On our job progress board I have created 2 text columns.
One to notify “CB” another to notify “NS”
(these are meant to be quick job notes without having to go into the updates and tag someone)
If I use the [when a column changes] [then notify] automation [and then clear column]
– it notifies them perfectly with the text in the column but when it clears the column it notifies them a 2nd time with a blank message (because it was cleared)
^^ how do I fix this? I have tried so many workarounds.
Hey @Johnsa9 - you’re not alone in this, the way monday automations trigger can be a bit frustrating and the timing can make these types of situations a bit difficult to handle.
What we like to do is use a “(check)” numeric column (basically a boolean/bit 1 or 0) to help control the timing of automations. In this example “column to clear” is the column you are monitoring for a change and (check) is a numeric column defaulted to 0 on new items created.
This should work for you.
Thanks,
Mark
That worked! Thank you so much!
Would have never thought to utilize the numbers column like that.
Great to hear! It’s a little trick we came up with a while ago to aid in these situations 
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