# Formula name field not showing in email **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [July 14, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196 "2025-07-14T04:15:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AdVhPkgKad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AdVhPkgKad](https://community.fibery.io/u/AdVhPkgKad)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/1 "2025-07-14T04:15:06Z")
When a name is generated based on conditions or formulas, any notifications about the creation of the entity will have ‘Untitled’. This is obviously because at the time the automation fires for the notif, the name hasn’t been calculated. Is there a workaround so that people are given proper descriptions of things they are added to at time of creation? Pic related ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/5/5c6a8a84c0487f8a579dd738945f7840601e3633.png) ---
**Author:** ![RonMakesSystems](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/ronmakessystems/32/14122_2.png) [@RonMakesSystems](https://community.fibery.io/u/RonMakesSystems)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/2 "2025-07-14T08:03:52Z")
> [@AdVhPkgKad](#): > > Is there a workaround so that people are given proper descriptions of things they are added to at time of creation? Trigger to entity name updated. And add another checkbox field called “Sent creation notification” Then name is updated, and checkbox is false, send notification the set the checkbox to true. ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/3 "2025-07-14T08:43:15Z")
Or you can keep the ‘on creation’ trigger and use a formula in the automation action (that is basically the same as the name formula) which will thus be calculated at the time the action executes (irrespective of whether the name formula has been calculated) ---
**Author:** ![AdVhPkgKad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AdVhPkgKad](https://community.fibery.io/u/AdVhPkgKad)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/4 "2025-07-14T23:24:24Z")
But won’t they get two emails? ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/5 "2025-07-15T09:27:16Z")
> [@AdVhPkgKad](#): > > But won’t they get two emails? Not sure what you mean. If you choose @RonMakesSystems’s suggestion, then there should be a single trigger (when the name is updated) and the checkbox mechanism ensures it will only run-once. If you choose my suggestion, then there should be a single trigger (when the entity is created) and it will only run once. ---
**Author:** ![AdVhPkgKad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AdVhPkgKad](https://community.fibery.io/u/AdVhPkgKad)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/6 "2025-07-15T22:25:33Z")
But if they opt-in to emails for everything, the assigned-to trigger happens as well ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/7 "2025-07-15T22:47:04Z")
Because you wrote > [@AdVhPkgKad](#): > > This is obviously because at the time the automation fires for the notification I think Ron and I assumed you were talking about sending emails via an automation action, but I gather now that perhaps you are talking about native notifications, and your users are opting to receive these via email. Right? When you say > [@AdVhPkgKad](#): > > they opt-in to emails for everything what exactly do you mean? There is no native notification for entity creation, so what are the events you are referring to that will cause them to get two emails? ---
**Author:** ![AdVhPkgKad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AdVhPkgKad](https://community.fibery.io/u/AdVhPkgKad)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/8 "2025-07-15T23:14:01Z")
If they opt-in to ASSIGNED and they get assigned at Create, then the notif fires before the NAME is calculated If I write an automation to send that is separate to the NATIVE functionality, then they will get two emails - one where the name is Untitled ---
**Author:** ![AdVhPkgKad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AdVhPkgKad](https://community.fibery.io/u/AdVhPkgKad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/formula-name-field-not-showing-in-email/9196/9 "2026-02-11T21:46:55Z")
Still an issue ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/3/3b673553dad20b7d27c7da9f7e01c222a97dfb8a.png)