# Automatically Highlight/ Star a Submitted Report in Entries **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** custom, gfapi, is\_starred, gform\_after\_submission\ **Created:** [October 15, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477 "2020-10-15T15:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![user5c06e1f1091fd0.4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@user5c06e1f1091fd0.4](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5c06e1f1091fd0.4)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477/1 "2020-10-15T15:32:48Z")
I have several forms that auto generate a notification to a manager based on conditional logic features being triggered in the form. I wondered if there was a way to highlight/ star these forms automatically in the entries register to make them stand out. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![chrishajer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.gravityforms.com/chrishajer/32/88_2.png) [@chrishajer](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/chrishajer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477/2 "2020-10-16T16:44:46Z")
Hi Andrew. So if the conditional logic triggered a notification to a manager, you want that entry to be highlighted in some way in the entries list for the form, in the dashboard? ---
**Author:** ![user5c06e1f1091fd0.4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@user5c06e1f1091fd0.4](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5c06e1f1091fd0.4)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477/3 "2020-10-17T07:41:26Z")
Hi Chris, exactly. Ideally I’m looking for way to make the reports that generate a notification to stand out or be obvious in the entries list for easy identification. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![chrishajer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.gravityforms.com/chrishajer/32/88_2.png) [@chrishajer](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/chrishajer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477/4 "2020-10-19T18:20:38Z")
Hi Andrew. I think you could do this with an API function to update the “starred” status of the entry, any time your condition was met which caused a notification to be sent. You would not be checking to see if the notification was sent, but using the same rules in your code that updates the star status of the entry as you did to determine if a notification should be sent or not. The GFAPI update\_entry\_property could be called from the gform\_after\_submission hook: The function: > **[GFAPI Class - Gravity Forms Documentation](https://docs.gravityforms.com/api-functions/#update-entry-property)** > > The Gravity Forms API Functions provides developers with a future-proof way to access some of the common core functionality in Gravity Forms. called from the hook: > **[gform\_after\_submission - Gravity Forms Documentation](https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_after_submission/)** > > This PHP action hook is executed at the end of the submission process (after form validation, notification, and entry creation). Use this hook to perform actions after the entry has been created (i.e. feed data to third party applications). It would look something like this: > **[Update star status of entry after submission](https://d.pr/n/icHXX6)** > > Shared with Droplr There are quite a few things in there to update, but that is the general approach. Let me know if you need help for that. ---
**Author:** ![user5c06e1f1091fd0.4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@user5c06e1f1091fd0.4](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5c06e1f1091fd0.4)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477/5 "2020-10-20T08:07:35Z")
Hi Chris, thanks for getting back to me. Sadly that’s all a bit beyond my expertise using Gravity Forms, but I’ll pass it on to our WP developer who will be able to sort that for us. Thanks again for your help. I’ll let you know how it turns out. Kind regards Andrew (Attachment MyEChef\_Logo\_Purple\_RGB\_email.psd is missing) ![ChefBK_Logo_Grey_RGB_email.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gravityforms1/original/2X/b/bac9f57ea45d992ed9865168a27059d0abf4105b.png) ---
**Author:** ![chrishajer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.gravityforms.com/chrishajer/32/88_2.png) [@chrishajer](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/chrishajer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477/6 "2020-10-22T03:08:57Z")
Please do let us know how that turns out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![user5c06e1f1091fd0.4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@user5c06e1f1091fd0.4](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5c06e1f1091fd0.4)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:37am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477/7 "2020-10-22T09:37:23Z")
Will do Chris, thanks again. Andrew ---
**Author:** ![richardw8k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.gravityforms.com/richardw8k/32/2354_2.png) [@richardw8k](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/richardw8k)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/automatically-highlight-star-a-submitted-report-in-entries/6477/8 "2022-01-04T17:51:50Z")
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