Automation - Email to address in Smartsheet Column

I am trying to send an automatic email when something changes in the Smartsheet. I want to send the email to the email address in one of the columns, however, the only option I'm given is to send it to the "Submitter". However that is a generic user and not an email address. How do I get it to send to the email address in the other column?

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  • MichaelTCA
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    Hello@Katherine Simpson

    You didn't specify how you are getting an email address in that cell, but here's some ideas.

    There's a couple ways to go about it. A lookup function based on some criteria to select who to send it to. Possibly adding a option to select who to email within the form. Manually entering an email. A couple options through automations would be to specify who to send it to or input a constant email address by using the change cell value.

    The column type has to be a Contact List too.

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  • MichaelTCA
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    Hello@Katherine Simpson

    You didn't specify how you are getting an email address in that cell, but here's some ideas.

    There's a couple ways to go about it. A lookup function based on some criteria to select who to send it to. Possibly adding a option to select who to email within the form. Manually entering an email. A couple options through automations would be to specify who to send it to or input a constant email address by using the change cell value.

    The column type has to be a Contact List too.

  • Thank you@MichaelTCA. The email is entered manually by the person filling out the associated form. Changing it to a Contact List worked. I was able to select it in the automation script. Thank you!

Hi @David Sprague<\/a>, <\/p>

I hope you're well and safe!<\/p>

There's a known issue at the moment.<\/p>

I'll get back to the post if I can find the thread.<\/p>

I hope that helps!<\/p>

Be safe, and have a fantastic weekend!<\/p>

Best,<\/p>

Andrée Starå<\/strong><\/a> | Workflow Consultant \/ CEO @ WORK BOLD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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\n \n https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108880\/recover-a-row-that-was-accidentally-moved-then-deleted\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Hey @GlennJo<\/a>,<\/p>

the sheet should be available in the owner of the sheet, deleted files. If it is specifically a row of data that was deleted, you can try checking the activity log to see if it shows the removed data there.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]},{"discussionID":108822,"type":"question","name":"Activity Log | Rows Deleted Filter","excerpt":"I've got a conundrum on my hands where a record has gone missing. In the Activity Log, I'm able to find the record of when it was created. However, there is nothing I'm seeing indicating that it was deleted (even though the Activity Log doesn't have a specific filter for this, I traced through the log for the past 11 days…","snippet":"I've got a conundrum on my hands where a record has gone missing. In the Activity Log, I'm able to find the record of when it was created. However, there is nothing I'm seeing…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-08-10T21:46:08+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-08-10T22:01:16+00:00","insertUserID":121055,"insertUser":{"userID":121055,"name":"Jake Gustafson","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Jake%20Gustafson","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!-lnW91tuGTw!bO9UmyNQSXQ!WUYBUm0HF6t","dateLastActive":"2023-08-11T20:29:49+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":121055,"lastUser":{"userID":121055,"name":"Jake Gustafson","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Jake%20Gustafson","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!-lnW91tuGTw!bO9UmyNQSXQ!WUYBUm0HF6t","dateLastActive":"2023-08-11T20:29:49+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":2,"countViews":39,"score":null,"hot":3383410044,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108822\/activity-log-rows-deleted-filter","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108822\/activity-log-rows-deleted-filter","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[447],"lastPost":{"discussionID":108822,"commentID":390131,"name":"Re: Activity Log | Rows Deleted Filter","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/390131#Comment_390131","dateInserted":"2023-08-10T22:01:16+00:00","insertUserID":121055,"insertUser":{"userID":121055,"name":"Jake Gustafson","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Jake%20Gustafson","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!-lnW91tuGTw!bO9UmyNQSXQ!WUYBUm0HF6t","dateLastActive":"2023-08-11T20:29:49+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"image":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/SIFFD1TSN3Q6\/image.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"image.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-08-10T22:01:20+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-08-10T22:01:16+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":390131,"body":"

Ok, I found it. Classic case of submit something for help, then find the answer. I think what may have happened previously, is that I turned on all the filters, but since there isn't one for a Deleted Row, maybe the Deleted Row was hidden. When I came back, I didn't click anything on the filters for the Activity Log and when scrolling through looking for the 'magic' delete word, I found the record I was looking for.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[{"tagID":447,"urlcode":"activity-log","name":"Activity Log"}]}],"initialPaging":{"nextURL":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/api\/v2\/discussions?page=2&categoryID=321&includeChildCategories=1&type%5B0%5D=Question&excludeHiddenCategories=1&sort=-hot&limit=3&expand%5B0%5D=all&expand%5B1%5D=-body&expand%5B2%5D=insertUser&expand%5B3%5D=lastUser&status=accepted","prevURL":null,"currentPage":1,"total":4941,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Smartsheet Basics","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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