# Use an alert when my Airtable is updated

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-an-alert-when-my-airtable-is-updated/642774
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** beginner
**Created:** [June 29, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-an-alert-when-my-airtable-is-updated/642774 "2020-06-29T00:47:03Z")
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### Author: ![timopp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@timopp](https://community.thunkable.com/u/timopp)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-an-alert-when-my-airtable-is-updated/642774/1 "2020-06-29T00:47:03Z")

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How would I go about adding an alert when a new row is added to my Airtable?

![Screen Shot 2020-06-28 at 8.45.28 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/6/e630e7760c7d28091a44177177c64c791e9ceb8d.png)

I am stumbling around here. I am not sure how to get the last row

Thanks

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### Author: ![kartik14](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kartik14/32/44782_2.png) [@kartik14](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kartik14)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-an-alert-when-my-airtable-is-updated/642774/2 "2020-06-29T02:59:10Z")

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Hi, @timopp! 👋  
Welcome to our Community! 🎉

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To check weather a value has changed or not, you would need to keep track of the last value seen. More clearly,

- Initialize a counter variable.
- Every time the screen opens, call all rows.
- Check the ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/b/4/b4752b09aa1fa2f99145249b28dc82d83e6f0037.png) all rows, and compare (==) it with the counter variable.
- If the length = counter var., then **no new rows were added**.
- Else, (If the length != counter var.), **new rows were added**. Display the popup, and update the counter variable with the new length.

A simple blocks format would look like -

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/b/f/bf1712649e2b0bccdfe22c29c6ce3a37ca0c1759.png)

Hope I helped you.  
Thanks! 😺

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### Author: ![timopp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@timopp](https://community.thunkable.com/u/timopp)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-an-alert-when-my-airtable-is-updated/642774/3 "2020-06-29T23:31:00Z")

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I am still struggling to get the content of the row into an alert…as shown

 ![Screen Shot 2020-06-29 at 7.28.13 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/0/f017ac6d2943b01d639d99e016f8c53478846537.png)

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-an-alert-when-my-airtable-is-updated/642774/4 "2024-11-08T11:25:19Z")

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