Hmm this would be a nice feature to have within the trigger, but that’s not available. The following workaround should work:
You can have a “Last Modified Time” field, for this datetime field. You can create a Recently Modified formula field using DATETIME_DIFF() and NOW() that checks if the field was modified in the last Grace Period time (eg. 1 hour).
And now you can run your action on the Update of Recently Modified - which means that it will be triggered 1 hour after the last change was made, assuming no further changes.
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Probably the best way to trigger an automation would be to have a checkbox or a single-select field trigger your automation. The single-select field can even give you updates as to the progress of your automation, as I describe in this thread.
- ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant
Create a Last Modified Time field and select just the field or fields you want to start the change when they are modified. Then create a formula that looks at the LMT field and after a certain time period display START or whatever you want to the automation, with the trigger on condition of that formula field displaying START.
This is a formula I use for a similar purpose:
IF(
DATETIME_DIFF(NOW(), {scriptStarted}, 'minutes') < 15,
"Pending Start",
IF(
DATETIME_DIFF(NOW(), {scriptStarted}, 'minutes') <= 20,
"START",
"Processed"
)
)