# Access user that triggered a "Row changed" automation **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Created:** [November 26, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/access-user-that-triggered-a-row-changed-automation/19790 "2020-11-26T17:49:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Allan\_Jones](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/allan_jones/32/9014_2.png) [@Allan\_Jones](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Allan_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/access-user-that-triggered-a-row-changed-automation/19790/1 "2020-11-26T17:49:22Z")
I’m trying to access the user that triggered a “Row changed” automation in order to perform an action that makes of that user within the **Then** section of the automation. 2 approaches I’ve tried are: 1. Via `Step 1 Result.ModifiedBy()`. This results an exception alert notification, but no other sign of error or indication of went wrong. 2. Via `User()` to get the current user. This works fine when testing the automation within the automation creation UI, but when I perform the row change that should trigger the automation the `User()` is **Automation Bot** , rather than any user that made the row change. Does anyone know if this is possible or if there is a suitable workaround? ---
**Author:** ![Mario](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/mario/32/12232_2.png) [@Mario](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Mario)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/access-user-that-triggered-a-row-changed-automation/19790/2 "2020-11-26T19:56:22Z")
Hi @Allan_Jones i’ve prepare you an example of “saving the last user that have modified a row in that table” with an automation, you can explore it here: https://coda.io/embed/XyECi968GE?viewMode=embed I use a “When a row i changed in table (in this case a “modifiedby()” column) add a row in the other table with the name of the modified by” It works 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Allan\_Jones](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/allan_jones/32/9014_2.png) [@Allan\_Jones](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Allan_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/access-user-that-triggered-a-row-changed-automation/19790/3 "2020-11-26T20:02:39Z")
Ah, perfect! The answer is always simpler than you think in Coda 🙂 Thanks for your help, @Mario! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Liveikis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/ed_liveikis/32/21358_2.png) [@Ed\_Liveikis](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Ed_Liveikis)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/access-user-that-triggered-a-row-changed-automation/19790/4 "2022-01-06T13:32:12Z")
This is great - is it possible to identify which column was changed?