In Confiforms, how to update a field value without updating computed fields and IFTTTs?

[fbunting]

I have a form that has a some informational fields (like Product Family), and some computed fields (Formulas), and IFTTT actions.   I would like to update the value for one of the informational fields for a handful of records.  I know how to to this using the REST API, but this triggers a Modified event, which causes the computed fields to update as well, and executes the IFTTTs.

Is there a way to avoid this?  I.e., is there a way to update the value for a field for a number of records, without triggering the Modified event?

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ · Accepted solution]

You cannot update the field and not trigger an onModified event - that is not possible.

However, you can setup your IFTTT rules to execute when a certain condition is met (only) - a certain field value changes or transitions from one value to another.

[fbunting]

Thanks Alex.

What I may do is temporarily remove (from the form) those computed fields I don't want to update, and disable the IFTTTs (by changing them to OnCreated).  

Then I would run my update REST API, and then revert the form back again.