We are so excited to announce our newest automation trigger: “When a form is submitted”! The “When a form is submitted” trigger can be used to trigger an action when a response is submitted to the specified Airtable form
When rendering records found from a view using “Find Records”, then rendering those records as an HTML list or grid in an email, the records will now be rendered in the same order as the view.
The “At scheduled time” trigger has gotten a big update! Besides a refreshed UI, the trigger now supports:
selecting a start date/time for when the trigger should start firing
when the specified time interval is weekly, you can now specify the number of weeks between automation runs (from 1-11 weeks).
You can now easily navigate to specific automations in your base by using the new “Copy automation URL” option to create a link that opens a specified automation directly.
The “Send MS Teams message” now clearly shows an error message when meeting the 28KB size limit.
The “Send Email” action no longer truncates ratings’ fields rendered in an HTML grid.
The “Run a Script” action now clearly returns an error message when the custom script output exceeds the 6MB limit.
… am I drunk? Is the evil stepbutton here to stay?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m way too old to be able to complain about imaginary things on the Internet with a straight face and “that was totally time well-spent” attitude.
But I did find this funny seeing how controversial recent changes were. I feel sorry for the people who regularly share bases with non-technical users, though, who’ll usually be clients by proxy/employment, and whatnot.
An inconsistent UI will eventually lead everyone into making a mistake. And based on these past few days,. it sounds like a lot of current consultants are one “where’s da buttooon” phone call away from realizing they’ve spent half a day volunteering as level 1 technical support because they simply did not anticipate things escalating so cartoonishly. Let me tell you, I’ve spoken with Airtable’s L1s a few times and they’re pretty amazing, no way you can compete if you’re in the consulting biz.
So… yeah, fingers crossed for buttons to stay put, starting soon.
These are truly fantastic updates for the month of June! :cowboy_hat_face:
Love the persistent “New Record” button at the bottom of the screen!
p.s. One feature request that 2 of my clients really needed this week: Please allow us to make the column headers taller, so we can reduce the widths of our columns but still see the full field names. Maybe we can see this improvement in July? :winking_face:
These are truly fantastic updates for the month of June! :cowboy_hat_face:
Love the persistent “New Record” button at the bottom of the screen!
p.s. One feature request that 2 of my clients really needed this week: Please allow us to make the column headers taller, so we can reduce the widths of our columns but still see the full field names. Maybe we can see this improvement in July? :winking_face:
One feature request that 2 of my clients really needed this week: Please allow us to make the column headers taller, so we can reduce the widths of our columns but still see the full field names.
This would be amazing! I am waiting for it also +1
I think you have the wrong link here. The link opens a support page about a scripting action, and that page doesn’t mention anything about an automation url.
I think you have the wrong link here. The link opens a support page about a scripting action, and that page doesn’t mention anything about an automation url.
I’m wondering in which context I could use this Any use cases?
I’m wondering in which context I could use this Any use cases?
I can only think of one use case for this bizarre addition to the product line: A client asking their Airtable consultant, “Can you please check over this automation for me? Here’s the link.”
Meanwhile, we have REAL needs that are going extremely unmet by the Airtable team. See my post above for one tiny example out of hundreds.
What’s left to say @ScottWorld … We can only hit the same nail that many times :man_shrugging: If I were Airtable, I’d book a flight for you, @kuovonne, @Bill.French and @Kamille_Parks (to name a few), put you guys in a 5* hotel and let you braindump everything. Then put together the biggest and most capable team I could find AND GET ON WITH IT!
But hey, I’m just a simple freelancer from Belgium
What’s left to say @ScottWorld … We can only hit the same nail that many times :man_shrugging: If I were Airtable, I’d book a flight for you, @kuovonne, @Bill.French and @Kamille_Parks (to name a few), put you guys in a 5* hotel and let you braindump everything. Then put together the biggest and most capable team I could find AND GET ON WITH IT!
But hey, I’m just a simple freelancer from Belgium
Wow! Honored to be in that class and regarded with such high praise. Thank you.
Oddly, this exact scenario has happened to me three times.
Microsoft
Boreland
Ashton-Tate
Yes - I’m that old. I’m pretty sure I have a filling in my mouth that’s four times the age of the average developer at Airtable. It was placed there when Casey Kasem announced The Carpenters hit #1 on the Billboard chart with Close to You.
The Microsoft gig was the most expensive (7-course meal at this posh place with Gates himself presiding). Caviar at $125/serving was interesting, but I’ll never forget the $7200 bottle of wine Ron Dennis served me at an Ashton-Tate dLAB Advisory Board meeting. I would have been equally impressed with an $800 Bordeaux.
But… I digress from what is possibly the most understated digression ever.
Airtable was doing fine before I showed up, and they’ll do very well long after I’m gone. Of course, they won’t feel those moments of anguish they must have often felt when I burp out my next complaint. Indeed, I would love to engage and help them before I pull the ripcord from this storybook land of codeless bliss. :winking_face:
In other news, Elon says my product is “cool”. He says so much with so few words.
What’s left to say @ScottWorld … We can only hit the same nail that many times :man_shrugging: If I were Airtable, I’d book a flight for you, @kuovonne, @Bill.French and @Kamille_Parks (to name a few), put you guys in a 5* hotel and let you braindump everything. Then put together the biggest and most capable team I could find AND GET ON WITH IT!
But hey, I’m just a simple freelancer from Belgium
Hahaha, I love that idea!! And I second that idea!!
This would, of course, require the Airtable team to make a dramatic shift in focus by actually valuing: (1) their customers, (2) their community, and (3) their consultants. :man_shrugging:t2:
I can only think of one use case for this bizarre addition to the product line: A client asking their Airtable consultant, “Can you please check over this automation for me? Here’s the link.”
Meanwhile, we have REAL needs that are going extremely unmet by the Airtable team. See my post above for one tiny example out of hundreds.
Well, yeah. I was wondering what the purpose was, which was why I clicked the link to find out more, which was how I discovered that the link was incorrect.
On the other hand, I imaging that this is an important use case for Airtable support. It could also potentially be useful for consultants working with clients for the same reason.
What’s left to say @ScottWorld … We can only hit the same nail that many times :man_shrugging: If I were Airtable, I’d book a flight for you, @kuovonne, @Bill.French and @Kamille_Parks (to name a few), put you guys in a 5* hotel and let you braindump everything. Then put together the biggest and most capable team I could find AND GET ON WITH IT!
But hey, I’m just a simple freelancer from Belgium
Thank you for the honor. There are several others that also deserve to be in that hotel.
I think that Airtable is already trying to do this. They just aren’t very public about what they are working on.
For now, Airtable seems to be happy to get feedback from us for free on these forums.
I’ve trying to decipher the second half of your sentence and have come up several different interpretations. Whenever you pull that cord, you will be missed.
Wow! Honored to be in that class and regarded with such high praise. Thank you.
Oddly, this exact scenario has happened to me three times.
Microsoft
Boreland
Ashton-Tate
Yes - I’m that old. I’m pretty sure I have a filling in my mouth that’s four times the age of the average developer at Airtable. It was placed there when Casey Kasem announced The Carpenters hit #1 on the Billboard chart with Close to You.
The Microsoft gig was the most expensive (7-course meal at this posh place with Gates himself presiding). Caviar at $125/serving was interesting, but I’ll never forget the $7200 bottle of wine Ron Dennis served me at an Ashton-Tate dLAB Advisory Board meeting. I would have been equally impressed with an $800 Bordeaux.
But… I digress from what is possibly the most understated digression ever.
Airtable was doing fine before I showed up, and they’ll do very well long after I’m gone. Of course, they won’t feel those moments of anguish they must have often felt when I burp out my next complaint. Indeed, I would love to engage and help them before I pull the ripcord from this storybook land of codeless bliss. :winking_face:
In other news, Elon says my product is “cool”. He says so much with so few words.
I trust that with your Cybertruck, Cyberlander, and a little Starlink bandwidth you’ll be keeping our community honest for years to come while out in the wild
What’s left to say @ScottWorld … We can only hit the same nail that many times :man_shrugging: If I were Airtable, I’d book a flight for you, @kuovonne, @Bill.French and @Kamille_Parks (to name a few), put you guys in a 5* hotel and let you braindump everything. Then put together the biggest and most capable team I could find AND GET ON WITH IT!
But hey, I’m just a simple freelancer from Belgium
Airtable, holla at me.
I trust that with your Cybertruck, Cyberlander, and a little Starlink bandwidth you’ll be keeping our community honest for years to come while out in the wild
Perhaps, but oddly, with all of the CyberLandr activity, I find myself deep inside a Nevada DOT project. We landed the contract to provide 22 gantry surveillance systems throughout Vegas and Reno. We were hoping we would not get this gig, but our AI stuff that counts HOV lane passengers with fully blackened windows won the deal.
I want to go the trip also! haha, where to sign?
I want to go the trip also! haha, where to sign?
I’ll mail you the Excel
Just received my plane ticket from Airtable this morning!
Perhaps, but oddly, with all of the CyberLandr activity, I find myself deep inside a Nevada DOT project. We landed the contract to provide 22 gantry surveillance systems throughout Vegas and Reno. We were hoping we would not get this gig, but our AI stuff that counts HOV lane passengers with fully blackened windows won the deal.
Whoa. That’s cool. Now can it tell if there is a baby in a rear-facing car seat in that vehicle?
An incredible month! My work stopped using Airtable almost a year ago now (the problem Airtable solved for us stopped being a problem) and I miss working with it every day! Can’t wait to hop in again someday with all these new features!!
Whoa. That’s cool. Now can it tell if there is a baby in a rear-facing car seat in that vehicle?
This is a big challenge and while it’s not in the scope of our contract, it’s a technicality that all HOV enforcement agencies would love to solve. We do have some research underway testing an approach that measures heat signatures on auto glass based on infrared sensors. Still inconclusive but that’s the most likely approach we’ll implement over time.
Some agencies are considering a beacon that lets our system know there’s a baby on board. This is not unlike the current FAST systems that broadcast subscription identity. Lastly, we also tap into modern vehicle systems that also broadcast the number of passengers on board. Not many people are aware that their vehicles are sharing data wirelessly much the way cell phones share presence and identity. Our real-time network can map the data from sources such as this one making it possible to embellish our data with additional demographics and operational data.
Bottom line - tough problem, but not unsolvable.
When are hidden fields going to stay hidden in the mobile app? When I expand a record on the computer I get an option to drop down hidden fields, this would be great for the mobile app, alternative just stay hidden. After all they are hidden for a reason.
This is a big challenge and while it’s not in the scope of our contract, it’s a technicality that all HOV enforcement agencies would love to solve. We do have some research underway testing an approach that measures heat signatures on auto glass based on infrared sensors. Still inconclusive but that’s the most likely approach we’ll implement over time.
Some agencies are considering a beacon that lets our system know there’s a baby on board. This is not unlike the current FAST systems that broadcast subscription identity. Lastly, we also tap into modern vehicle systems that also broadcast the number of passengers on board. Not many people are aware that their vehicles are sharing data wirelessly much the way cell phones share presence and identity. Our real-time network can map the data from sources such as this one making it possible to embellish our data with additional demographics and operational data.
Bottom line - tough problem, but not unsolvable.
…well thats terrifying. awesome. but terrifying lol
Any use cases?
activity, I find myself deep inside a Nevada DOT project. We landed the contract to provide 22 gantry surveillance systems throughout Vegas and Reno. We were hoping we would not get this gig, but our AI stuff that counts HOV lane passengers with fully blackened windows won the deal.
