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title: 'Created By'
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description: 'This article explains how to create & work with a Created By field.'
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tags: ['Fields', 'Field types', 'Created By']
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keywords: ['Fields', 'Field types', 'Created By']
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---
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Since version v0.204.0 (Jan 2024), NocoDB internally captures the user who created a record. This information is stored as a system field in the database & is not included in the table by default. To view this information on the table, you can create a `Created By` field manually by following the steps below.
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## Create a `Created By` field
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1. Click on `+` icon to the right of `Fields header`
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2. On the dropdown modal, enter the field name (Optional).
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3. Select the field type as `CreatedBy` from the dropdown.
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4. Click on `Save Field` button.
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:::note
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- When connected to an external database, user creating record information is not captured automatically. You can create a `Created By` field manually by following the steps above. For external database connections, this field is not a system field & can be deleted.
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- `Created By` field is empty indicates the record either
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- predates the created by feature (v0.204.0, Jan 2024). Prior to this feature release, this information was not captured.
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- was created using shared form.
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- external database connection : information is captured only after the field is explicitly created.
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:::
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## Cell display
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`Created By` field is displayed as a read-only field in the table view. Displays email address of the user who created the record if the user has no display name set. If the user has a display name set, the display name is displayed.
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## Related fields
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- [Last Modified By](030.last-modified-by.md)
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