I have an email action that triggers on update. I only want that action to run when only *one* field is updated, not when any other fields are updated.
Seems like it'd be a simple thing, and I can't for the life of me figure it out. How can this be achieved?
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Oh I see. Could you use Form Action Addon? You could set the trigger to ignore sending after 1 minute from the update date?
I guess that would work…although I haven’t tested it, it’s not a perfect solution, but it takes care of it assuming it works and they don’t update it again after 1 minute.
Hi Walter. That's a good suggestion! I'm using the Form Action Automation add-on already, so it should've been a no-brainer. I'll give it a go. Seems like a decent fit, so unless the automation setting don't work, this is my solution going forward. I actually have quite a few singular actions in this project and two more in the pipeline. Helps if I just have a consistent set of things to dial in, versus burning hours reinventing the wheel.
Thanks again, for your insight. 🤓
You should be able to set conditional logic on the email action. I guess the issue is that the update could consist of different data?
Hey, Walter. Yep. That's what I'm running into. I have the conditional on the email action to send if one filed is updated to a specific value. The trigger is set to when a record is updated. Trouble is, that value is permanently in the record and now, whenever any other field is updated, the conditions for the email action are met.
So I have to come up with a way to exclude that action from happening *after* it's one condition is met. It only need to fire that one time for each entry.
Any ideas on how to make that happen?
Hi Michael,
The frm_skip_form_action hook can be used to skip form actions.
https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/frm_skip_form_action/
You might be able to amend one of the examples on that page to achieve what you need?
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