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Hi all! I’m Thomas, an engineer working on Airtable AI. We are excited to share that AI in Automations is available for everyone participating in the AI beta, along with the ability to generate automatically with GPT-4, in larger bases, and larger context windows! AI in Automations Since the release of the AI field, we’ve received lots of positive feedback on its ease of use and the transformative impact it has had on your workflows. We've also taken note of your requests to integrate AI into Automations, thereby enabling more complex and versatile applications. We’re happy to introduce a new Automation action type, "Generate with AI assist." This feature allows you to add an action that makes a call to a large language model, and to customize its prompt by referencing a variety of sources such as columns of the triggering record, the current date, relevant records from another table, and more. You can then use the AI’s output in any way you want: sending it out via Slack or email, sav

Happy New Year and welcome to the December edition of our Top Contributors post! Every month, we like to give a shout-out to the rockstars in the Airtable Community who have gone the extra mile to help others learn and level up their Airtable skills. Our Top Contributors are a special breed. They're not just knowledgeable and helpful, but they're also super friendly and passionate about what they do. These folks spread their wisdom by answering questions, they start interesting discussions, and even spread Airtable love to their networks. When we pick our Top Contributors, we don't just look at numbers. We dive deep into both the qualitative and quantitative data, making sure that these outstanding individuals not only know their stuff but also embody the spirit of our Community Code of Conduct and Guidelines when interacting with others. In December, our Top Contributors blew us away with their 27 solutions, 118 replies, and 81 kudos received! So, without further ado, click the links

As we bid farewell to an eventful year, it's time to celebrate the vibrant Airtable Community and all the incredible moments we shared in 2023. From new members to remarkable achievements and exciting launches, let's dive into the highlights that made this year truly memorable. Engagement Galore In 2023, we welcomed nearly 11,000 new members, saw over 24,000 posts, and you all gave 17,000 kudos. Members also earned over 48,000 badges on their community journeys, celebrating solutions, kudos, visits, replies and posts. Awesome job all around! The community is a hub of knowledge and collaboration, and I’m so happy to see a focus on creating a positive and supportive atmosphere. Highlights of 2023 Airtable Enterprise Network : One of the most significant milestones this year was the launch of the Airtable Enterprise Network! This powerful addition to the community is the new place for our enterprise customers to share best practices, success stories, and tap into new resources. If you’re

Hey folks, Thank you all for sending in feedback about your experience with the community. It was awesome to see how many of you reached out and flagged ways that we can improve! Without further adieu, I have some exciting updates to share… Updated: “ Minutes to log out” time has been extended! A few of you expressed frustration in having to log in to the Community more frequently than you’d expect, but you should now notice that you stay logged in longer! 🎉 Google Chrome bug fix on mobile and iPad On the road map: Search results will soon display “Author Name”! This is an exciting fix for the search experience that will allow you to more easily access resources and discussions. You can expect this update in the coming weeks. More updates to the search experience - this will be a bigger project so stay tuned More interaction from Product! We hear your requests for more engagement from our Product team and I’m happy to share that we’re working on ways to improve this experience. Backlo

Hey Airtable Community, It's time to celebrate our November Top Contributors! 🎉 These remarkable individuals have truly made a splash in the Airtable Community and left a positive impact on their fellow users. So, what makes a Top Contributor? They're the passionate, helpful, and friendly folks who go above and beyond to share their Airtable expertise by answering questions, igniting discussions, and they’re champions for Airtable far and wide. To determine our Top Contributors, we dive into both the numbers and the community spirit. We consider the solutions and replies they've provided, and the kudos they've received. But it's not just about the stats; we also value how they embody our Community's Code of Conduct and Guidelines, creating a welcoming and inclusive environment in the Airtable Community. There are many members who embody these qualities and deliver value to the community each month so I want to thank everyone, even if your name wasn’t in the top 3 this month - we’re so

Hiya everybody, For those I haven’t met, I’m Fred, an Engineering Manager here at Airtable. Today our team is announcing the General Availability of many new API features to make our API Authentication more secure and reliable, as well as open up new API capabilities. These include: New authentication methods and endpoints that are now in general availability OAuth integrations and Personal Access Tokens for authentication Metadata API, comments API, and webhook API, available when using these two authentication methods New change since public beta: a sync integration that accepts CSV-formatted data through Airtable's Web API Check our changelog for all the details We’ll also be hosting an AMA ("Ask Me Anything") on Thursday, January 26th with some of the developers on our team to chat through all the latest API updates. You can find more details here — Additional upcoming changes to the API experience With that, we are now announcing the beginning of the deprecation period for API Key

Hi all! Sharing an update you’ll see this week - you can now hide form fields from a submitters view in Airtable using a new URL parameter. This is meant to create a more seamless user experience by hiding any pre-filled fields on forms. For example, if you’re creating an NPS or beta feedback survey like you’ll see in the example below. On the right, you will see the experience before updating the URL and on the left-hand side, you can see the experience after. In practice, here is an example of how this would be accomplished: Before https://airtable.com/shr7EmCXXraT6OwKk?prefill_Feature=Hide%20form%20fiel After: hide_Feature=true being added to the end of the URL https://airtable.com/shr7EmCXXraT6OwKk?prefill_Feature=Hide%20form%20field&hide_Feature=true Additional resources: Support documentation: Prefilling a form Let us know if you have any questions!

Hey Airtable Community! I’ve been your Community Manager for a couple of months now and I’ve loved getting familiar with the space, and seeing what gets you excited about Airtable. As we continue to shape the Airtable Community, we want to hear from you. This is your community, and we want your voices to be heard as we think about ways to improve the overall experience, and scope programs for you to participate in. What we’re looking for We want to hear your ideas for community programming and improvements. This can encompass a wide range of topics, such as: Feature Requests: Is there a community feature you've been wishing for? Share your ideas for how we can improve the community functionality and help you work more efficiently. Learning Resources: Do you have suggestions for new tutorials, guides, or educational content that would help you master Airtable? Let us know! Community Engagement: How can we foster better connections within the Airtable community? Share ideas on events, gr

Hey there, Airtable Community! Get ready to celebrate because it's time for the October edition of our Top Contributors post! 🎉 These incredible individuals have truly rocked the Airtable Community and made a difference for their fellow users. So, what makes a Top Contributor, you ask? Well, they're the passionate, helpful, and friendly folks who go the extra mile to share their Airtable wisdom with others. They're the ones who answer questions, spark engaging discussions, and spread the word about Airtable far and wide. To determine our Top Contributors, we dig into both the numbers and the vibes. We look at how many solutions they've offered, how many replies they've written, and how many kudos they've received. But it's not just about the stats; we also consider how they've embraced our Community’s Code of Conduct and Guidelines , making the Airtable Community a welcoming and inclusive space. In October alone, our Top Contributors blew us away with 65 solutions, 327 replies, and 17

Hello everyone – Micah here from the product team at Airtable. While we’re super excited to continue updating our layouts in Interface Designer — especially Record Detail — we know that some of our most recent changes have been difficult to navigate . Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard and appreciated all of the feedback that has been shared. Today, we’re excited to release a few updates to help address some of the most critical issues. We’re still hard at work making these layouts even better, and while this release won’t address all of the feedback, we are continuing to listen to all of you and working to improve the overall experience. Updates Starting today, you’ll see that “Sections” are now known as “Groups”. We’ve improved the way they work and brought some additional features and functionality to the Record Detail layout: More options for visual customization and layout flexibility Groups now support an optional background color There’s now only a single, simplified type of G

UPDATE 10/31 - we have changed the way we enforce API limits on our Trial and Free plan. Please see our support center for the latest information. Hello, Airtable community! I'm Nitya, senior product marketing manager here at Airtable. I wanted to share more information about recent changes to our pricing plans. Over the past few years, we’ve released many new products and features – including new sync integrations, extensions, and automation capabilities – and the way customers use Airtable has evolved. We’re updating our plans to ensure people have flexible options based on their needs, reflecting feedback we heard from customers and how they use our platform. For example, many Pro plan customers have asked for access to features that were previously limited to the Enterprise plan, and that extension limits were too stringent. Our new plans give customers a progressive journey as their organization’s use of Airtable becomes more complex, mapping the features and functionality that cu

Happy spooky season, Airtable Community! I hope everyone is enjoying the refreshing autumn season - or spring, depending on where you are in the world! For those of us in the northern hemisphere, many of us are experiencing that chill in the air, changing leaves, apple picking, pumpkin patches, and cozying up with a classic halloween read. So many reasons to celebrate! More importantly, let's celebrate all of you - our awesome Airtable community featuring members from around the globe who help each other solve every day. In this September edition of Airtable Top Contributors, we’ll recognize our members who encourage others and help them solve with Airtable. Lets jump in: Last month, the Top Contributors listed below authored 49 solutions , wrote 252 replies , and received 122 kudos ! Top Solution Authors 🧠 @Sho - 22 Solutions Authored The visual aid was super helpful here - nice job! @ScottWorld - 20 Solutions Authored Easy Win? Check! @Alessio_Monino - 7 Solutions Authored I love th

Greetings, Airtable Community! My name is Maddie, and I’m your new Airtable Community Engagement Manager. Welcome to the August edition of Airtable Top Contributors, where we give a standing ovation to members who have gone above and beyond for the Airtable Community in a positive way! Lets dive into the numbers: Last month, our Top Contributors authored 51 solutions , received 35 kudos for their ideas , wrote 154 replies , and received 85 kudos ! Top Solution Authors 🧠 @Sho - 27 Solutions Authored Check out @Sho's helpful solution to a ROUNDUP() question here . @TheTimeSavingCo - 14 Solutions Authored A screenshot, clear explanation, and most importantly, encouragement, this solution has it all! @Ron_Williams - 10 Solutions Authored Check out this simple and quick formula that saved the day! Most Kudoed Ideas 💡 Show an interface without airtable account by @Sara11 received 22 Kudos in August for a total of 91 kudos. Ability to create calculated metrics in Interfaces by @Joel_Lee rec

Hi! I’m Lars, an engineer at Airtable. We’re excited to let you know about several new Interface Designer features launching today that make it easier and more intuitive to build powerful custom apps. New Page Layouts When creating a new interface page, you’ll now see several new layout options. These full-page layouts are based around a single visualization, offer streamlined configuration controls, and introduce powerful features for interface users. Highlights of new functionality available in these layouts: End user filtering and sorting: Interface users can filter and sort by displayed fields to better understand the data presented. Filter Tabs and Dropdowns: Builders can define tabs to save common filter combinations such as “Needs review” or “My tasks.” Or, they can add dropdowns to highlight key fields and allow users to mix-and-match filter choices. Multiple Visualizations: Builders can enable multiple visualizations of the same data without needing to create additional elemen

Hi everyone! I’m Stephanie—a product marketer here at Airtable and I’m excited to share some new features that are launching today. Today, we’re introducing new AI, scalability, and governance features to our platform to help organizations enhance operational speed and productivity—all while giving them new ways to flexibly govern all their users and comply with their organization’s security standards. So, what’s available today? Airtable AI is now officially in beta for Pro and Enterprise customers! Now you can harness the power of generative AI by putting it directly within the context of your workflows—increasing productivity and improving the execution for any critical workflow like developing content, campaigns, and products. We previewed our AI plans earlier this year , and are excited to get this into customers hands to see what they are able to accomplish with Airtable AI. Our first AI capability will be a new AI field type that can easily be added to any Airtable app (base or

Hi everyone! I’m Priscilla, a UX researcher at Airtable on the Automations team. We wanted to tell you about a new feature that our team has been working on called Record Templates, which will help you manage programs, projects, and tasks more efficiently. With this feature, you will be able to: Create templates for the types of records you find yourself creating over and over again Set pre-filled default field values on those templates Create new records using those templates or apply the template to an existing record Link multiple templates together to bulk-create records across tables We are still working on additional functionality, but will release the current version of Record Templates to a small group of customers for early access and feedback. As a participant in our Record Templates Beta, you will be able to access Record Templates on base(s) of your choice, starting September 14, 2022. After you’ve started using it, we’ll set up time to chat with you and get your feedback.

Hi everyone! We’re excited to offer an invitation to try one of our newest features - Zendesk External Source Sync. A lot of customer support workflows rely heavily on Zendesk, so with Zendesk Sync, you can sync all of the tickets from a given Zendesk view into Airtable. From there, you can use all of Airtable’s core functionality to work with the data: views (I recommend Kanban view), filters, sorts, automations, and more. To sign up for the beta, fill out this quick form and click the link at the end. The feature should become available within a few minutes of clicking the link. If it doesn’t, try refreshing the page. Please note that this feature will only work if you’re on a Pro or Enterprise plan. And if you have any feedback about the feature, please submit it via this form.

Calling all admins! We are delighted to share that starting today everyone on the Enterprise plan will see updates aimed at helping you manage users and ensure security as your organizations grow. The new functionality you will now have access to include: A streamlined new Admin Panel experience New ability to create and leverage User Groups New security controls and improved monitoring tools Improved performance and base management settings More detailed information for each of these updates can be found below, but we hope these improvements will help your businesses thrive. We will make sure to keep you all informed as we continue to make updates and refreshes. Redesigned Admin Panel First up is a change you’ll notice pretty quickly: a complete redesign of the Admin Panel. The Admin Panel is an Enterprise plan feature that lets administrators proactively manage their users, control access and security, and understand how teams are using Airtable. We’ve added functionality so you can:

👋 Hi, I’m Helen, a Product Manager here at Airtable, and I'm very excited to announce that you can now repeat groups of actions on multiple records within an Automation! When working with a list of items, you may want to carry out a set of actions for every item in the list.You can now scale your work by taking a set of actions on multiple records at once. Repeating groups help you do just that. For example, sending a personalized email to each customer when you have a list of customer contact records, or sending out a list of assigned tasks to each member of your team every Monday. This feature adds to the advanced logic you can use in Automations to help you scale your workflows. Try it out for yourself in your base and let us know how you’re planning on using this new feature below! For more information and examples, take a look at our support article. A few common questions: Can I combine conditional groups with repeat groups in Automations? No, these are both considered advanced

Hello everyone, I'm a product designer at Airtable. This quarter, our team is working on a number of improvements to Timeline view based on all the feedback we've heard (much of that from the community so thanks for the great ideas!). We're starting with improvements to the way we render labels. Previously labels were cut off very often, whenever records were too short or just off the edge of the viewport. This meant reading data required a lot of zooming, scrolling, and hovering. Today we're making this much easier by releasing three key updates: Labels now stay on the screen as you scroll, so you can continue to read them. Labels overflow, so so they're visible even when the records are very short or zoomed out. Records beyond the fold are now pointed to by arrows, so you can preview and navigate to them. Jump into one of your Timeline views today to try these updates yourself. We hope you enjoy these improvements, but please continue to share your feedback here as well as your ideas

Welcome to June’s edition of our Top Contributors post! We’re excited to highlight the top contributors in the Airtable Community who have gone above and beyond to help others learn and grow their skills with Airtable. Last month, our Top Contributors offered 72 solutions , received 25 kudos for their ideas , wrote 397 replies , and received 139 kudos ! 🔥 *click the links below to learn more about June’s Top Contributors. Top Solution Authors 🧠 @Stephen_Orr1 - 40 Solutions Authored Updating array-type fields in scripting (Multi Collaborator). You can follow the conversation here . @TheTimeSavingCo - 21 Solutions Authored Rollup/ Formula to deduct # tickets claimed from tickets available. Follow the conversation here . @kuovonne - 11 Solutions Authored How to sum up two values and create an array? You can read about the solution here . Most Kudoed Ideas 💡 Show an interface without airtable account by @Sara11 - received 11 Kudos in June for a total of 51 kudos. Ability to group and/or

I had the opportunity to speak with Kristian Wong and Alex Tellez from Sterling Administration . Sterling is an HSA administrator that partners closely with nursing homes and at home care nurses. Experts in end-of-life care are growing increasingly concerned with what is being referred to as the “silver tsunami .” With the aging population of baby boomers set to exceed the workforce that would support them, Kristian and Alex are looking to innovate at home care for elderly patients and bend the healthcare curve. Kristian, a solution architect and Alex, a data scientist built a HIPPA compliant app that helps caretakers and family members of elderly patients in nursing homes get up to date information and get ahead of serious health complications before things escalate. The whole backend of the app is managed in Airtable. Kristian Wong says, “Airtable is the front door that opens a whole world of possibilities to change the future of healthcare.” LM: The two of you created an app that pr

Welcome to May’s edition of our Top Contributors post! We’re excited to highlight the top contributors in the Airtable Community who have gone above and beyond to help others learn and grow their skills with Airtable. Last month, our Top Contributors offered 60 solutions , received 32 kudos for their ideas , wrote 287 replies , and received 239 kudos ! *click the links below to learn more about May’s Top Contributors. Top Solution Authors 🧠 @TheTimeSavingCo - 36 Solutions Authored @TheTimeSavingCo helped @JoVanEeden with their IF AND formula with 2 criteria to comply. You can follow the conversation here . @kuovonne - 17 Solutions Authored @kuovonne helped @bedjik create a formula to total the sum of options that are chosen in the Multiple Select Field. Follow the conversation here . @Stephen_Orr1 - 7 Solutions Authored @Stephen_Orr1 provided @saadat with a great work around to use Utilities in Airtable script. You can read about the solutions here . Most Kudoed Ideas 💡 Show an inter

:wave: Hello! I’m Ayesha, a Product Manager here at Airtable. We’re so excited to share a new feature with you that allows you to add a Kanban element to your Interfaces: What is this? You can now add a Kanban element to your Interface pages from the All elements list. This is very similar to the Kanban view that you see inside a base today. What can you configure for the Kanban element? Data Source: you can select which table you want to use for this element View-only / Editable: after you publish your Interface, you can keep this view read-only or editable Filter / Sort: you can filter the records you display here and choose any sort options, Stack: you can configure which field you want to stack by Appearance: you can customize the fields that appear on each card, show colors, and toggle the view’s name on/off — We’re looking forward to hearing what you think, please let us know if you have any questions. We’re also thinking about future improvements to the Kanban element overall, l

This month we spoke with John Smith from Alamo Drafthouse Cinema . Alamo Drafthouse is a superior cinema and dining experience founded in Austin, Texas with ~40 locations throughout the U.S. John is currently a Senior Film Programmer and has been with the company for 9 years. Through various roles he has become an expert in how the business operates from end to end. John and his team of 3 are responsible for alternative content. In this conversation we discuss his passion for cinema, what it's like to be an “Airtable whisperer” and the impact interfaces has on the team. Hope you enjoy reading this month’s Changemaker Spotlight with John Smith. LM: You’ve been at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema for 9 years which is a huge accomplishment! Currently you are a Senior Film Programmer. Tell me about your role and why you love working at the company? JS: I've worked at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema for 9 years and worn a number of different hats. Aside from my role as Airtable admin, my team oversees what