Announcements

Hello, I’m Rosalind and I’m a Product Marketing Manager at Airtable. I’m excited to share a small but often-requested new feature with you today: the ability to output the result of formula fields as a set of single-select options! Formula fields already allow you to output their results as plain strings, numbers, and dates, and now we’re adding the ability to output results as a set of predefined single-select options. Single-select options are more visually pleasing than plain strings and clearly illustrate that a field has one value within a defined set of possible values. We’ve heard from many Airtable builders who have used Automations to achieve the same result by copying formula results into single-select fields – hopefully, those Automations can now be retired!  To try out the new feature:

Hey Airtable Community, and welcome to our August Top Contributors update! We're here to cheer on the incredible individuals in the Airtable Community who go above and beyond to elevate everyone's Airtable experience.  Our Top Contributors are the true champions. They not only share their expertise but also bring positivity and encouragement to everyone in the community. When selecting our Top Contributors, we value both quality and quantity, ensuring they follow our Community Code of Conduct and Guidelines.  Historically, we’ve highlighted the top 3 members in each category (most

Hello Airtable Community, We're back with some little big timeline view improvements to make it easier to plan and manage capacity across projects. Here's a high-level summary of the improvements we've made: 1. Re-designed summary bar ☘️ We made the summary bar fully responsive, so values will be visible in most cases. When they're cut off you can now easily mouse over them to see the full value. We also improved the display of holidays and time off which now show as 'PTO' or whatever custom label you prefer. 2. Drill into tasks & projects 🔎 You can now group by person first and tasks / projects second, allowing you to get a high level picture of your team’s utilization and then drill down into the specific

Hey Airtable users, we have something incredible to share with you today! Drumroll, please... Introducing our brand-new nine-course Admin Essentials Learning Path and Admin Certification, now available in Airtable Academy! 🌟 Why should you be jumping with joy over this release? Well, imagine being able to get your new admins up to speed in no time or quickly validating the mastery of your more experienced admins. This learning path and certification are designed to do just that - making your admin journey smoother and more rewarding than ever before! 💼 Here's a sneak peek at what you can expect to learn in this comprehensive coursework:

Hello Community! This is quick announcement about a new base we built called the Formula Playground, created as a space to reference and test out formulas on the fly. As the name of the base indicates—we created the Formula Playground base experience with “play” in mind for a more hands-on approach to learning and testing out formulas. You can create a personal copy of the Formula Playground here, or check it out at any time in the Formula field reference article. As always we’d love your feedback on this base! You can add any comments or feedback here in this topic. 💫

Hey there, welcome to this special edition of our Top Contributors update, covering both June and July!  We love to shout out the amazing folks in the Airtable Community who have really gone the extra mile to help others step up their Airtable game. These Top Contributors are the real MVPs. They don’t just share knowledge, but they also bring so much encouragement around everything Airtable. When we pick our Top Contributors, we look at both the quality and quantity, making sure they not only know their stuff but also embody our Community Code of Conduct and Guidelines in their activity.

Since the launch of Cobuilder, we’ve been thrilled to see the enthusiasm and innovative uses our community has embraced. Today, we're here to address some of the most common questions and provide clarity on how everyone can leverage Cobuilder to its full potential. For those of you who missed the announcement or want to learn more scroll to the bottom for quick links. Pricing and Availability First off, we’re excited to announce that Cobuilder is accessible to all Airtable users! Whether you’re on a free or trial account, you can start exploring the capabilities of Cobuilder right away. Free and trial users will experience Cobuilder with a limited number of runs. For those looking for the full power of Cobuilder, upgradi

Hi all! I’m Rosalind – a product marketing manager at Airtable focused on helping teams build powerful, custom applications that make work more efficient. I’m happy to share that we have expanded the capabilities of our interface feature for our Airtable mobile application.  Starting today, users can access an expanded list of layout types on mobile, including Kanban views, Charts, and Numbers. New Interfaces functionality on mobile  Automatic setup. We’ve designed interfaces on mobile to work without any user setup required. All you need to do to access your interfaces is log in to your Airtable account through our mobile application on an iOS or Android device – your interfaces will show up automatically! Note that interfaces on mobile do not yet support the Blank, Timeline, Record Review, or Record Summary layout types.  Support for List, G

Hello, Airtable community! I'm Johari, a software engineer here at Airtable. I'm excited to share some enhancements to Interfaces that will give you more control and flexibility when collaborating with your team.New Linked Record Creation/Deletion in Various ElementsThe first enhancement allows collaborators to create and delete new linked records directly within List, Grid, Calendar, Kanban, and Timeline elements. This feature simplifies the process of adding and deleting related records. Gone are the days of the lock icon and complex workarounds to create/delete linked records in interfaces. Now, you can swiftly and seamlessly accomplish this within your current layout. To access this functionality, you will need to enable the Inline Creation/Deletion setting mentioned below. Settings Separation: Inl

Hi everyone! I'm Helen, a Product Manager here at Airtable and I'm very excited to announce that we're launching the new Record Templates feature to all Pro and Enterprise users.This feature enables you to create templates for your frequently repeated projects and automatically create relevant tasks as linked records every time that template is used. With Record Templates, you will now be able to:Create pre-defined templates for the types of records you find yourself creating over and over againLink related templates together to bulk-create records across tablesSet default field values (including date dependencies) on those templatesSurface templates to end-users in interfaces as record creation options that they can further customize 

Hello! I’m Ayesha, a Product Manager here at Airtable. We’re so excited to share a small improvement to let you display your percentages as progress bars.What are progress bars?For your fields that are formatted as a Percent, you can choose to display the field as a progress bar. You’ll see the progress bar in all the surfaces where you see that field today, across your bases and interfaces. In forms, you’ll still see just a numeric input.How do you enable progress bars?Progress bar formatting is a supported option for the following field types:Editable fieldsPercentComputed fields with a numeric result (format must be “Percent”)FormulaRollup

🩺📈 Exciting news for healthcare providers and organizations! Airtable is now HIPAA compliant and ready to support your critical work. 🎉 We understand the importance of protecting sensitive patient data and maintaining compliance with industry regulations while still making sure your company can function efficiently and effectively. That's why we've implemented the necessary safeguards and are proud to announce that Airtable is HIPAA compliant for our Enterprise Scale customers.  With Airtable's powerful and flexible platform, you can streamline your workflows and collaborate with your team, all while managing your data securely. From patient records to clinical trials, Airtable provides a centralized solution that adapts to your company’s unique needs. 🔒👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

: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 change the term “record” in the product to a term that’s more specific to your table. What is this? When you name a table, you can now optionally select a name for your records from a list of 50+ options. You’ll see that name used in the product where you see your table or view, so you can more easily understand what actions you’re taking. For example, instead of seeing the generic “Add record” action: You can now override this “record” terminology by specifying the work that you want to track. If you choose to call your record a “task”, you and your team can now see “Add task”:

Happy Thursday, Airtable Community! 👋 Welcome back to our Top Contributors post, covering both April and May. 🚀 We are thrilled to celebrate our incredible Airtable Community members who have gone above and beyond over the past two months. These Top Contributors are the true MVPs. They don't just share their vast knowledge but also exude friendliness and a genuine passion for all things Airtable. As always, our selection of Top Contributors goes beyond mere numbers. We consider qualitative and quantitative aspects to ensure our Top Contributors are knowledgeable and consistently embody our Community Code of Conduct and Guidelines in their interactions. That said, our Top Contributors set new records in April and May with an impres

We're thrilled to announce the release of our latest enterprise features and data visualization enhancements! These exciting additions provide new ways to add and operationalize data, allow for more control over data retention, and offer powerful visualization tools within Airtable. Let's explore what these features have in store for you! Airtable Visualization Enhancements: App quick startCraft a workflow for your team faster than ever with app quick start. This new building method gets you to a powerful and intuitive solution for end users in minutes, tailored to the specific needs of your use case, automatically leveraging Airtable’s building best practices.  

 Hi everyone! I'm Carla and I am a Software Engineer at Airtable. I'm thrilled to share four new updates to forms in Interfaces that are now available to all Airtable customers! These changes make forms more powerful and allow you to create more sophisticated workflows while simplifying the experience for people using your apps. Conditional Fields: Now you can add rules to show and hide fields in a form based on how your users have filled out earlier fields. You can now support more complicated workflows with Interfaces forms, yet your users will only have to fill out the fields relevant to them.  🔒Limiting Select Options: Take complete control over the ava

Hi there! I’m Rosalind – a product marketing manager at Airtable focused on helping teams build powerful, custom applications that make work more efficient. Today I’m happy to share more details on the expanded support for dynamic filtering. With this launch, we're completing the set of field types you can use to dynamically filter results in the linked record picker-- you can now dynamically filter on Single Select, Multiple Select, Date, Formula, Rollup and computed field types. This feature is available on Teams plans or higher and is being rolled out throughout this week; if you don’t see it reflected in your base just yet, hold tight, you will get the update very soon! What's new Single Select and Multiple Select. Dynamically filter linked record

Hi Airtable Community,We're thrilled to introduce a new addition to our community: the AI Ambassadors User Group! This group is tailor-made for individuals who are passionate about Airtable AI and its endless possibilities. Joining our AI Ambassadors User Group isn't just about networking and learning; it's about expanding your skills, knowledge, and connecting with fellow enthusiasts. As an AI Ambassador, you'll enjoy: Enhancing Your Personal Brand: Showcase your expertise in Airtable AI and stand out in the community and beyond Boosting Your Resume: Active participation demonstrates your commitment to continuous learning and professional development to accelerate your career Connecting with Industry Experts: This user group will be your go-to way to share best practices, and collaborate on innovative AI projects! We're also on th

We just launched a feature called attachment annotations that lets you leave comments in a specific position on an Airtable attachment. You can give fast, clear, actionable feedback on any type of visual asset to help speed up your creative process. We currently support annotations on images (JPEGs, PNGs, and GIFs) and videos (MP4 and WebM). For more information on how to use this new feature, please see this support article for specifics and our blog post for a broader look at the asset review process. And, we’d love your feedback! Leave any comments or feedback here in this topic.

Hi Airtable Community! :wave: I’m Emily, a product manager for Airtable’s Interfaces team — and I’m back again to share some new updates to Interfaces, available as of today! Today we’re excited to announce four new button types enabled in Interfaces: 1. Run an automationTrigger your automations from buttons in Interfaces! With this button type, you can create a net-new automation or trigger a preexisting automation from within Interface designer; you’ll be redirected to the Automations experience to further refine & test the automation before deploying. This button type is great for kicking off repetitive tasks in your team’s workflow, such as: Kicking off a slack message Automatically creating a new record Running an automation script 2. Navigation buttons

Hi Airtable Community! I’m Chris, a Product Manager here at Airtable. We're thrilled to announce Actionable Messages! 🎉 Actionable Messages lets you take act on Airtable data from Slack. No more switching between apps, just seamless updates. What are Actionable Messages? Never miss a beat—you and your team receive gentle nudges for tasks that need their attention, and can take immediate action in Slack: make updates, approve assets, triage bugs, and more.   How to Get Started? It's easy! Builders can add the Slack Actionable Messages Automation to your existing or new workflows. Select a trigger, set up the Slack message, and watch the updates flow in. It's as simple as that!

Happy Spring, Airtable Community, and welcome to the March edition of our Top Contributors post! 🎉 Each month, we love to shout-out the incredible individuals in our community who go above and beyond to help others excel in their Airtable journey. Our Top Contributors are not just knowledgeable and helpful, they're also friendly, passionate, and dedicated to spreading Airtable wisdom. Whether they're answering questions, sparking engaging discussions, or sharing Airtable with their networks, these folks truly embody the spirit of our community. In March, our Top Contributors wowed us with their outstanding contributions: 87 solutions provided, 604 replies shared, and an impressive 193 kudos received! 🌟🚀 Let's dive in and meet our March Top Contributors who have been lighting up the community with their expertise and positivity:   Top Soluti

Hi all - I hope your week is going well. As you may have noticed this morning, editable shared views was accidentally enabled for all Airtable users and has since been rolled back. First, I would like to apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused and acknowledge that we know this is a feature that the community is excited about. It has been great to watch people become experts in 30 minutes to share with the community and see all the excitement on Twitter. We know how upsetting it may be that this was accidentally enabled and we want to share some insights into what happened with all of you. We know that collaboration in Airtable is top of mind for many of you (us too!), and the editable shared view feature is one of the many ways we’ve explored making that experience more impactful. However, we’re not currently prioritizing the development of this feature and are instead focusing on solving this problem in a more comprehensive way.

Hey everyone, I'm Ruihan, a software engineer at Airtable working on our List View feature. I’m happy to announce another exciting update – grouping! You will now be able to add up to two groups to the bottom-most level of your List View.  To add a group in your base, select  “Group” in the view menu bar.  To add a group to a list view in your interface, head over to your properties panel to enable grouping.  Afterwards, you will also be able to sort groups, and drag and drop items from one group to another.  We hope this update adds more value to your experience using List View and we’re excited to bring even more useful improvements to this feature in the coming months. Try it out for yourself and please share any feedback you might have! If you have any questions, feel free to drop a

TL;DR: We’ve added a new way to quickly group your data in Airtable. Hi Airtable community! My name is Sean and I’m an engineer here at Airtable, focused on finding ways to make Airtable easier to use for everyone. In interviews with users across the board, we’ve heard lots of feedback about confusion with our groups, sorting, and filtering. New users were especially confused with understanding how these features worked and were afraid to test them out for fear of “breaking everything”. With that in mind, we’re in the process of rolling out two features we’re calling “Quick groups” and “quick sort”. Simply put, we’ll make some suggestions based on existing, easily groupable (or sortable) fields already in your base. For example, we’ll recommend grouping by fields such as single-select fields, linked records, and more. And if