# Trigger a workflow when a property value has been changed **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** workflows\ **Created:** [January 16, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/trigger-a-workflow-when-a-property-value-has-been-changed/738 "2017-01-16T16:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![MeganLegge](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/meganlegge/32/20466_2.png) [@MeganLegge](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MeganLegge)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/trigger-a-workflow-when-a-property-value-has-been-changed/738/29 "2020-05-07T12:56:18Z")
Hi everyone, My name is Megan and I’m a product manager for the workflows tool. Thank you for your feedback and votes on this idea! There are a few different needs outlined in this thread, and I’d like to clarify a few things to ensure all are addressed. Currently Possible: Enroll an object in a workflow, every time a certain property’s value changes. This is applicable when the **object, workflow type and property type** are the same. For example, enrolling a contact into a contact workflow, every time a contact property value changes. To do: Use ”Is known" as an enrollment and re-enrollment criteria. When using the property filter is known for re-enrollment, objects can re-enroll in two ways: - The property gains a value after not previously having one. - The property is updated from one value to another. For example, a contact’s lifecycle stage changing from Lead to Subscriber would qualify for Lifecycle stage is known. Each time this contact’s lifecycle stage is updated, they would re-enroll in the workflow. Currently Not Possible: Enroll an object in a workflow, **every time a property value changes on one of the object’s associated records**. For example, enrolling a contact into a contact workflow every time the contact’s associated company has a certain property value update. This isn’t possible because filters referencing associated objects cannot currently be used for re-enrollment. Workaround: For the above example, use a company workflow instead. Enroll the company in a workflow, every time the company’s property value changes. Use the company workflow to copy the company property value to all associated contacts. Potential Limitation: the value is copied out to all associated contacts, not just certain association contacts. If this limitation is what’s causing a challenge, I’d like to point you towards two other ideas forum posts that more directly discuss this: [A CRM requested feature](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Sync-property-values-between-Contact-Company-and-Deal-Records/idi-p/22016), which proposes a property mapping system for different objects, to keep certain property values in sync or updating in certain directions. Customers often use workflows to create their own property mapping systems, but a CRM feature of this nature would make this possible without a workflow. This is a feature the CRM team is actively asking for feedback on via this survey. If that feature would better suit your needs, I recommend taking [the survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeS7k9ebBkYKc6ajprtl3m2q34DiBHJ4NiO6lMIWP1P8Uhp1g/viewform) and adding your support there as well! [A Workflows requested feature](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Copying-Company-Contact-property-values-inward-to-Deal/idi-p/196254), with a specific goal of copying values to only certain associated records, but not ALL associated records. This has been recently updated with new information so take a look and see if this idea is better aligned with your need. **Since the original request of this thread is currently possible, I’m going to close this one out as delivered to prevent additional confusion.** For requests that are slightly different, please add your support to a more specific ideas thread that already has support/discussion, or create a new one that goes into more detail about your different need/idea. Best, Megan --- _[View the full topic](https://community.hubspot.com/t/trigger-a-workflow-when-a-property-value-has-been-changed/738)._