# Creating metadata when user adds to multi-select lookup

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**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/creating-metadata-when-user-adds-to-multi-select-lookup/35335 "2022-11-14T11:05:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/creating-metadata-when-user-adds-to-multi-select-lookup/35335/9 "2022-11-14T14:18:03Z")

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> [@Quentin\_Morel](#):
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> if you want to use `User()` value, which user will it take into account if several users are connected in the same time 🙂 ?

That’s indeed an interesting question to which I don’t really have an answer 😅

But, as automations have to do the server side of Coda, I guess that would be the user actually triggering the automation first 😇

> [@Andrew\_Farnsworth](#):
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> I’m trying [step 1 Result].ModifiedBy() - think it will work.

I’ve found that topic while searching how to solve that mystery

> [@Access user that triggered a "Row changed" automation](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/access-user-that-triggered-a-row-changed-automation/19790):
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> 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: Via Step 1 Result.ModifiedBy(). This results an exception alert notification, but no other sign of error or indication of went wrong. 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 trig…

I don’t know much about your setup, but I probably would have used a button to add an option 😇 (I’m a button kind of maker 😊 )

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