Hello everyone - Does anyone know how to send an email notification when an editable field within a record changes? I looked at Zapier and the only triggers are New Record or New Record In View. We have several scenarios where people want to be notified via email (not currently collaborators) when information changes.
Many thanks for your insights and advice.
Doug
Best answer by andywingrave
Hey! Yes. The best thing to do is as follows:
Hey! Yes. The best thing to do is as follows:
Hey! Yes. The best thing to do is as follows:
@andywingrave You Totally ROCK! Thank you very much for the quick response - very much appreciated.
@andywingrave You Totally ROCK! Thank you very much for the quick response - very much appreciated.
fyi - that approach will work the first time a record is modified, but only once. If you update the record again, it won’t trigger the zap.
Our solution fixes that: https://openside.com/product/on2air-actions
+35@andywingrave You Totally ROCK! Thank you very much for the quick response - very much appreciated.
As @openside mentioned, the solution posted above only works ONCE per record, so it’s not a long-term solution for you.
Your best option is to use Make's Airtable integrations, which have none of the limitations that Zapier has.
Make is significantly cheaper than Zapier, yet it is infinitely more powerful and customizable than Zapier. I’ve written an entire post here about Make vs. Zapier.
There is a small learning curve with Make, which is why I created this basic navigation video to help. I also provide the links to a few other Make training resources.
p.s. If you have a budget for your project and you’d like to hire an expert Airtable consultant to help you with any of this, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consulting — ScottWorld
+21As @openside mentioned, the solution posted above only works ONCE per record, so it’s not a long-term solution for you.
Your best option is to use Make's Airtable integrations, which have none of the limitations that Zapier has.
Make is significantly cheaper than Zapier, yet it is infinitely more powerful and customizable than Zapier. I’ve written an entire post here about Make vs. Zapier.
There is a small learning curve with Make, which is why I created this basic navigation video to help. I also provide the links to a few other Make training resources.
p.s. If you have a budget for your project and you’d like to hire an expert Airtable consultant to help you with any of this, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consulting — ScottWorld
I think @openside’s tools are awesome and I love Dan like a brother. However, I do a ton of stuff with Airtable and Integromat, and I think Integromat’s Airtable-related features are fairly robust. It’s not as crippled as you’re making it sound.
+35I think @openside’s tools are awesome and I love Dan like a brother. However, I do a ton of stuff with Airtable and Integromat, and I think Integromat’s Airtable-related features are fairly robust. It’s not as crippled as you’re making it sound.
Justin_Barrett:I think @openside’s tools are awesome and I love Dan like a brother. However, I do a ton of stuff with Airtable and Integromat, and I think Integromat’s Airtable-related features are fairly robust. It’s not as crippled as you’re making it sound.
I totally agree with you! Sorry if I made Integromat (now known as Make) sound crippled at all!
When I work with my Airtable consulting clients, I do most of my advanced Airtable automations with Make! I absolutely love Make!
Not to mention that Integromat/Make is free for many people.
+21Justin_Barrett:I think @openside’s tools are awesome and I love Dan like a brother. However, I do a ton of stuff with Airtable and Integromat, and I think Integromat’s Airtable-related features are fairly robust. It’s not as crippled as you’re making it sound.
I totally agree with you! Sorry if I made Integromat (now known as Make) sound crippled at all!
When I work with my Airtable consulting clients, I do most of my advanced Airtable automations with Make! I absolutely love Make!
Not to mention that Integromat/Make is free for many people.
That’s one of the biggest reasons I use Integromat. I’ve got their Basic package, which is half the cost of Zapier’s lowest paid tier, but even when I had Integromat’s free account, I could still do more than if I were paying for Zapier.
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