Announcements

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 t

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

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 Networ

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. Y

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 communi

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 authentica

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_Fe

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

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

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 

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 P

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!   

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

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: In

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 

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. A

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 y

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

👋 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 o

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  -

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 patien

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

: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 fi

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 Dr

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 s