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Hi !Our company is working with Airtable for almost a year now, and I believe it can provide everything we need from a CRM / Dashboarding tool. But as our company grows, our Airtable base also is…  and we’re at the point of needing to evaluate the database structure because I believe it will become a bit of a mess when we grow and continue this way...  So I would like to reorganize the database and also build a lot of interfaces on top of that, so I don’t want to break up the database structure afterwards… 😉 So before changing it all, I’m looking for some advise and best practices on how to design a structured Airtable base which can grow and develop along with our company. More specific: right now I’m looking for some guidelines to when to separate or combine a grid to keep data in a structured way and maintaining flexible as our organization grows and our processes and needs change along. I appreciate some general guidelines, but a description of our base

Hi everyone! I'm trying to create automations such as emails and Slack messages to send reminders to my team to update certain projects (records) in a project management interface. When we were using data mode, I simply linked to the Record URL in the body of the message in the automation. Is there a way to link to a specific project/record in the record review layout? Or perhaps in the record summary layout?Here's a link to the video I sent to customer support. I haven't heard back from them and they suggested posting here. https://www.loom.com/share/d6166031e85e47afaf7e1311866f7b88thanks! Megan

I have two emails showing up and the wrong one is one character off.  I don’t know how to reach help to fix this so I can get access to all my bases 

I do not get Function Field as a choice in customize field selection- I get Number, Date, etc. Thanks.

This is something that has been bothering me on both desktop and mobile…  When I have the app downloaded to a device, and I click on an email that is from a comment, there should be a function where the action takes me directly to the comment in the app. Not to a login page in my browser, not a new tab in the browser.  This would be a lot better than the current behavior because: 1) I downloaded the app. I’m here, I’m using the app, I’m the power user and I should be taken care of; 2) When opening a series of comments in my email, I now have to wait for each of the tabs to open. My base isn’t small, so it takes a while each time, and it’s a little frustrating. 

We recently added the ability to create tables, create fields, and update field options from the scripting app. The methods to perform each of these actions are the same as in the Blocks SDK. base.createTableAsync table.createFieldAsync field.updateOptionsAsync Refer to the Field Options documentation to see which options are supported for each field type The field types that are allowed to be created via base.createTableAsync and table.createFieldAsync are: barcode checkbox currency date dateTime duration email multilineText multipleAttachments multipleCollaborators multipleRecordLinks multipleSelects number percent phoneNumber rating richText singleCollaborator singleLineText singleSelect url The field types which cannot be created are: autoNumber button count createdBy createdTime externalSyncSource formula lastModifiedBy lastModifiedTime multipleLookupValues rollup These three new methods are currently only supported in the scripting app, not in automation “Run a script”

Hello, I’m trying to wrap the text in linked fields but I can’t figure out how to do so. In the example below, the Name and the Doc Gap Descriptions fields are linked. In the original field, where the field type is Long Text, the text wraps and is fully visible. In the linked field, the text is cut off rather than wrapped. How do I display wrapped text here? I tried seeing if wrapping would happen in a printout using the print option of “Wrap long text onto additional lines as needed,” but that doesn’t wrap the linked text either. Thanks, Erik

I have a view on an interface for a large database of plays that I want to group by their playwrights. I have added in a user action that allows this to happen. However I have to click ‘Group’ and select ‘Group by Writer’ every time I open the interface. Is there any way to ‘lock’ this grouping so that the plays are grouped in this way every time I open the database? The first picture is how I’d like the database to open and the second is how it does open (where I then have to manually group them).Grouped Airtable Ungrouped Airtable​​​​​  

Hello Airtable Community!I’m designing a system to collect structured KPI data (10 standardized metrics) from independent businesses. Phase 1 (Pilot): 16 businesses entering data via Airtable forms Phase 2: Expand to 60 businesses Phase 3 (Scale): 600+ businesses Goal: Aggregate all submissions into a single dataset for analysis and benchmarking.My core questions: Can Airtable handle this scale of data collection and access control? If so, what architecture would you recommend? One base where businesses submit via forms, with Interfaces restricting visibility to only their data? Or multiple bases that sync into a central analytics base? Thanks in advance for your insights!— Walker

Hello everyone,I created an automation that sends an email (gmail) at the click of a button. It uses some fields + attachment to create the email:Fields:Email addressSubjectBodyAttachment It works fine but it is very fragile: if one of those fields is empty, the email won’t work and the user won’t know.I set a warning message when clicking the button, it helps, but I’d like something stronger; like during the automation, if any of those fields is empty, to show a popup or error message to the user.I have looked around but cannot find anything like this. Any help?

I have 3 tables:Table 1: Work productivity data from our delivery management system. This has the employee’s email and date of shift.Table 2: Employee Data from our HR system. This has the employee’s email address and employee ID.Table 3: Shift data from our clock in/clock out system. This includes the employee ID, hours worked, and date of shift. There is a way to link all three as they share sufficient fields. I would like to match the productivity data for a specific employee on a specific date to the hours work within Table 1. So I have hours worked in there.For example, I’d like in Table 1:Bryan - bryan@hotmac.com - employee ID: 113495 - 34 tasks - 4.73 hours worked. I can link each table, but I’m stuck on how to match the shifts on the correct date between Table 1 and Table 3. Any help is really welcomed. Thank you.

Is there a way to customize a form so it’s more than just one long vertical column of fields. Would like to have fields be able to display horizontally too.That way you can see some or all the fields at once. Any ideas for layout change?

So, we have calendars imbedded in our website and have color-coded different activities to make it easier for the parents to look for certain things.  This is the grid view.And this is the embedded calendar.  But the colors aren’t translating.  Everything on the calendar is the same color unless you open the activity up. 

Hi everyone,I always found Airtable formulas a bit tricky, so I built a Chrome extension called Airtable AI Formula Builder. It lets you describe what you want in plain English (e.g. “combine first name and last name”), and it instantly generates the correct Airtable formula.👉 Extension link: Ai formula builder It’s a freemium tool: you can try it once for free to see how it works, and then unlock unlimited usage with a small upgrade.This is the very first version (MVP), and I’d love your feedback: What formula types do you use the most? What extra features would make this more useful for you?Thanks a lot, every bit of feedback helps me improve it 🙏

Hello!In the interface, I have a kanban section with some cards where 4 fields shows, aside from the name of the cards. Now my problem is that those fields also show their title.So at the moment it look like this:Garry’s PubTypeCADAddress157 Rue de VilléCityMontréalBut I want it to look like this:Garry’s PubCAD157 Rue de VilléMontréalAnd I cannot find the option to hide the field titles anywhere.Anybody with better luck than me here? 

We have an intake form to generate URLs with UTMs parameters. I have created a new form with additional functionality. During testing, I need both the old and new forms to work.My current Formula field concatenates the URL (Root Link) with the UTM parameters and values. There is also a check to determine if the URL provided in the Root Link field contains a "?". If it does, then the concatenation output is handled differently:IF(FIND("?", {Root Link})=0,{Root Link}&{Source Parameter}&{Source Input}&{Medium Parameter}&{Medium Input}&{Campaign Parameter}&{Campaign Input (Child Campaign Name_Linked)}&{Content Parameter}&{Content Input},{Root Link}&"&utm_source="&{Source Input}&{Medium Parameter}&{Medium Input}&{Campaign Parameter}&{Campaign Input (Child Campaign Name_Linked)}&{Content Parameter}&{Content Input})My new form has the option to create some additional link types based on content. If you choose that option, the

Hi guys,The easiest explanation of my problem is this:I have an orders table and I have a “Tags” field in that table (multi select) - one of the tags is “Awaiting Payment” When a customer pays, a team member will remove this tag. When this happens, we want to automatically leave a note in our Notes table.We already create notes automatically in other automations so are confident with that part, but the trigger is more of an issue?I’m thinking that maybe I need a “Tags Previous State” field to copy to?Not really sure, I appreciate any insight anyone can offer. 

In airtable form the column should be visible when 2 column values together should be 100%. 1st Question:For example, as shown in the screenshot below, in the Airtable Form, when a user updates Tag 1 and Tag 2 so that their total equals 100%, Tag 3 and Tag 4 should no longer be visible in the form. If the tags do not total 100%, all three remaining tags (Tag 2, Tag 3, and Tag 4) should remain visible. 2nd Question:Is there an option or way in Airtable forms to prevent users from submitting the form if the total Tag does not equal 100%? 

Hello, I have a basic form for people to request new feature. When i open the form and submit all goods. When some of the users open the form they have the message: “Error Refresh Server”. Any idea what’s the issue ?  Thank you :)  

@ScottWorld , I went through a few options to look at ways to just highlight the duplicate entries as they get entered into a database. I noted u came up with a simple one but there were no steps written down. We have a unique patient ID which is in the primary column , we dont want to duplicate a patient file. Every time we enter we wish to have a look and see if there is a duplicate entry and delete if its highlighted. makes sense?

Hi Awesome Airtable folks, I am a fairly competent basic Airtable user - basic integrations and data moving between bases, however not a full coder (so need an easy solution that is easily passed on to others please). I would love your advice on the best approach for this: -We have an event, and we have 2 different H&S forms that we require our various stakeholders to complete. Each area (trade, volunteers etc) has its own base in AirtbaleForm 1 - DeclarationA simple airtable form, no images. Built in Airtable, communicates directly back to base. Worked well last time.Completed by - trade onlyForm 2 - InductionNeeds to contain imagery. This is where we came unstuck last year as Airtable Business doesn’t have imagery in the forms, so we built with an integration in Jotform. This created data and sent it back to the airtable base, but we struggled to integrate it with existing data so had to manually audit it. We also have people attending who will complete this form that we do not h

Just wanted to pitch this, and see if you are seeing this as much of a need as I see it. I am a heavy Notion user, which I quite a lot but I overall preffer Airtable except for one thing. NOTION Formulas as far superior. To give an example, you can use dot notation in Notion formulas  sum((Pagos.filter(and(current.Tipo=="Cuota",formatDate(current.Date,"MMMM")==(formatDate(today(),"MMMM")))).map(current.Monto)).first())!-->Here I am getting fro my list of members, all the categories they belong to, and from there all the events there are, and from there all the dates. All within one single formula. This would be so great in Airtable.If I have a level hierarchy Company, Office and ContactThere is no way to bring the contact email to the Company record unless i create a roll up of a rollup so I am creating 1 extra field in Office, whereas in Notion I could simple go for:Office.map(current,Contact.Email) I can even apply filters making it much easier to set up.Am I the only one with thi

Hello all!I’m building an inventory database with an associated request form. I have two separate tables - one for full inventory and one for the request. In the request table, I’ve allowed people to link records from the Inventory to a requestor record. What I want to happen is that when an item is added to that requestor record, I want the associated item in the Inventory table to update its status to “Checked Out”.  Can anyone help me logic this one out?  Thank you!

Trying to find a solution to always show every month in a range. Pivot tables don’t provide any customization for this, so I am trying to reimagine data in a dashboard/interface bar chart. There is an option to show empty records, but as you can see its still skipping months. This is a single select field, with every month as an option. I want to see months that are missing any selections. I’ve also tried it with a date field updated to bucket by month, but still same issue. What am I missing?

Hello I am working to find a way to connect stripe to Airtable. The use case for this is to show when a customer’s account is paid, past due, or cancelled. We have a people base in airtable that is each individual user in our system. Name, company name, emails, etc In stripe we have subscriptions that are paid and automated there. All payments are through this system. Some stripe subscriptions are an ap or accounting email but pay for 10 users in our people base. I have tried zapier but it does not have the ability to connect the two in the way that is needed. I am thinking I need to connect the unique stripe customer Id to the user in airtable. Not sure if this is best done through the stripe meta data. Then I would need a script to connect this meta data to the users in the airtable base.