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AleciaGipson1
Qrew Trainee
7 years ago

VALUE OF ONE FIELD IS ALWAYS EQUAL TO VALUE OF ANOTHER IN SAME TABLE

I have an automation that is dependent on a record being modified.  My problem is the trigger field (it is a date formula field), when changed, doesn't update the "date modified" field.  I created a n...
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EricMohlman
Quickbase Staff
7 years ago
There are three types of fields, formula, summary, and lookup that are "derived" at the moment they're used in a form, report, notification, etc. and therefore don't change values. Since your formula date field is based on some other information on the record however, would triggering your automation on its source data changing work for your situation instead?