows for these configurations
+3Hey
I just wanted to check-in here to see if the suggestions provided here helped get you unstuck?
Especially with what you described I do think a lookup table could be a super elegant solution, since it sounds like this time the only difference in the actions each path would take is selecting a different list, the output of the lookup table can be used to make that field dynamic in a single action so your Zap will be much simpler!
I would be more than happy to take another look if you ran into any trouble with that but hopefully you are all set now!
Thanks to you,
One of these will definitely allow us to do what we need!
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