Using Rules to publish nodes depeding value in Field

Question

I have been trying to figure out how to publish multiple nodes using Rules.

I have content type Parent and content type Child. When Parent is published then Child will be created/published too. This is what I have managed to do with Rules right now.

But now I have created field (list integer) to Parent. Choosing from list (value from 1-9) example value 4. Then Rules should create 4 Child nodes.

This does not work. It creates Child nodes randomly. Example choosing 9 from list it creates just one Child. And sometimes when choosing 4 from list it creates 2 Child nodes.

Apparently there is something that I dont figure out. What would it be? Any help would be appreciated.

Here is what I have in Rules right now:

Rule to publish Child nodes when Parent is published

Event:

• After saving new content

Conditions:

• Content is type of. Parameter: Content: [node], Content types: Parent

Actions:

• Fetch entity by property. Parameter: Entity type: Node, Property: Choose how many Childs, Value: [node:field-number-of-childs] Provides variables: Number of Childs (number_of_childs)

• Loop. Parameter: List: [number_of_childs] List item: Current list item (list_item)

  • Create a new entity. Parameter: Entity type: Node, Content type: Child, Title: [node:nid], Author: [node:author] Provides variables: Created entity (entity_created)

  • Save entity Parameter: Entity: [entity-created], Force saving immediately: true

Any help with this? Thanks!

Answer 1

Rules actually can loop based on array, and you have a integer only. Try Rules Array Create. Here is a issue about that.