# Workflow Trigger - "has been updated/ changed"

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-trigger-has-been-updated-changed/34100>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** help-resources\
**Created:** [March 18, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-trigger-has-been-updated-changed/34100 "2021-03-18T14:36:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Horst-Elvis](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/horst-elvis/32/72443_2.png) [@Horst-Elvis](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Horst-Elvis)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-trigger-has-been-updated-changed/34100/1 "2021-03-18T14:36:46Z")

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It would be wonderful if HubSpot workflows could contain a workflow trigger which only recognizes changes in all filed types, especially single line & multi line text since “has been updated in last x days” will not work for automated re-enrollment in a specific workflow for contacts and companies.

 ![39642i9685C154085A3982.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/b/bb65741b34ad5a0cea1f9f46a3808461ca4d54c8.png)

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**Author:** ![ddobrien2](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/ddobrien2/32/44643_2.png) [@ddobrien2](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ddobrien2)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-trigger-has-been-updated-changed/34100/2 "2023-05-05T20:32:46Z")

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It’s odd that you can create Company or custom object workflows that trigger when a Concact property was “updated in the last” xx days, but you can’t create a Contact workflow that does the same thing. It would be SO helpful to allow Contat workflows that trigger an enrollment when a poprerty is updated.

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**Author:** ![ABehring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@ABehring](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ABehring)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-trigger-has-been-updated-changed/34100/3 "2023-08-16T19:30:24Z")

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@ddobrien2 you can! In the original poster’s screenshot, you can see the bottom two options are _updated in last_ and _not updated in last_, where you can type in the days to check.

Under those options, there is now also _was updated after property_ and _was updated before property._ You choose the property to reference.

Let’s say when a new contact comes in through a form, it needs to go through a workflow to route to a contact owner before sending an automated email or internal notification. Your trigger would be:

**Contact owner** is not **unknown** / marketing / whoever owns new leads before routing

AND

**Contact owner** was updated after property **Recent Conversion** / form question / etc\*\*.\*\*