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title: "Automation Trigger: When a Row Matches Conditions"
description: "Automation Trigger: When a Row Matches Conditions"
url: https://help.stackby.com/en/articles/388-automation-trigger-when-a-row-matches-conditions
collection: "Stackby Automations"
updated: 2025-05-13
language: en
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# Automation Trigger: When a Row Matches Conditions

Automation Trigger: When a Row Matches Conditions

In Stackby, "When a row matches condition trigger" refers to an automation feature where you can set specific conditions, and when a row in your table meets those conditions, a predefined action is triggered automatically.

**Steps for the using the trigger: When a  Row matches conditions**

**Step 1:** Click on the "Create Automation" button. Or on the left side click on ”When a  Row matches condition” box 

**Step 2:** Give your automation a name that describes its function. You can double click on the Automation to rename it.

**Step 3:** Set the trigger: In the "Trigger Type" section, select "When a  Row matches a condition" as the trigger.

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helparticle/20250417102554_8175.png)

**Step 4:** In the properties dialog box, go to the configuration section and choose the table. Under the “Conditions” section click **\+ Add condition.**

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helparticle/20250417102615_7262.png)

**Step 5:** Now, click on the Test Step section to test the trigger. Select the “**Choose Row**” for testing the tigger.

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helparticle/20250417102634_0003.png)

**Step 6:** Test the Automation: Before finalizing, you can test the automation to ensure it behaves as expected when a row is updated. Then you’ll get the run result if it's running successfully.  

**Step 7:** Activate the automation: Once everything is set up and tested, click  "Activate" the automation.