Can you use a button to execute automation

Correct. You currently cannot trigger an automation directly from an automation. Here are some workarounds:

• Use a checkbox or single select field to trigger the automation.
• If you are in an interface, have a button element update a checkbox or single select field, which in turn triggers the automation
• If you are in the regular grid view, have a button field run a script that updates a checkbox or single select field, or which calls a webhook.

Eventually, it is likely that a button element will be able to directly call an automation.

It appears this part is now possible, correct?

But you cannot execute a script using a button?

It appears this part is now possible, correct?

In the data layer we are still unable to use a button to trigger an automation I’m afraid, and the workaround would be to trigger the automation in some other way, e.g. with a checkbox as suggested by kuovonne

In Interfaces, we’re able to do this depending on the layout we’re using.  Off the top of my head:

1. Record Review layout
2. Record Details layout (i.e. after we’ve clicked into a specific record)
3. Blank layout with a Record Picker

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But you cannot execute a script using a button?

In the data layer, we can execute a script using a button that runs a Script Extension: https://support.airtable.com/docs/scripting-extension-overview

In Interfaces, we can execute a script using a button that triggers an automation with a Run a Script action: https://support.airtable.com/docs/run-a-script-action