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All,I am having a issue with an automation that creates records when fired but records myself as the automation owner as the record creator.  The automation creates one record for every checkbox selected from another record.  The user doing this should be added as the person who created the record.Right now I am using the current user function user() and then looking up the user employee ID.  It is this employee ID that I am wanting to write to the new record. It still consistently writes my own employee ID regardless of who fires the automation.  I have tried adding a form rule however if I check 3 records ( fire automation 3 times ) the form rule only works once.Am I missing something ( other than learning web hooks which I have not done yet ) ?Trevor------------------------------Trevor Trevor------------------------------

MarkShnierYou · Answer

It is expected behaviour to record the [Record Owner] as the Automation owner. That is the way it has to work because it is actually the automation that created the record.

However, you are free to grab the [Last Modified By] of the Trigger record and has the Automation write that into a field in the record you are writing.

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