I have a task at hand: I regularly update a Google Sheets document. Sometimes, I delete entire rows, and as a result, Zapier sends me empty strings to notify me of the deleted rows. My question is, how can I determine which specific row was deleted? Is there any marker or unique identification that can help me with this?
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How to identify deleted row in Google Sheets with Zapier
Best answer by Troy Tessalone
It’s documented that deleting data from a GSheets being used in Zaps can cause issues.
You may want to look into using Airtable instead of GSheets.
Airtable Records have a unique Record ID that can be used.
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+14- Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
Hi
Good question.
Zap triggers from GSheets related to row changes will include the ID/Row.
The problem is if user deleted row and shifted all rows up or down? Then row id becomes useless :(
+14- Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
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It’s documented that deleting data from a GSheets being used in Zaps can cause issues.
You may want to look into using Airtable instead of GSheets.
Airtable Records have a unique Record ID that can be used.
Thank you very much Troy, I will try to go with Airtable
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