How to keep data of a custom editor that deal with scriptable object when saved as prefabs

Unity Engine
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Hi guys,
I just completed Unity’s adventure tutorial: Adventure Game Phase 6: Game State - Unity Learn

I was wondering if it’s possible to save the data in the interactable and reaction collection script as prefabs. That would really help my workflow. If not, is there an alternative?

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Here’s an image to clarify. I’m trying to keep the text and audio reaction inside a prefab.

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Unfortunately, it doesn’t like that and the data disappears when you try to add reactions inside the prefab.

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I tried using: if (GUI.changed) { EditorUtility.SetDirty(interactable); } and Undo.RecordObject(interactable, this.serializedObject.ToString()); inside OnInspectorGUI() but to no avail.
Another solution would be to write a script to remap this data at run time, but that’s not ideal.

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Looks like I spoke too fast so I tried the other alternative. Using presets to load the saved data at runtime, but it doesn’t apply to the object.

 item = Instantiate(itemToAdd.itemPrefab);
                    if(itemToAdd.preset.CanBeAppliedTo(item))
                    {
                        itemToAdd.preset.ApplyTo(item);
                        Debug.Log("Preset applied!");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Debug.Log("Preset not applied...");
                    }

Does anyone got some suggestions, some pointers?

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Another alternative instead of instantiating prefabs is to configure all the objects you plan on using in advance. Turn them on or off depending on your need. I was wondering maybe the fact that I’m dealing with scriptable objects makes it that it cannot be saved as prefabs?