8 Ways to Trigger Your Airtable Automations

[@95omega]

Great video!

[@XRayAutomation]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@appcrazee]

I don't understand what adding the URL to the description will do 3:42 - helpful video

[@XRayAutomation]

That just for your future self! Its a good habit to get into because at some point in the future, you will inevitably need to retrace your steps. if the URL is in the description, it will make it easy to figure out how things are connected. OR for other people on your team if there are multiple builders.

[@appcrazee]

​Great idea. My future self definitely needs to be reminded frequently as I get older. Great tip​@@XRayAutomation

[@appcrazee]

When people leave a VIEW, and reenter, do they re-trigger for apps like Zapier and Pabbly? Can can't seem to figure this out. And, what would cause the trigger? Would it be Pabbly checking (say every 10 minutes) and the record not being their, and then being there when ten more minutes passes? TIA for any assistance you can provide.

[@XRayAutomation]

You entering or leaving a view has no impact on triggering automations on any platform. To our understanding, the frequency that a ‘view is checked’ by the automation provider will compare the records in the view to the last time that the view was ‘checked’ - meaning every 10 minutes, if a record popped in, then out, then in, within the 10 minutes, no automation would be triggered. Hope that helps!

[@Encosto_Digital]

Hi, I've made an automation to create a record with conditions, because it was creating one record per collum :disappointed_face: So the first problem is solved, but now i need this record to be updated as long as someone change any info in the row of other table... Could you help me ? Thanks.

[@XRayAutomation]

If the records are linked -> you should be able to add that record's ID to an "Update Record" automation in Airtable. If you don't link the records between the tables, update the first automation to include the linked record. What you're describing is possible, you might just need to adjust your first automation a bit.

[@Encosto_Digital]

@@XRayAutomation I'm making an new update record automation but it can't find the record to upddate even check the record Id

[@FISCALTICK]

Not sure if this will match your use case but its something you could try. 1. Add a "Last Modified" Column to the Table(Table 1) that has the records that you want to watch out for updates/changes. You could select "All Editable Fields" or "Selected Fields". I think for best practices, you should select the second option to avoid triggering automations unnecessarily especially if the table has a large number of records. 2. Once this is set, you can create an automation with the "When Record is Updated" Trigger. 3. Select the Table. 4. Select View. 5.Select Field (In this case 'Last Modified' Field). 6.Add some Logic to prevent Failed automations in future. 7.Add Action to edit record on Table 2.

[@XRayAutomation]

@encosto - make sure you’re looking at the right table and base!