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Automation in AirtableI have a Donations table with the field Donor that contains a Single Line Text field with the donor name in it. I have a Summary table that is linked back to the Donations table using the Link Another Record filed with Allow Linking to Multiple Records to be selected. The linked field in the Summary table has a list of Donors from the Donations table. I want to automate the insertion of a new Donor name into the linked field in the summary table when I create a new record in the Donations table.It seems it should be straight froward but I keep running into a problem with figuring out what to select in the Actions section.Trigger = When a record is createdIn Actions:I choose Update Record I Put in a description so I don’t forget whY I did this. Action will run Always Under Table I choose summary table Under Record ID I copied the record id from the table from formula in table. The Summary table is only  record so I just put in a formula in that row. Under Fields I

Hi Guys, Has anyone found a way to schedule an export of a view and send it as an email attachment as a csv natively in Airtable (possibly with a script)? Thanks

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 SIGN-UP USING THIS LINK 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨Hey!!For the last few months the idea of running a Community Led Airtable Hackathon has been lingering in my head. When, how, and what is not clear at all to me yet, so I wanted to open up the discussion early on to make sure this is really community led.Brainstorming:Format: Virtual (for sure). Synchronous (everyone builds during a given time frame) or asynchronous (projects submitted over a few weeks). Themes: Specific theme (e.g. procurement, marketing ops, nonprofits, etc.), or leave it totally open to “build whatever you enjoy”? Why I think this could be fun: A chance to show off creativity. A way to learn from each other’s builds. An opportunity to meet new peers. A reason to push Airtable to its limits in unusual or inspiring ways (different to the day-to-day work we do for our clients or within our organizations).  Would love to get some input from the usual suspects here, and from any other Airtable enthusiast!​@Scott

Hello all.I’m looking to have a column (field) of field agents run/process once a week on a Monday morning. FYI these agents a prompted to go out to the internet and retrieve x information. There are no automation options specifically to do this - am I missing something or how else can this be achieved?Currently I’m thinking about having an automation that changes a field in each record (say make it today’s date), and that is something the field agent is monitoring to kick it off and run. Feels a bit hacky, but if anyone has better ideas please let me know. 

Hi everyone,We’re a London-based social enterprise that operates a busy private-hire events venue and an education programme. We’ve just published a brief for a freelance systems analyst to help us map, refine, and rebuild our operational workflows into a more integrated database — most likely using Airtable (or a similar platform if more suitable).We’re looking for someone who can: Analyse our current multi-tool workflow (Excel, Outlook, JotForm, Xero, Sling, etc.) Map and rationalise the data model Propose an improved future-state system architecture Build an MVP database aligned with our operational needs Provide clear documentation and handover This is a paid freelance project, and we are inviting proposals including project rate and recommended approach.Full brief, system maps, and an example phased roadmap are available here:https://www.electricbarge.co.uk/jobsIf this sounds like a good fit, we’d love to hear from you.Thanks!

I’m loving interface extensions so far! It’s super easy to get up and running. I have an external website that uses the Airtable API that I think would work much smoother if it were an interface extension and inside AT proper. The only problem is… it’s in Vue, and it’s way too complicated a project to rewrite from scratch in React.Assuming the interface extensions team isn’t planning on making a Vue SDK as well (...unless? 😳), has anyone tried inserting a Vue component into React, specifically inside the Airtable Blocks SDK, where no Vite config file is available?

Hello,We are using Airtable to replace ClickUp and we started to play around with the interface.As we use it as a task management, how we can enable the bulk edit to change multiple tasks dates in the interface view ? thanks

I need to import the “Resolution” field from Jira Cloud  (Resolved, Won’t Do, Cancelled, etc) -- this is not showing up in the Standard fields, and is not listed on the Help page (https://support.airtable.com/docs/airtable-sync-integration-jira-cloud)Also wondering if there is support yet for custom fields?

Hi Airtable Community,I have a single-select (dropdown) field in my Airtable base, and I need to reorder the options in the dropdown list.Currently, the options appear in the order they were created, but I want to:Change the order manually (e.g., move certain options to the top).Questions:Is there a way to reorder dropdown options without deleting and recreating them? Can this be automated (e.g., via scripting or an integration)? Any best practices for managing dropdown option order in large bases?Thanks for your help!

As the year wraps up, it’s the perfect moment to turn big-picture strategy into clear, actionable plans. In this month’s Marketing User Group session, we’ll walk through how modern marketing teams use Airtable to plan campaigns, map annual initiatives, and align cross-functional teams around shared goals for the year ahead. In this session, we’ll cover how to: Translate annual goals into actionable Airtable roadmaps Build dynamic interfaces to give teams visibility into campaigns and timelines Assign owners, track milestones, and keep work moving across multiple teams Set up a planning framework you can reuse every year  Whether you're leading a team or building out your first structured planning process, you’ll leave with a practical system you can adapt for your 2026 planning.We’d love to have you join us and share how your team approaches annual planning inside Airtable.📍 Register on the event page and drop any questions ahead of time.Looking forward to seeing everyone there

I have an interface - created as a blank interface, and I am using  an existing table to enter the info. How do I go about printing this?What I really need is a clear place for me to click into a record and see all the info at once - like a PDF (I should be able to design it, very specifically), I should be able to switch between records very easily, and print easily and neatly. Any ideas? 

I’m wondering how or if a Make or Zapier sync model can detect changes on field types that can’t trigger the ‘last modified’ field that the sync is based on. If no editable fields on the record are ever changed, would the sync detect changes on a rollup field?What’s a best practice way to achieve this?

Hey Guys, i wanted to ask if a guest user via Airtable Portals has the possibility to actively work in interfaces and set for example a drop down menuitem to an different value or add comments in a single line text field, which then is updated in the base. Or is the guest user via Portals a read-only access and changes made are only visible for the guest user session? 

buongiorno, sono nuova di airtable e sto iniziando a lavorarci, chiedo consiglio a voi. cerco di spiegarmi: ho creato una griglia nella quale sono presenti tutti i miei clienti con gli ordini di acquisto. all’interno ho inserito anche le aziende fornitrici.ora mi piacerebbe creare una griglia (o vista o altro che mi consigliate) nella quale vado ad indicare il documento di riferimento del fornitore e la data grazie per la vostra collaborazione

I was having a problem to share record view for just one record in my airtable. Then I just shared all recordview to my external users. Now because they are opening my shareable view from mobile apps they can not see the right side of the recordview. How can I solve my problem ? I am open to any suggestions. Recrod View is not necessary but I just need to be able to share my record to external users to fill some places in my record (Not creating record, updateing record)  

Hi everyone, I have a question about automations and what the best practices are when dealing with external API calls.We have an automation that enriches records by pulling data from Google Maps. Every time a new record is added to the table, a second automation is triggered: it uses an enrichment API to find an email address from the website, verify it, and then update the record.The issue is that this enrichment step takes a few seconds for each record. Because Airtable runs automations one-by-one and queues them, this causes huge backlogs of pending automations, which slows everything down and sometimes causes the system to get stuck or bug out.My question is:What’s the recommended best practice to avoid infinite queues or stuck automations when using external APIs that take a few seconds to respond?Should we batch records? Or is there a better architectural approach?Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi I'm working with Airtable Forms and using a single-select field for a Sample ID (which is a number). I'd like users to be able to add a new Sample ID directly from the form if it doesn't already exist, instead of being limited to the existing options.Is there any way to enable this "Add new option" behavior for single-select fields in Airtable Forms? Or would I need a workaround—like using a linked record or setting up an automation—to allow new Sample IDs to be created automatically?Appreciate any guidance

Hello! I need some help with an automation setup.I’ve created an automation that ends with a loop step, and I would like to add one final action after the loop completes — for example, sending a notification once the last record in the loop has been processed.However, Airtable doesn’t allow adding steps after a loop, so I’m not sure how to handle this.What is the best practice to be notified when the entire automation (including the loop) has finished running?Is there a recommended workaround or pattern for this?Any advice would be very helpful, thank you!!

Hey all - I need your helpBasically - am trying to create an expense reimbursement form that will then create an automated email to trigger approval/payment.I have created a form in Fillout that has a form and a sub-form. Users can use the sub-form to input 1 or more items to their submission. Once filled out and submitted it gets ported over to Airtable. (all good - this works)What I originally wanted to do was to have it take all the records that are created in Airtable from Fillout consolidate into a different table with a roll-up field to get the total payment needed. (for example, if you have 3 items for reimbursement, fillout creates 4 records in Airtable - 1 for each item and 1 for the overall form info). However, I had to create a workaround because the info for each item for reimbursement was being ported over to Airtable from Fillout immediately upon creation. The workaround I created was to add a trigger at a time (like every hour) that will consolidate all the items into th

I have over 30 Google Forms to Airtable automations setup which have been running very smoothly until this week when suddenly none of them are running anymore. I’ve tried resetting the connection but none of them want to trigger when a new form is completed. They only seem to work when I “run as configured” but that’s not really automated. 

Hi all, We use Airtable for project management and one challenge we often have is searching for something via a keyword or name--something that would help us find a project without knowing the exact title of the record. Is there any sort of add-on that would help with this? Or is there something we can do to make fields show up in search results? Thanks.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice regarding Map View in Airtable.We have one table with all the businesses we work with, and another table with all our points of interest. What we’d really like is a single Map View where both datasets appear together, each in a different color (for example: businesses in one color, POIs in another).Right now, Map View only accepts data from one table. To work around this, we had to create a combined table that contains both businesses and points of interest, with a “Category” field that marks each record so they appear in different colors. This works, but it’s messy and difficult to maintain.My main questions are: Is there any way to use another mapping solution inside Airtable Interfaces, something faster or more flexible than the current Map View? Is it possible for Map View to show records from two different tables, or is merging everything into a single table the only option? Any recommendations or best practices would be greatly appreciat

Hi all, it finally happened… I have reached the maximum number of automations (50) in a base.  I know there are workarounds such as syncing a table to another base and getting another 50, however this just seems crazy.   A maximum of 50 automations on an enterprise scale plan is insufficient.  Has anyone managed to get AT to increase it? I was at the Airtable London event today and a chap on stage mentioned he had 61 automations - so it must be possible, or is this just for enterprise accounts Airtable actually care about?   thanks 

Hi Airtable team,I’m writing because I noticed a recent change in the way linked-record fields behave inside Interfaces, specifically in grid/table components.Until this week, it was possible to enter data extremely efficiently by simply clicking on the empty row and typing the first letters of a linked record. The matching record would appear instantly, without having to open the dropdown first. This made data entry much faster, especially when pasting or entering multiple records in a row.Since the latest update, it is no longer possible to type directly into the cell to trigger autocomplete. We now must click to open the dropdown and then manually search inside it. This significantly slows down workflows for users who rely on Interfaces for rapid data entry.For many of us who use Interfaces as our primary workspace — especially those handling large volumes of records daily — this change has a major negative impact on productivity.Could you please consider restoring the previous inli

Hi Community!I’m attempting to create a webhook and attach some additional info for all he POST requests that are to be made for the specified notification url.I want to call my notification url and specify some parameters there.AFAIK its not possible to use url query parameters there and specify them while creating a webhook.Are there other options? Like custom http headers or so?  Thank you