Notification Triggered by Child Record Update

Question

I have a Project Log (parent) and Items Table (child). The items table has an [Approval Date] field. I would like to trigger a notification at the Project level when all Items in that project have been approved. I created look up fields, [# of Items] and [# of Approved Items]. I want the notification to trigger when [# of Items] = [# of Approved Items] but it's not working. Any suggestions?

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Howard Fu
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markshnier__you · Answer

Notification will only fire when the record is edited by hand or by an API. Not by virtue of summary fields changing. I suggest that you make the notification off the table of the record that changed. Look up those summary fields back down to the child and use them to filter the Notification.

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Mark Shnier (YQC)
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howardfu · Answer

Hi Mark,Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this and it only works when one item is updated. When multiple Approval Dates are filled in at once, it doesn't work. Do you know what that is or a way to resolve this?------------------------------Howard Fu------------------------------

markshnier__you · Answer

So, if you were to update 10 records are you looking to send 10 Notifications? Or 1 Notification with a link to the 10 records.

If you want to fire 10 Notifications, try this trick.
Set up a date time fields
[Date/Time to Trigger Notification]

Set up an Automation. Trigger on the same conditions as your Notification and have it update the field [Date/Time to Trigger Notification] with the current date / time.

Then set up a Notification to fire when that changes. Post back and let me know if that works.

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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
http://QuickBaseCoach.com
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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howardfu · Answer

Hi Mark,I want to fire 1 notification when all the items have been approved, whether that's 1 or 10 at a time. Sometimes, the condition is satisfied when 1 date is entered. For example 4 of 5 items have been approved previously and the last one gets approved. Now all items are approved and the notification fires. I got this to work.But there are situations where maybe 2 of 5 drawings have already been approved. When the last 3 drawings get approved at the same time, the approval date is entered for all 3 items at the same that. At that time, I would like the same notification to fire. In this situation, it would be fine if there's 1 notification with a link to the items or project.------------------------------Howard Fu------------------------------

markshnier__you · Answer

OK, maybe a new plan.How about setting up an Automation to fire when a child record Status is edited and a summary field lookup of the # of child records Approved is equal to a summary field lookup of the # of total child records.&nbsp; Or if you prefer, make a formula field that calculate that and then lookup that checkbox field down the the children.That Automation can edit the Parent Project record and update a field called [date/ time to fire Notification that all children are approved]​ with the value in the formula field [Current date/time]&nbsp; - formula is now()------------------------------Mark Shnier (YQC)Quick Base Solution ProviderYour Quick Base Coachhttp://QuickBaseCoach.commark.shnier@gmail.com------------------------------

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