An On Edit Trigger is a workflow event in Zoho Creator that activates whenever an existing record is modified and saved. The associated Deluge code runs after the update is committed, giving it access to both the previous and current field values. This makes On Edit Triggers useful for audit trails, conditional notifications, and keeping related records in sync.<\/p>\n
Within an On Edit Trigger’s Deluge script, the On Edit Triggers are commonly used for change notifications, escalation logic, and synchronisation workflows. For example, when a project status changes to Completed, an On Edit Trigger can automatically generate an invoice record, notify the project manager, and update a dashboard counter field on the parent application record, all without any user having to manually trigger those steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An On Edit Trigger in Zoho Creator is a workflow event that fires when an existing record is updated, allowing automated actions to respond to data changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"seo_title":"On Edit Trigger | Zoho Glossary | Aaxonix","seo_description":"An On Edit Trigger in Zoho Creator is a workflow event that fires when an existing record is updated, allowing automated actions to respond to data changes","seo_keyword":"Zoho Creator on edit trigger","seo_faqs":"","term_type":"","glossary_related":"","glossary_links":""},"glossary_category":[1258],"class_list":["post-5135","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary_category-zoho-creator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/5135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary_category?post=5135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}input<\/code> map contains the new field values and the record<\/code> object provides access to the existing stored values before the edit was applied. Comparing these allows developers to detect specific changes, for example sending an alert only when the Status field changes to Approved, rather than on every edit.<\/p>\nUse Cases<\/h2>\n