Hi, I have a table called Contacts with a column Name. How do I create an automatic alert when a row with a duplicate name is entered? Ideal would be a dialog box asking ‘Are you sure to add this duplicate contact? (Y/N)’ Already checked the community, but couldn’t find an answer. Any help or po…

Dear @anon7107569 Just to keep it simple.:bulb: This post explains how to find duplicates: [image] Highlight duplicates in a column using a conditional format Tips and Hacks Quick little conditional format that I often use to find the duplicates in a table - [38%20PM] …

Thanks @Jean_Pierre_Traets . This works in the ‘Table’ view, not in ‘Detail’ view.

It would be nice if columns had a setting option: Allow/Do Not Allow Duplicates. I would make heavy use of this, actually. @mallika

+1 @Ander Another nice setting option for columns would be: Mandatory Y/N

How to automate an alert when duplicate row is created

Jean_Pierre_Traets September 9, 2019, 8:51am 2

Dear @anon7107569

Just to keep it simple.
This post explains how to find duplicates:

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How to automate an alert when duplicate row is created

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