Created By: Wrong User Name

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The Created By field stores my name and not the logged in user when a record is Created by the logged in test user.

I have now tried Creating records by a test user on multiple tables on Windows, Android and iOS. Same outcome everywhere. So I can only have one user - me - no matter whoever is logged in.

Is my understanding incorrect or do I have to set some configuration parameter or is there a product or instance defect?

Surely a logged in user that creates a record will have their logged in identity stored in the Created By field.

For reference, I created the user in the Softr Users table which automatically sent an invitation to their email address. The test user then clicked on the embedded link and created a Softr login ID /password. Then the test user created various records in my app. I am using Airtable for the relational Database.

The Softr platform is amazing but I am perplexed by this issue and Softr Support have not been able to help me fix this.

I need multiple users that will not have access to other users data. My intent is to only allow users to Read, Update and Delete their own Created records.

Can anyone help me get this resolved?

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Hello there!

If I understand correctly, I think what you describe has nothing to do with softr, but is rather an airtable setting that it probably confuses you.

The ‘Created by’ airtable field type, is meant to log airtable’s ‘users’ and not softr users. And I bet you are the only airtable user on your workspace. So every record will show as created by you.

You should use a different type of field to log, which of your softr app users is making the edits or adding new records. ideally a ‘linked record’
airtable field type.

In case you want help side by side on your project, please reach out to me.

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Thank you Jonathan - this make sense! I have now created a Users Table in Airtable and have synced it with Softr Users. Now I need to create access controls to ensure that Users can only CRUD their own records. Could you email be directly g***4@gmail.com Thanks again!

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Thank you all. Issue resolved. My understand of the relationship between Softr and Airtable was incorrect.