An On Add Trigger is a workflow event type in Zoho Creator that activates immediately after a user submits a form and a new record is saved. The associated Deluge script or workflow action runs in response to that creation event. Common uses include sending a confirmation email, creating related records in another form, or pushing data to an external system via an API call.
Creator distinguishes between On Submit, which fires before the record is saved and can validate or modify field values before they are written, and On Add, which fires after the record is successfully committed to the database. Logic that must run on confirmed data should use On Add. Logic that needs to intercept or validate the submission before it is saved should use On Submit.
Developers typically use On Add Triggers to send notifications to stakeholders, create audit log entries, update parent records with rolled-up totals, or initiate approval processes. Because the trigger fires post-save, the new record’s ID is available in the Deluge context, enabling lookups and relationships to be established programmatically.
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