Is there a way to differentiate between updates made by a user and updates made by a python script?

wessholders · 08/13/24

I am looking to track these differences in the last_edited_by column. Currently all edits made to the smartsheet, regardless of if they were made by a user or by the python script, all show up as being edited by the user.

Does anyone have any tips for this?

ericncarr · 08/13/24

The easiest way to differentiate would be to have a different account with its own API key make the edits with Python. We have two accounts we make API calls with so it's easy to tell who/what made the edit.

If that's not an option for you, you could build something into your script to date stamp into a separate column and notate "edited by API."

marc4 · 08/13/24

If you look at the activity log, there are grey gears next to rows that say "API - Other Client"

wessholders · 08/14/24

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/449211#Comment_449211

I see. That is essentially what I am looking for. Any idea if there is a way to get that into a column?

marc4 · 08/14/24

Why not have the api update that column for you?

/marc

Is there a way to differentiate between updates made by a user and updates made by a python script?

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