Hi @leonardo I’m also having some issue with the Add user to group through User Custom Field . Plugin is installed I have the custom user field setup with 2 dropdown options (Teacher, Parent) So I created a recurring Automation that should add Teacher to the Teacher group + Parent to the Parent G…

Hi Andy! One of our hosted customers also recently asked a question about how exactly to configure the Add user to group through User Custom Field automation. I’m putting a generic version of the answer here for the benefit of our wider ecosystem, as the UX is admittedly not very friendly at the mo…

[image] Leonardo Mosquera: /admin/customize/user_fields.json Gratitude @leonardo ! Just to clarify: Look for the record with the name of your UserField , and observe its ID, and add that to user_field_NUMBER to get the name value that the UserCustomFields will take, and that is what you ne…

There’s only one user field present in that output, with ID 1, so you would set the User Custom Field Name field to user_field_1 instead of 1 as you currently have it. [image] Dan Kennedy: Having installed the automation plugin, I can see that there is a trigger for being promoted between trus…

Thanks for this @leonardo . Would it be a huge undertaking to add TL3 to TL2? I’m not sure who the best person to request this from is? It is the only automatic demotion that occurs and it would be really useful to be able to take action with the plugin based on this.

Hi there @danieljohnkennedy , have you come up with some workaround for getting notifications of TL demotions? If so, could you point me in the right direction? Many thanks!

There’s now a guide with some updated instructions on how to use this Automation :+1: [image] Add users to groups through custom field automation Site Management bookmark This guide explains how to automatically add users to groups based on their selection of …

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danieljohnkennedy (Dan Kennedy) October 9, 2022, 11:41pm 3

Hi @team

Having installed the automation plugin, I can see that there is a trigger for being promoted between trust levels. Is there a way to trigger an action based on demotion, specifically TL3 to TL2?

Thanks, Dan

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