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Hey!I am trying to update a record based on the user's id, currently, I have this code but for some reason it errors saying: TypeError: Invalid arguments passed to table.updateRecordAsync(recordOrRecordId, fields): • recordOrRecordId → recordOrRecordId should be a Record, not a number (5) or recordOrRecordId should be a string, not a number (5)Basically I am trying to update the field URL for the user based off their user id, the text I want in the field URL is from the "strHash" stringlet table = base.getTable("Participant"); let record_id = inputConfig.record_id; await table.updateRecordAsync(record_id, { "URL": strHash })   

Is there any way to create a view with specific fields in Airtable, and sync it with Asana so that when a record is added to that Airtable view, a new task will be created in Asana, including those specific fiels from Airtable? I know a premium Asana subscription is necessary to add custom fields to the tasks. But does anyone know a way to sync these fields between both apps? Thanks.

Hi All,I hope this message finds you well!I’m currently working on a project in Airtable that involves two different bases, and I need help ensuring that when a record is marked as "Complete" in one base, it also reflects as "Complete" in the other base without the person manually marking 2 separate records in different bases. Here's a loom video - https://www.loom.com/share/fdb6298730f3446cb3f74afe0979669c?sid=5744e56b-d093-47d5-bf70-15f75bc4773d.If anyone has experience with this or could offer guidance on the best approach to set this up, I would greatly appreciate it!Thank you so much for your assistance!

I have an interface with a dashboard with two pivot tables tracking budgets.I have a dashboard page set to allow printing; however, every time I print, one of the two pivot tables are cut off although they both fit on the page, and there is no horizontal scroll needed. I've tried to expand the table and print them one by one, but then the same cut-off still happens.This is how the pivot tables look on my screen only - only 5 columns to print: This is how it looks on an A4 page - where the two last columns are cut off:Does anyone know how to get these two pivot tables to actually print out so the printout is usable, or is it a bug?

I am trying to integrate airtable to make.com to do outbound calling to vapi. I'm having an error message / not getting a connection option. In make.com to Airtable connecting my airtable OAuth connection is empty error message is showing - the base error value must not be empty.

I have a base and a Main View for Selection. I enter the main view and select a few things.   The go to the view selected items.the latest selection don't show up and they are not just out of order etc.  Going back into the Main View for Selection and then going back to the View Selected Items now shows the selected items.Why do I need to go back and forward to see the selected items.The filed is a tick box in the form which works OK but the view selected only updated on the second enter.Thanks for your help,Peter Wallis

Hello,I am using actionable messages in slack to approve or deny purchase requests, holiday requests etc. Usually when I use interfaces for this I have buttons which update a field with the user who approved the request. I'm not sure how to replicate this using the slack actionable messages. There seems to be a token for 'user that took action' but I can't get it to populate either a user field or a text field with anyhting

Hi there,I'm trying to build automations for updated a multiple select field. The records in my table all have a "last updated date" field, which obviously changes every time a record is updated. There are two scenarios I am trying to solve for:1. When it has been over 12 months since the last update, I would like to add a tag in a multiple select column for "Last updated >12 months". I have figured this out using these instructions. 2. The next scenario I'm trying to solve for is when a record whose last updated date was >12 months ago (and is tagged "Last updated >12 months" is updated, therefore changing the "last updated date" field, and wanting to remove the "Last updated >12 months" tag from the multiple select field. How do I accomplish #2 with an automation? I can't

Hi allI have an orders table, an order line items table and a products table.In interface, i want my staff to make orders using the products table where they 'add product to new or existing order'.So when they click on the product this should bring up order line items form to add quantity, sell price etc of selected product and then either create new order (parent table of order line items) or link to existing order (order ID, vendor, consignee etc)Any ideas? Thank you!

Hi, I want to update the choices a singleSelect field has without adding a new record.I tried this approach, but that yields the following errorTypeError: Cannot add property 2, object is not extensibleHere is the relevant code (MtypeName gets its value from a singleLineText field)let MtypeName = Mtype.getCellValueAsString("Meeting Type") let Types = MeetingsTable.getField("Meeting Type") Types.options.choices.push({name: MtypeName}) I this possible without residing to API calls?If this is only possible using the Rest API, I suppose I cannot use this without providing the authentication details, right ?

I am tracking two kinds of activity related to a list of locations that I keep in a table called LOCATIONS. One kind of activity (programming) has very specific dates. The other kind of activity (development) is hard to pinpoint in time so I do not want to assign specific dates, but I do want to know what calendar and fiscal year activity is happening. My question is, should I create one table for all location activity, so I can see it all in one place for each location (when grouped by location), or should I create two tables and then look at my LOCATIONS table to see all linked activity? Or maybe just track development activity in the LOCATIONS table? Thanks!

In the form I'm building, I need to list a field where the user can upload a picture or pdf or document or file. Is there a form building extension that does this or an Airtable trick?

Hello. I'm trying to create an IF formula that returns some text if the date field is a specific date. Each date would need its own specific text.e.g. If my date field was 05/01/2025, then the IF formula field would return specfic text (e.g Day 1).The bit I'm struggling with is doing this with lots of IF formulas in the same formula field. (I need about 47 different dates each returning their own specific text. Is this the easiest way to do this or am I missing a trick somewhere? Thanks in advance. 

I've been submitting tests for me event form however there is no restriction on being able to put the end date earlier than the start date. Does anyone know how I can remedy this?Thank you.

I have a project management base. I use the in-built Time Tracker extension to track the time spent on each project. I have several ongoing projects, and I work on more than one project each day. It annoys me that I have to select the project from a relatively long list before starting the time tracker, so I am trying to figure out if there is a way to skip that step.I have a table with clients and another with projects (Project name, Authorized number of hours, Time spent, and Time left). Is it possible to use the button field in the projects table to start the time tracker for a specific project with one click on the button in that project's row? Or is there perhaps a better way of doing this?Please feel free to ask if my question is unclear.Thanks,Lene D. Kottal

Is there a way to automatically generate and download/send a pdf of a page designer? Or has anyone found a way to do this with zapier or similar? Our use case: We generate several reports a night which need to be sent to a distribution list. Right now an employee has to manually print as pdf and re-upload it to airtable – after that the automation sends it out. It would be amazing if we could skip that one last manual step.

Hi Airtable Community, Here is the problem I’m trying to solve, I would like to generate a new page designer report based off a new record being created and automatically email updated report. We are updating reports we have published in the work environment on a physical whiteboard so simply sending the record/data elements doesn’t quite do the trick, we want to have a standard look/feel to the report and we are getting that from page designer but can quite crack the code in regards to how to automatically send the report. Open to any ideas or thoughts on how to address this problem. Thanks all. Travis

Hi :slightly_smiling_face: I would appreciate if anyone have a solution… Is there a way to send the document created in page designer field straight to attachment field, rather than manually downloading it and uploading it to Attachment field? Thank you.

J’ai de nombreuses informations à mettre dans le concepteur de page, et ça ne tient pas sur 1 seule page. Comment faire pour avoir 2 pages pour un même enregistrement ?

Hi there Airtablers, I’m using Airtable + MiniExtensions to do a little CSV uploading and processing, and I need to add client approval functionality. This would be via a PDF emailed back to them once a list is ‘approved’ via a limited write-access version of my base via MiniExtensions. Could someone please help me with some code in a code block, along the lines of… if CHECKBOX is ticked --> create PDF in PAGE DESIGNER, then save PDF somewhere useful afterwards. Any help very much appreciated, Airtable wizards! Thanks so much in advance.

Hey there, I’ve decided to venture into trying to achieve my mail-merge in Airtable. Premise: I have pre-written documents written by a lawyer to issue to new clients. (the copy is multi-language but the details of the project and the client remain constant) I would like to synch the client name, and project details into the copy. I’ve read and have tried to make the CONCATENATE approach but I feel it is very messy, and ineffective should the copy change at a later date, it also I will need to weed through the formulas to fix it. I tried another approach of creating a separate table of “parts” that at pulled in as needed, but since they come in as an array it made it tricky for me to figure out how to reference each key of the array. I’d love to hear from anyone who has tried this endeavour before.

Hello there, I’m using Make / Integromat to create Google Docs and upload them as PDFs to Airtable. Occasionally this results (without obvious reasons) in broken PDF files. While the file name is correct, they’re missing a preview, open as blank and are read corrupted in external PDF apps. The automation completes successfully. If I open the Google Docs PDF export link, the PDF comes out alright. This makes me think the PDF file breaks while being imported to Airtable. Is there a known error, fix or workaround to this? I can’t find an indicator to tell the system the file is corrupted (still has regular file size) to let it redo it automatically. Thanks for your input

I have a couple word document templates that are localized on our company's SharePoint.I would like to create a button automation that would connect with Make to generate a letter based off the template and then create a pdf and upload it to the attachment field in AirTable.I am having difficulty in figuring out the right steps in Make to perform this action.   The word templates are in our document library in a SharePoint.   I was thinking of having the button in AirTable interface check off a box in the back end that would trigger the Watch Records in Make to run the scenario.  However, I don't know how to properly generate the letter and do the next steps that follow.Can anyone help?  Or perhaps offer guidance?   If there is an alternative method to generating letters that you prefer that would be accessible in the Interface Designer, I would appreciate it. 

Is it possible to have a shared view link expire or become disabled after a certain time frame? I’d like to be able to automatically expire a link after a week or on a certain date, so I don’t have this link floating out there after the event date or whatever. For example, the form view should expire after the registration deadline. Is this possible?

Hi,I am new to the Airtable forum but been using Airtable for over a year now. I am trying to create a Gantt view with multiple start and end dates for an employee (the employee has multiple contracts and I want to make sure the contracts don't overlap (too much!) with a visual display. Currently I was able to create a Gantt as seen here:The different contracts are highlighted with boxes, are sourced from a Lookup Field (from a separate, linked table) and separated by commas. How can I make the Gantt recognize the start & end dates associated with each contract? Right now it just shows the employee working (this is hidden off to the left side of the screenshot) from the start date of their first contract through the end date of their last contract, even if there are dates in which they are not working (on the top example 7/7–7/11).The Grid View the Gantt is ba