Issue with People Search Not Populating Records in Table B

Hey people. Im running into this bug here (maybe not a bug) where when I rerun people search on a company name from Table A, it doesn't populate the people in Table B. The workflow works correctly on initial execution - when running people search enrichment on company name in Table A, it properly populates people records in Table B. However, after deleting the records from Table B and rerunning the same people search from Table A, Table B remains empty instead of repopulating with the expected results. Maybe this suggests a potential issue with state management, caching, or the deletion cleanup process preventing subsequent searches from functioning properly?

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When you delete records from Table B and try to rerun the people search from Table A, the system doesn't automatically repopulate Table B because Clay doesn't reprocess previously generated data automatically. To fix this issue, you need to use the Force Run option in your table settings. This will reprocess the data and should repopulate Table B with the expected results. Alternatively, you can try these steps: 1. Delete the affected column in Table B 2. Create a fresh column 3. Re-map your data using the "write to table" function Remember that whenever you add new company data or make changes to your company table, you'll need to manually rerun the lookup in your people table to pull in the updated information.
Sources: Enrich People (Waterfalls) [Automated Inbound] - Clay University Sources | Documentation | Clay University Find People [Clay 101] - Clay University
Vijay R.
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The force run doesn't work
Bo (.
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This isn’t a bug — it’s a current limitation in Clay. Once you delete records created by a Find People search, they won’t repopulate if you re-run the same search. Clay tracks those results and doesn’t re-fetch deleted ones to avoid duplication. The workaround is to create a new table and rerun the search there. That’s the only way to regenerate the deleted data. Let me know if you need help setting that up.
Vijay R.
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Yes this is why I have avoided populating results in a new table for Find People search. What I have done is populated them in the same table and then use Write to Other Table feature to populate into other table. This method allows me to recreate deleted rows.
Bo (.
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Yep, that’s a great approach — smart way to keep control and avoid losing data from deleted rows. Well done!
Vijay R.
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Thanks!

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