Hi all, is there any limitation in the trigger detection from row changes or I am missing something? I’m trying to run an action through an automation triggered by a row change. The actual value is changed externally and the column value is a formula showing such value. The automation should upd…

Dear @Federico_Stefanato , Unfortunately it’s not yet possible, see post below: [image] Issues with automation rules on formula column Hi Joeri, You are correct. Changes to formulaic columns will not trigger automations. We’d like to support this in the future but for…

Hey guys, you are a bit over my head with this discussion, but @Federico_Stefanato are you talking about similar functionality that I was looking for here? [image] Transition, or "promote" a row, and maintain linked status with new row Hello! I would like help trying to…

I think the problem is that if you had it trigger formulaically, they could have automations firing off in an unlimited way that could affect performance across the whole app. Think if you had an automation that was going to run everytime a row changed, and the row was a Time column. If the formula …

Thank you @Jean_Pierre_Traets : very kind to pointing it out. Well, let’s wait, then…!

Hi @Johg_Ananda , I agree with you: there might be some performance disadvantages. But I guess this might be handled with a threshold limit (btw, even when edited manually, not all the changes are triggered, if too close in time). Thank you.

Hi @ABp , well, not exactly what I was referring to. But what you ask for can be done: I’ll try to post a sample as soon as I can. Cheers.

Hi @ABp , I posted a possible solution on your original post: Transition, or "promote" a row, and maintain linked status with new row . Let me know if this works for you.

[Automations]: Trigger on row changes with formula columns

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Dear @Federico_Stefanato,

Unfortunately it’s not yet possible, see post below:

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[Automations]: Trigger on row changes with formula columns

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