Question about Creating or Updating a Company in HubSpot: How to Avoid Overwriting Properties if They Already Exist?

Hello guys, quick question here: When you are creating or updating a company in hubspot (on a clay table) is there any form of not overwrighting a porperty if it already exists? We currently are doing a lookup on hubspot, but the tables are becoming very large. Thanks in advance.

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Rui S.
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Here
Clay T.
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Hey, thanks for reaching out, sorry for the delay! Taking a look
Clay T.
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Yes! You can prevent overwriting properties if you leave them empty and you only map out the ones you need to update. That should only export the new data and keep whatever information you already have in Hubspot
Clay T.
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Let me know if that was it!
Rui S.
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I think it is not. In that case, with some companies we don't know if the property is already on hubspot or not. If the property already exists doesen't make sense to overwrite it, but that case can be diferent for each line of the clay table.
Clay T.
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Hmm I see. The workaround I'm thinking about here is to use a Hubspot Lookup integration and based on that you can potentially condition your update column. Of course, this may be a bit more difficult if it's several properties you're mapping out. How many are they?