# Cool new feature in automations **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Announcements\ **Created:** [January 23, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054 "2024-01-23T11:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ScottWorld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/scottworld/32/5_2.png) [@ScottWorld](https://air.tableforums.com/u/ScottWorld)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054/1 "2024-01-23T11:52:59Z")
Airtable silently rolled out a cool new feature in automations. You can now specify the “user who took the action”. I think they meant to say the “user account that triggered the automation”. 😉 But nonetheless, a very cool new feature! 🙂 ![IMG_0292](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/1X/92fc76550a75641e7a09d203de7c083c8c04df5a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kuovonne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/kuovonne/32/17_2.png) [@Kuovonne](https://air.tableforums.com/u/Kuovonne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054/2 "2024-01-23T18:30:16Z")
It isn’t necessarily the person who triggered the automation. The person may not even realized he triggered the automation. He may have just changed a field value that updated a formula that triggered the automation. I haven’t tested to see what happens with automations based on conditions of a formula with a time based formula like NOW() or TODAY(). But I generally avoid those formulas anyway. I first found out about this feature [here](https://community.airtable.com/t5/interface-designer/request-pass-collaborator-id-on-interface-button-press/m-p/161129). ---
**Author:** ![ScottWorld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/scottworld/32/5_2.png) [@ScottWorld](https://air.tableforums.com/u/ScottWorld)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054/3 "2024-01-23T18:43:59Z")
If they change a field that updates a formula that triggers the automation, their name would still show up as the user, correct? I guess we should test and find out! ---
**Author:** ![Kuovonne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/kuovonne/32/17_2.png) [@Kuovonne](https://air.tableforums.com/u/Kuovonne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054/4 "2024-01-23T18:48:12Z")
> [@ScottWorld](#): > > If they change a field that updates a formula that triggers the automation, their name would still show up as the user, correct? Yup. At least that is what happened in the quick test that I did. It didn’t work when I was testing the automation, but it did work in the live automation. So this is useful for far more than just interface buttons. I have not tested if a “when record created” automation brings in who created the record, but I suspect that it should. ---
**Author:** ![ScottWorld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/scottworld/32/5_2.png) [@ScottWorld](https://air.tableforums.com/u/ScottWorld)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054/5 "2024-01-23T18:51:28Z")
Yep, this is a very cool feature. And thank you for testing this! 🙂 Interesting that it works with the live automation, but not during testing. But this does seem to confirm that it is the person (i.e. user account) who triggered the automation — whether they realize they triggered it or not. Of course, the “person” could be any user account or service account that is linked to a Personal Access Token. ---
**Author:** ![Kuovonne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/kuovonne/32/17_2.png) [@Kuovonne](https://air.tableforums.com/u/Kuovonne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054/6 "2024-01-23T18:58:28Z")
Just tested with “when record created”. It works when I create the new record in an Airtable grid view. It does not work when I create a record using a form view, even when I have the form setup to identify who submitted the form. Maybe a bug. ---
**Author:** ![ScottWorld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/scottworld/32/5_2.png) [@ScottWorld](https://air.tableforums.com/u/ScottWorld)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054/7 "2024-01-23T20:11:22Z")
Wow, very interesting! Great job catching that! Yeah, it seems like that might be a bug. ---
**Author:** ![ScottWorld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/scottworld/32/5_2.png) [@ScottWorld](https://air.tableforums.com/u/ScottWorld)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/cool-new-feature-in-automations/1054/8 "2024-01-24T18:44:33Z")
I updated my original post above to say “user account” instead of “user”, which is what I originally meant. I think I confused @Kamille-Parks as well on yesterday’s podcast, because I was saying “user” instead of “user account” (which could also include a “service account”).