[Resolved] Form notification – change of date field

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[leilaG]

How would I set up a notification e-mail trigger

When custom fields are modified for a date field that has changed?

[Christian Cox]

Right now, notifications that are triggered by a change in some custom field value have a significant problem:
https://toolset.com/errata/issues-with-form-notifications-for-posts-created-or-edited-in-the-backend/

With that aside, you would choose the option "When custom fields are modified", and then choose the custom date field in the trigger area. Set something like > 0 for the condition.

[leilaG]

Okay so even if 0 does not match the new date the user has changed it to, we will still receive a notification because a change has been made to the date?

[Christian Cox]

Yes, that's the idea.

[leilaG]

Thanks that worked 🙂

Is there a way to show the original date in the notification?

For example, if a user changes the date for a visitor, is it possible to get the original date in the notification, so that we would know which date to cancel the visitor parking for?

[Shane]

Hi Leila,

As Christian is currently on vacation at the moment I will be handling this ticket for him.

Unfortunately no, there is no way to get what the original value is in the notification. We can only get what the updated value is since the notification is triggered after the field has been updated and saved.

Thanks,
Shane

[leilaG]

Okay. Thank you!