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Anonymous
March 14, 2014
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Need to trigger a webhook when a lead is updated.

  • March 14, 2014
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Hi,

What trigger would we use for this one?

I tried using Data Value Change for attribute "Updated At" but it did not work.. Any suggestions?
 

Thanks.

Moran

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Josh_Hill13
Josh_Hill13
Level 10
March 14, 2014
Updated in what way?

Try Updated At On or After Today... but that won't be a trigger, so you really need to get more specific. Is the lead updated by a Form? By something else?
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Anonymous
March 14, 2014
Josh,

Thanks for your response. As you know, a lead can be updated for many reasons. We would like to trigger a webhook irrespective of what updated the lead. I would have assumed that Data Value Change for a Updated At (which I presume to be updated date) will work. Is that not the case?

Thanks.
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Anonymous
September 21, 2015

Hi,

I do have same scenario to execute. I want to trigger a webhook when a lead is updated. Did you get solution for this? If so, Please share with me.

Thanks.

Neil_Robertson6
Neil_Robertson6
Level 4
September 21, 2015

You may have to anagrammatically work this out using a field to hold a data value change - as it will need to be a trigger.   Be wary of too many webhook calls though as they can slow down your instance / processes if you have a lot

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Robert_Kelen3
Robert_Kelen3
Level 4
August 30, 2016

Neil, I'm curious what you mean by "anagrammatically work this out"? We have a client situation where this same question is important (and @Josh Hill​, in our case we'd want to know if it was done through the UI). This seems like a basic requirement for creating a sync framework for a non-standard CRM or other external system (add/update records in Marketo via API; report back to external system any changes made through UI using webhook). -Robert

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
August 30, 2016

Webhooks aren't the way to create a full data mirror of your Marketo lead records.  They are designed for strategic push or pull in response to interesting data changes, not sending ​every ​change outside the system.  As Neil said, you will not be able to handle the webhook traffic generated by triggering on every Data Value Changed.

To build a non-native sync you would poll the REST Activity API to detect changes.  Sometimes we use webhooks for additional "touchup" on a sync solution but it can't be a dependency.

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