We are not using Comments and instead developed a separate “Updates” for team members to make updates to projects. We want the ability for users to “tag people” but looking for a way for those people to get an email or Slack notification. Any thoughts how to do this?
+4You can set up an Automation in Airtable to send an email or Slack message when someone is tagged in the "Updates" field.
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Create an Automation in Airtable.
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Use the trigger "When a record is updated" (for the "Updates" field).
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Add an "Email" or "Slack" action to notify the tagged person.
If this sounds tricky, I can help set it up for you! Let me know.
+8You can create a User field, and tick both options:
This way if someone adds someone else to the Tagged field, they will get a notification.
Best, Milan - Automable.AI
+21Hey
Both answers above will work. As an additional tip, you might want to create a Users table.
Users table will have all info on the user (e.g. fields for First Name, Last Name, User, Email, Slack ID, etc)
Now that you have such info, you can have a linked field to the Users table on your existing Updates table.
You have now build a scalable solution where you can link any update to any given user, get additional info for such users as lookups (more on lookup fields here), and either send emails or slack messages via automations!
Let me know if this is clear enough, or just feel free to hop on a brief call. Would love to help out.
Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation
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