Announcements

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 LayoutsWhen 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 ca

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 ca

👋 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?N

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 wit

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 tha

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 i

: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 overal

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, m

Hi all - Starting today, we are excited to announce a new way to manage time and resources in Timeline View - ensuring you and your teams are operating efficiently no matter how complex your projects are. Plan ahead & determine resourcing needs The best way to avoid over-allocation issues is to never experience them in the first place. Thinking through project durations, budgets, and team member capacity before you start a campaign can ensure you accomplish your goals on schedule. Plan ahead with the summary bar, which automatically makes calculations based on record values. These summaries can help teams uncover resource-related data (like the average time spent on projects every week). When you pull up the summary bar in a Timeline view, you’ll get to choose from a wide range of functions to calculate summaries, including: Count Sum Average Min Max Range Median Utilization The summary bar’s utilization function is particularly helpful for calculating exactly how much of a team

Welcome to April’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 89 solutions, kudos for 32 new ideas, wrote 318 replies, and received 145 kudos! 🤘 *click the links below to learn more about April’s Top Contributors. Top Solution Authors 🧠 @TheTimeSavingCo -  56 Solutions Authored @TheTimeSavingCo  helped @Webs  populate and action emails by adding “Find Record.” You can follow the conversation here.  @kuovonne  - 26 Solutions Authored@kuovonne  helped @Andy_Goodacre  extract text from an attachment. Follow the conversation here.  @Ben_Young1  - 7 Solutions Authored@Ben_Young1 provided @Dalene_Rovensti with 3 formulas to accomplish conditional IF formatting. You can read about the solutions here.&

Happy Thursday everyone! This week we want to know what are your tricks using Airtable for repeatable workflows, like recurring projects, for instance? If you haven't taken advantage of our new record templates feature, you can learn more in our what’s new blogpost. Looking forward to reading through your tricks! The Airtable Community

Join us Wednesday May 3rd at 10am PT/1pm ET for a live AMA session on the newest Interface Designer layouts and best practices.   In this live session you’ll get to meet members of our Product Management & Engineering team who will:  Demonstrate the new Interface Designer layout features Share best practices for creating interfaces Participate in a live Q&A Save Your Seat  We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Hope everyone's week is going well! Airtable has an entire universe of templates at your finger tips. This week we want to know what templates have have been your been most impactful for you? and why? If you haven't spent much time exploring all of our templates, you can find all of the magic here.  Enjoy the rest of your week and weekend!  The Airtable Community

Hi Airtable Community Members, Hope you are all having a wonderful week! This week we want to know which Airtable integrations have you taken advantage of and how do they improve your workflow? We look forward to hearing from you.  Special thanks to @Shannon_Bradley, @ramonscardua, @RonniEloff_VKDe and @kuovonne for answering last week's question.   We look forward to reading through everyone's response.  Airtable Community

I'm super excited.  Thanks to the brilliant Airtable community, our event is almost sold out.HTTP://www.daretable.com/agenda After the last tickets are sold, we will create a standby list for locals in the Bay area!We have 15 speakers, sessions, keynotes, and a lot of hands-on sessions, four with a ChatGPT focus!! This is our third year meeting as a community, and it's inspiring to see so many new faces and names this year! Thank you to everyone who brings positivity to Airtable and the community!HERE IS A SPECIAL Heart-Centered Apps on AI with Community Member Lisa Vo! 

Happy Thursday Airtable Community! This week we want to know if you have used used the new List View so far? Any tips for someone looking to create this view for the first time? If you haven't used list view, you can learn more in this video.  Hope you all enjoy the rest of your week and have a wonderful weekend!  Thanks,The Airtable Community

Hello Airtable Community!   We are on week 7 for Question of the Week. It's been fantastic seeing all of the engagement thus far. Thank you so much for sharing your best tips and tricks. We have a label for Question of the Week so you can easily access all past questions.    This week we want to know what is your favorite view and why? Mine is form view so I can easily collect data that is then saved to an Airtable base. So easy and efficient to use!   We look forward to reading through everyone's response.  Airtable Community

Welcome to March’s edition of our Top Contributors post!  This is our third month of recognizing top contributors in the Airtable Community. These members have gone above and beyond to help others learn and grow their skills with Airtable. We hope you enjoy reading through all of the contributions and kudos from last month.  In March, our Top Contributors offered  105 solutions, started 15 new threads, wrote 438 replies, and received 208 kudos! 🤘*click the links below to learn more about March's Top Contributors. Top Solution Authors 🧠 @TheTimeSavingCo authored 71 Solutions @TheTimeSavingCo guided @andyh  to an automation that will easily track athletes’ races and training scores. Follow the steps of the automation illustrated here.  @kuovonne authored 17 Solutions @kuovonne helped @John_Savidge with an automation to track shipping costs and weight. Follow the conversation here.  @Ben_Yo

Hello Airtable Community!   Time for question of the week 🎉 Be sure to share your ideas in the thread below. We will be sending swag to 3 lucky individuals. This week we want to know what are your tips & tricks for creating great collaboration experiences and interfaces in Airtable?    We look forward to reading through everyone's response.  Airtable Community

We are thrilled to share that as of today, Timeline view is available in Airtable. What is Timeline view? Timeline view is a new view type that will allow you to track and visualize what’s most important to help you understand resources, events, tasks, or initiatives over time. This new view will allow you to color-code, group, filter, and sequence your records on a timeline so that you can see what’s happening, when. Some features accompanying Timeline view include: Groupings: Similar to Grid view, Timeline view allows for multiple levels of grouping, with each level being collapsible so you can see the most relevant information. Swimlanes: Records that are grouped together are displayed in a horizontally-scrolling timeline we call a “swimlane.” Several records can sit side-by-side in the same swimlane; if they overlap, they stack on top of each other so nothing gets lost. The ol’ drag-and-drop: Easily change deadlines and reassign tasks using the drag-and-drop shortcut. When you sh

Hi Airtable Community! :wave: I’m Emily, a product manager for Airtable’s Interfaces team. I’m so excited to announce a new feature that is available today: Interface Forms! What are Interface forms?Interface forms are an easy way to create new records directly in Interfaces. Using the full power of the Interface Designer layout engine, you can customize exactly what information you’d like your users to enter each time they create a new record. How can I access Interface forms?There are two ways to create a new form: Create a full-screen form using the new form layout. This should be available any time you create a new page in an Interface. You can add forms to existing pages that include a Record List or a Record Picker. Select either of these elements and toggle “Allow users to create new records” in the properties panel. From there, you can configure your form modal. Who can use these forms?Any user who has access to your Interface can access the forms you make to create new reco

Hope everyone is having a great week! It was awesome to see the engagement from last week's post about replacing unnecessary tools with Airtable. Shout outs to @Jack_Manuel, @ramonscardua & @Tobias_LGKR for sharing how you are tapping into Airtable's full potential.   This week we'd love for you to share your biggest learnings for managing projects & tasks in Airtable and how you give your teams clarity on what’s expected of them? We will be sending swag to 3 lucky individuals so be sure to share your insights this week 🎉   We look forward to reading through everyone's response.  Airtable Community