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Sep 23, 2022 09:23 AM
Is there any option to directly fetch the collaborator name whoever is entering the record? I am using a shared base.
If the above thing is possible, is it also possible using forms?
Thank you in advance.
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Sep 23, 2022 02:20 PM
Did you check out both the “Created By” and “Last Modified By” field types?
There is also a “User” field type as well.

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Sep 23, 2022 12:12 PM
HI @mshah72,
Can you explain a little more on what you mean by Fetch the Collaborator?
A user does not need to be a record collaborator to enter a record. If you want to show the user’s name that updated a record, you can add a Last Modified By field to your table.

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Sep 23, 2022 01:18 PM
I want to insert a field in my base named Collaborator.
Now if there are 3 employees viz. Rose, Mary Cherry.
If Mary creates a record, Mary’s name should appear in the collaborator column automatically instead of Mary manually writing. Is there any way to achieve this?

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Sep 23, 2022 02:20 PM
Did you check out both the “Created By” and “Last Modified By” field types?
There is also a “User” field type as well.

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Sep 23, 2022 02:57 PM
Thanks a lot Scott. I never noticed that. But yes, it will help me a lot.
And I am not able to find the field type User. Do we need to separately enable that?
Is this thing also possible in a form?

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Sep 23, 2022 03:06 PM
You “User” field type might be named “Collaborator” — it seems like Airtable might be experimenting with different names for that field type.

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Sep 25, 2022 09:33 AM
Got it. Thanks a lot @ScottWorld.
