# Create Field

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-field/127325>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Tags:** contacts\
**Created:** [March 4, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-field/127325 "2025-03-04T22:45:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JChristoffers5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@JChristoffers5](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JChristoffers5)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-field/127325/1 "2025-03-04T22:45:53Z")

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Hi community. I couldn’t find this specific question on the boards so I hope I’m not repeating a previously asked questions.

Is it possible to create a custom field that identifies if a contact record was edited by a user or was edited in a workflow action? Specifically, I’m looking to identify who assigned contacts to owners.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-field/127325/2 "2025-03-05T05:06:59Z")

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Hi @JChristoffers5,

With HubSpot’s out of the box features, it’s currently not possible to maintain such a field consistently _for both cases_.\* This would require working with a developer and the HubSpot API to see if something like this can be done.

Generally, if you want to see who changed the value in a property, you can always access the property history: [View a record's property history](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/records/view-record-property-history)

\* For just the workflow side of things, you could of course update your workflows to not just edit the record owner, but also a custom property right after. The question is how much value such a property would yield.

Best regards!