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title: Insert Parent Record Quick Action
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/insert-parent-record-quick-action
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:23.624Z
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- [About the Insert Parent Record Quick Action](docId\:rR2Le2P8X_vO4Kz3UyPaU)
- [Parameters](docId\:rR2Le2P8X_vO4Kz3UyPaU)

## About the Insert Parent Record Quick Action

The **Insert Parent Record** action inserts a new record into a form or list as a parent record.

## Parameters

To access the parameters, select the **Action Block** to display them in the **Settings** pane.

### Action Block Settings

**Block Label**: A unique name for the block. This is useful to identify each action when you have more than one of the same action block added or cloned in the design area.

Click **Insert Parent Record** to open the workspace for the Graphical Action Designer.

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- **Relationship**: Select the relationship from the dropdown menu.
- **Field Name**: Select the field name to update from the dropdown menu.
- **Value Expression**: Enter the value to insert or use the **Expression Editor** to create an expression for the value.
- Click **Add **:inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/parib0MC3hVoUNdfQdnac/iA42m8Y4Twd8e6-_7vsEE_add-icon.png" alt caption width="15" height="15"}  to add a field to the list.
- Click **Delete**:inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/parib0MC3hVoUNdfQdnac/zYRqal3s-8bbdT44b77Ur_deleteicon1.png" alt caption size="10" width="15" height="18"} to remove a field from the list.

Click **Save **to commit your settings.

### Start Block Settings

These settings are accessed by selecting the **Start Block**, refer to [Start Block Settings](docId:2Wq6ihUN2zxiR21eA3M7g).