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"Created by" field type (or username called by formula)

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Paul_Teplitz
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

Hi there:

Part of how I use Airtable is as a CRM, and I am setting up a table that my staff can use to track customer interactions. We are interacting with hundreds of customers, and itโ€™s very useful to be able to know which staff member was involved in previous communications with a customer. Just like there is a โ€œcreated timeโ€ field type, it would be great to have a โ€œcreated byโ€ field type. Alternatively, a formula that returned the username of the active user would also be a potential solution.

Thanks,
Paul

42 Comments
Scott_Holt
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I would also like to see this feature added. I agree it could be similar to Created Time, but instead would be โ€˜Created Byโ€™. This would end confusion about who originally entered the line item, and would streamline data entry.

Max_Mallows
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

What was @Katherine_Duh solution?

michael_colacin
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I agree that this is necessary functionality. AirTable is designed to be collaborative and if you have hundreds or thousands of records created by dozens of peopleโ€ฆwell you get my point. +1 on this suggestion.

LizzardDaddy
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Bumping this upโ€ฆ please tell me there is a way to return value of the record creator.

Sam_Brown
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

+1 This would be SO useful for medium and large teams

Similar to Dynamic filter based on collaborator field ("Me" view)

Mark_Hernandez1
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Any update on the โ€˜CREATED BYโ€™ field. We have this in the Activity / Comments section, however this is buried until you pull up and expand the record making it of little use for us. Can this be pulled out with a formula or some other work around? We want to use an โ€˜interactionsโ€™ table for our client contacts and want it to automatically populate the team member name and created by time stamp related to each comment.

Dimi_Timeline
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Iโ€™m very new to airtable, but this is almost the first feature I wanted to use once I started setting up my CRM-style baseโ€ฆ genuinely surprised itโ€™s missing and eagerly anticipating the update!

Motti_Vaknin
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Please I need this feature as well

John_Sum
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 Would like to see this function added as well.

Kat_Grant
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 I need this feature also. Is this being worked on?