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Hello,I have a base that has many tables that are synced via emailed CSVs. One table was initially set up with multiple emailed files where they were ingested as updates to the table, which resulted in the ~100,000 records needed. for initial setup.Since then, updates are sent through each night with updates (which are much smaller record counts). Some of the records that are updated causes them to fall "out of scope", meaning they aren't needed in the table anymore. I'm aware of the ability to delete records, one by one, that are not in the source data (current emailed CSV), however since the emailed CSVs are a much smaller subset, and at this point there are MANY "out of scope" records, it would result in searching through a list of over 100,000 records, for each record that needs to be deleted.Now, to my question - is there any way to mass delete records, given the circumstances described above? I am able to identify the records that are no longer needed through

What does done look like? (The requirements I collected)My CEO is wanting me to build a base that ties project management and PTO together for better task/project orientation.1. This base should display all projects and tasks as well as the leads and team members associated with them. 2. For PTO, the person's name should be linked with the dates that they will be out of the office.3. The dates for the PTO and Tasks should tie into on single calendar view that will allow my CEO to view everything from one place. 4. Alerts/errors should be displayed when a deadline or start date is set on a day where that lead, or assignee, is taking PTO.5. There should be an automated availability field that displays the persons availability for the week depending on their tasks/PTO assigned.  The base I have accomplishes 1-3, but I am stuck on completing requirements 4-5.Is there a way that this can be done?Have any of you built something similar to this?Any advice is greatly apprec

I am developing software for car appraisers and have structured my database with five tables:Enduser (Appraiser) - Unique identifier: Email of the appraiserClients of the Enduser - Unique identifier: Email of the client (One appraiser can have multiple clients)Vehicles of the Client - Unique identifier: Vehicle registration number of the client (One client can own multiple vehicles)Appraisals of the Vehicle - Unique identifier: Report number of the appraisal of the client (Each vehicle can have multiple appraisals)Payments for the Appraisals - Unique identifier: Payment number of the report number (Each appraisal can involve multiple payments)Is this structure appropriate? One potential drawback is that when importing data into related tables, I can only link one table at a time. Ideally, when I add an appraisal along with the vehicle's registration number, the system should automatically identify the associated client (based on the vehicle

Hi all,I have a really simple script as part of an automation, that is supposed to open the URL of an interface page item that was created earlier in the same automation.I'm aware there's a button to open a URL in the interface designer, but then i can't have that button run the automation... function NewTab() {            window.open(            "https://google.com_blank");        } There are no errors, but the URL won't open.Any ideas? I've searched posts here but all seem to be related to the scripting dashboard and not scripting within automations.Thank you!

I'm creating a platform for project and task management. I have multiple users and multiple interfaces.One of those interfaces is an Admin section where projects would be assigned to users via a dropdown menu. I'd like this Admin interface to only be accessible for select users. But it appears that users who aren't given access to this Admin interface cannot be selected in the project assignment dropdown. For now, I've given those users read-only access to this Admin interface, but I'd prefer that this interface be hidden for them entirely. Is this possible, either on our current Team plan or any of the other account levels?

HeyheyI'm need a dynamic filtering option in the interface so I'm trying to use the built-in filter. For some reason the filterable fields that appear are not all the possible fields but just a random selection. I need to filter by status but status field is not an option to filter with the built in filter. See screenshots. Anyone can help ?

Description:I am looking to create a photo contest application in Airtable for a  pageant where users can view contestant profiles, vote for their favorite contestants, and manage the entire contest flow. SetupContestant Profile Section: Each contestant can upload their photos, provide personal details (name, age, hometown, etc.), and add a bio. This section should display contestants’ information for voters to view.Voting System: A voting mechanism where users can cast their votes for their favorite contestant. Each user can vote once per day, and votes should be tracked and counted in real-time.Voting Results Dashboard: A dashboard for tracking and displaying current vote counts for each contestant, including graphs or charts for quick visualization.Admin Panel: A panel for managing contestant entries, approving photos, and monitoring votes. It should also allow the admin to disqualify contestants or flag suspicious voting activity.Voting Restrictions: Ensure that each user

I would like to use a link from Google Maps in an automatic Emil. every time the connection is rejected. I had previously entered an address in Google Maps and then went to "Share" and copied the link and then stored it in an email in Airtable. every time I get the following message: see attachment

Hello, I have two Date fields that need to show the time remaining (in years/months). My attempts at declaring the correct formula have not been successful. Here’s a screenshot with the field outlined where I want to show the difference. I believe this is the closest I’ve come: DATETIME_DIFF(TODAY(),Rent Commencement,Lease Expiration,‘Years’,‘Months’) Thank you! Anet Gambina

Hello, I am new to airtable My issue is I want to calulate the difference between two dates and calculate the seconds also, but i cant even add the seconds to the date how this could be calculated if it’s not even added. Im using the Datediff formula, is there’s any other solution?

Hey all! I have recently started using Airtable and I have been searching for an answer to this question for too long. I am attempting to track volunteer hours. I have a form that people will complete every time they have a “shift”. This form asks people when they came in and when they left. I want to create a formula that finds the difference of the End time and the Start time in order to find the total time of their shift. I have read through several ask the community questions similar to this and tried several formulas; including DATETIME_DIFF. However, nothing seems to be working. Please help! Thanks in advance.

Hi All, Apologies if this is a question already answered. I want to create a IF formula that reads for a single select sell and alters a formula dependant on what the single select field says. For example- where Delivery Month is my single select cell =IF(OR(Delivery Month = "MARCH",Delivery Month = "APRIL",Delivery Month = "MAY"), (Cost*2*4)+8), IF(Delivery Month = "FEB", (Cost*2*6)+8, ))When i place above in, the cell accepts it, but no calculation is done and cell is left blank. I am unsure why as i have checked spelling and spaces in my single select cell Thanks in advance for your help

I have a table Formation 1 in Airtable that contains various information, including a field named Status with values such as "refused", "accepted", and "pack". I also have another table, Formation 2, which contains different information and is synchronized with the first table. I would like to set up an automation such that if an email in Formation 1 has a status of "refused", it should be added to Formation 2 with the status set to "pack solo". How can I achieve this?

In Table 1, I have a list of names. In Table 2, I’d like a single select drop down list that comes from the list of names in Table. This way I can add more names to the column in Table 1 and have them show up as options on the list in Table 2. Can anyone tell me if this is possible? I have played around with linked records and can’t figure it out. Thanks, Jim

Hi, I have a Base called “BaseName” table with a checkbox field “Show in filtered view?”, and another view called “Only Filtered Items” of that table showing only checkboxed items. There are 74 total items and 44 of them are checked. And the “Only Filtered Items” view in Airtable itself contains only 44 items, as expected. But, when I export that “Only Filtered Items” view, it still contains all the items. The csv exported file is called “BaseName-Only Filtered Items.csv”. Is there some way to make the csv export only contain the 44 filtered items? Another detail, I filled out the checkbox field by copy-pasting from an excel sheet which was formatting as “Y/N”, but the check boxes look like they were inputted just fine. Lastly, I referenced Export selected records to .csv and I think it should be working based on that. So I’m not sure if I’m encountering a bug or something.

Our project management company is on the pro-plan and has multiple projects schedules in the one base, across many tables. From there, in each table/project we assign different team members, and have multiple different views for agendas etc. Is there a way to sync/combine the tables into one master to-do list for 1 team member? We are open to using automations, integrations, and even software outside of AT (if it can’t be done within AT). However, we don’t have much tech knowledge (we don’t know how to use automations well). If anyone knows of a way, that would be great. Thank you.

Hello,We've got a destination base (called overview) with dozens of sync source bases and recently enabled two-way sync, mainly so we could assign projects from the overview base. When a user field is updated on the overview and the field is set to notify users when they are added, it seems that the email they receive has a link to the overview record and not the sync source record. Is this a setting that can be adjusted, or do I need to think about a workaround with automations? Most of our team will work in the source bases and not the overview, and there are fields that aren't synced which they use.I've also found that if I turn off the notification setting on the overview (but not the source base) the assigned user doesn't receive any email at all.Thanks

Hi all - I work on a team that manages contracts and all of our data lives in Airtable. We use Favro, however, to track cross-team work to resolve post-contract enrollment issues. I then create a new row in a "Post-Enrolled Issues" table of our base that is linked to the primary contract table so that we can maintain visibility on each contract's issues while also reporting on summaries in an interface view.Double data entry, however, is no bueno. I have played around with and considered transitioning from Favro to a kanban view in Airtable, but without going into detail, have decided not to pursue this further.I'm therefore wondering if anyone here has experience integrating Airtable and Favro? I did ask a colleague check it out and they said, "The biggest problem I’m having with Zapier is that it will only pull one field from Airtable and make a new card with that field as the card name, so it’s not any more efficient than doing it manually. I’m thinking we might have to get someone

I created a Kanban in an interface. When I click on an entry the detailed view opens. It would be nice if you had the option of leaving a checklist entry with an entry as information for yourself.I once tried a “multiple selection” but you can only predefine the entries.You could try with a text field, but it would be nicer with a checklist where you can create the entries in the detail view.

Hi, I'm very new to Airtable, but I couldn't find a solution for my issue. Maybe there is one that would make my life so much sweeter :)) Let's say we have a product and this product has 2 options: Machine 1 or 2 which machine to choose depends on another single select field in another record, with options 1 or 2. now want to use an automation if 1 is 1 create new record with 1. but somehow string arrays can't be accessed in automations. I'm trying to solve everything no-code, maybe thats the issue. thank you so much for your help. Kind regards 

Hi i recorded a quick loom to explain my goal and problem: https://www.loom.com/share/984f3cc405a54ebb93cac3d861843570Here is the corresponding database:https://airtable.com/invite/l?inviteId=invBQZLlFEVSONEXd&inviteToken=e4487b2eb45a328e2e997098f1a864d581e116c9a89364c5754478aa6e8aed69&utm_medium=email&utm_source=product_team&utm_content=transactional-alertsWhat is the automation please?

Hello I was wondering if there is a way to automatically populate dropdown options from data in either the same or a different table. For Example, if I have a sheet that has 5 rows (apple, banana, orange, grapes, and lemons) in one column. Then if I want to automatically add (apple, banana, orange, grapes, and lemons) into the dropdown options in another table? Is this possible? Basically, I will be adding other options in the future and I want them to automatically add to the dropdown options if they are in another table in the same base. This is just an example, but any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Hi all,I've been running into an issue with an automation that I just can't seem to figure out; basically, I have one table which contains a date column (Reachout Tracking), along with a linked field to another table which contains contacts to whom I'm sending an email (Contact List).I'm trying to set up an automation where when I update the Date Sent column, it automatically updates another date column called Date of Last Reachout in the linked table: I know that something in the automation chain here is messed up, but here's the chain I have so far. It doesn't give me errors when testing but it also doesn't achieve the desired results:Any tips for how to successfully link and have this column update automatically would be HUGELY appreciated.Thanks!Patrick 

I am new to Airtable and haven’t had luck finding a solution for this use case. Is there a native or third-party function that automatically populates a Single-Select or Multi-Select field with the values from a column as selectable options? A manual copy/paste would not work, as the data would need to be dynamic in cases where new data is added to the source column or if one of the column’s values change.

I researched older posts and found similar topics such as this, but nothing solved that answers this particular question....I want to create a field with a formula that lists any items not selected.  An applicant has to acknowledge acceptance of the "rules", and we need a list of rules they did not accept.Is this an easy do?The sample form is shown below. The ideal answer is that the 3rd item would show up in the new field with the formula.