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# How to Follow a Table and Get Notified of Every Change
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/follow-table-change-notifications/
- Published: 2026-09-17T22:28:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T22:28:43.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

To **follow a table for change notifications**, you turn on table following. From then on you are notified whenever someone else updates any record in it — with no automation to build.

## Why people build automations for this

The usual approach is to create a notification automation per situation, which becomes a maintenance job of its own.

- One automation per field anyone might want to watch
- Notifications that break when the process changes
- Managers asking to be told about things nobody configured
- Handoffs missed because nobody was watching the right record

## How following behaves

| Situation                       | What happens                                          |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| **Someone else edits a record** | You are notified, with the before and after values    |
| **You edit a record yourself**  | No notification — you already know                    |
| **Following the whole table**   | Individual records cannot be unfollowed separately    |
| **Turning following off**       | Clears it, so you can follow specific records instead |

## How to configure it in Jestor

1. Open the table in **Jestor**.
2. Turn on the option to follow table updates.
3. Continue working — your own changes will not notify you.
4. Read notifications in the side panel, which shows the value before and after.
5. Act on the record directly from the notification.

## Why choose Jestor for change visibility?

**Jestor** makes following a switch rather than a build, which is why it suits processes you want to watch end to end — a recruitment pipeline, a ticket queue, a supplier onboarding flow.

Because the notification shows the previous and new value, you can often judge whether action is needed without opening the record at all.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Will I be notified of my own edits?

No, only changes made by other people.

### Do I need to build an automation?

No, following is a switch on the table. See [jestor.com](https://jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

### Can I unfollow one record while following the table?

No — turn table following off first, then follow records individually.

## Video Tutorial: Step by Step

Check out other practical tutorials on the Jestor YouTube channel.

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