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VivekVishwanat2's avatar
VivekVishwanat2
Qrew Cadet
6 years ago

Can Change in formula field trigger a Notification?

Hi,  I have Created a Notification field, which has to be triggered every day. So I created a Today() field(a Formula-date field). --> Whenever Today() field Changes, trigger a Notification. But, ...
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SrinathM_R2
Qrew Member
5 years ago
Hi Mark, 

I have a similar situation where in when a formula checkbox is checked a notification needs to be sent out. This formula compares 2-time stamps in the same table and if the duration is greater than certain time the checkbox is check and I need to send a notification during that time. What can I do to achieve that?

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Srinath MR
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MarkShnier__You's avatar
MarkShnier__You
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5 years ago
QuickBase cannot natively send out email notifications based on formula Fields which changed due to the passage of time. 

The only native tool we have in QuickBase which can run things based on a certain time of day is a pipeline. You could probably contrive a pipe line that would run every hour (Well in fact, you would have to create your perfect pipeline and then copy it eight or nine times to cover every hour of the day)  And this would then need to update records which are past due in order to trigger an email.

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  • SrinathM_R2's avatar
    SrinathM_R2
    Qrew Member
    5 years ago
    Thanks Mark. But that will be a lot of step run consumption for us since most of our activities are short term.

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    Srinath MR
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    • MarkShnier__You's avatar
      MarkShnier__You
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      5 years ago
      Well QuickBase does not natively support Subscriptions based on the time of day.  I guess that you will need to calculate how many step runs would be used if it runs every hours for 10 hours a day, for example.

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    • DonLarson's avatar
      DonLarson
      Qrew Elite
      5 years ago
      Srinath,

      Look at Juiced Triggers.

      https://www.juicedtech.com/triggers

      Their Scheduled Trigger can be set to the minute.  I use them to check and uncheck a field which then fires a Notification.  Very easy.


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      Don Larson
      Paasporter
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