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Let me start by saying that I have been trying to do this in Interfaces but I've also had a look at the new Forms feature.What I would really like to do is present the user with a grid with 4 columns: MakeLineModel Qty    When the user clicks in the blank line under Make, they get a drop-down that lists all the current values in the Make field (unique values). Then they do the same for Line and Model, based on the selection under Make - i.e. a decreasing filtered list. They then manually enter a qty. They can then add more rows as they complete the 'form'.Ideally they would also be able to have the option to ignore the drop down selection and enter a value in any column that doesn't already

I have two date fields that sync from an Outlook calendar. Because most events on that calendar are full-day events, they have an end time of 11:59 PM. This is what it looks like with "include time" selected:...and this is what it looks like toggled off.I reviewed this similar question, where it turned out to be a time zone issue, but that doesn't apply here as the time zone settings aren't accessible if you don't show the time. I'd prefer to hide the times for the sake of tidiness/reducing visual clutter. Is there a way to fix the rounding issue without creating a separate formula field?

Hi,In the form Interface when I want to select a value from another table (linked record) I only see the name of the first column.How can I see more data on this field?Attached a picture for illustration:  

Hi. I’m having trouble getting my Slack Bot to show properly within an Airtable automation. I’ve set up the custom emoji’s within slack, and created a custom field within my table to match the emoji code. When the automation is executed, it remains as the airtable logo. ^^ inside Slack ^^ Inside Airtable ^^ Inside Automation ^^ Slack Response

Hi there, I have a script that collect a few records in my table, and I'd like to create a repeat action (to send a Slack message to each of these records). I used JSON.stringify to convert my array to a string and the output is something like: ["rec0aFuNHkPzxxx","rec2jGJ33iVxxx", …]When I try to use this script output as a list for my repeat group it says : "No valid nested options". I looked in the doc but haven't found anything about it. Did I miss something ?

Hi, I have a table where I add any investment into a company done. So, each row contains a field which is  linked record that link the investment to a record in table "company".But we can invest several times in one company. So I want to create a view that could display the last investment made for each company. I thought creating a new "single select" field called "active investment?", and having "active" option automatically selected for the latest investment made for a company. But I can't figure out how to do this double condition (having the "company" in the "linked field" and being the earliest date). Does someone know how to do something like this? Thank you,  Have a nice day 

I'm trying to create a calendar to show different dates that our personnel are not available. What I can't figure out is if there's a way to have a different label show for each specific set of date ranges as I would like the calendar to show the specific reason someone is not available during those dates.I have 5 sets of unavailability date ranges and each of those have notes that pertain to the respective date range (i.e. why that person is out). The fields are set up now as Date 1 Start - Date 1 End - Date 1 Notes, with 5 sets of fields like that.When toggling those notes on in the customize labels function, I get all the notes attached to each date range included in each calendar block. And the date ranges label function only lets you set one label for all records that have data in that date range.What I want on the calendar blocks:Date Range 1 - Date Range 1 NotesDate Range 2 - Date Range 2 NotesWhat I'm getting:Date Range 1 - Da

Hey,I want to help my father's business and automate it to be more efficient and save him time.The problem is that he is not technological at all and he gets a bit complicated and I am afraid that he will destroy or enter wrong data (enter empty records or accidentally click on things).I wanted to ask you how you would deal with it?I thought maybe creating forms to create customers, a form to edit the details of the customers, etc.is this a good idea?I would love to hear from you how you would behave.Thanks

Hi there I have this formula below where I need to also round up by 5 or round down by 5 ( e.g. 4556, to 45560 or 2333 to 2335) ({Original Price AED} * (100 - Discount)) / 100 Could anyone please advise how I integrate the round formula within the above formula? Thanks, Nathalie

I'm creating a script between 2 tables: 'Engagements' and 'People'.Engagements is a list of event attendancePeople is a master list of peopleI have a script that, using the attendance sign up info (name, email), tries to find a matching person from the master list. (This step is part of a loop to go through each Engagement record.) let peopleTable = base.getTable('People'); // find a matching Person record let personQuery = await peopleTable.selectRecordsAsync({ fields: ['Person IDENTIFIER'] }); let foundNames = personQuery.records.filter((record) => { let name = record.getCellValue('Person IDENTIFIER'); return name == engagement.getCellValue('Person IDENTIFIER'); }); This works fine. Now I need to link all the 'foundNames' to that 'engagement' record.  The linked field is called 'Person' in 'Engagements' table: let numPeople = foundNames.length; if (n

Hi Folks,I have come up with a workaround for not being able to filter on query within scripting automations. Since you can query on a view but views can't be adjusted via the API either we use a view that has a checkbox and then check the box through update records and uncheck when done.  This is useful when you have a list of records from a linked field more than a dyanamic filter.  It is also still best to filter the records that are returned to ensure they do meet your criteria but greatly reduces the number of records returned.  First we use this async function to make the object for updates:   ​async function setAutomationFlags(table, recordIds, flagValue) { const automationFlags = recordIds.map(recordId => ({ id: recordId.id, fields: { "Automations": flagValue } })); await updateRecordsInChunks(table, automationFlags); }

For starters, I’m relatively new to Airtable and this is my first time asking for assistance. Please feel free to explain things to me like a 5 year old. I’m pulling data from multiple sources, Sheets being the main one. I’m looking for help with Airtable’s scripting automation for a field titled Contribution Amount. For context, this is for a freelance project for a company that offers cleaning service subscriptions. There’s three main tables- blocks, Subscribers, and Active Subscriptions (junction block of the first two). Each block has a cleaning Budget (Budget field) that needs to be achieved, subscribers on a block pledge an amount (Pledge Amount field) they are willing and able to pay, pledges are pooled (Total Pledge Rollup field) and the funding threshold (Threshold Milestone field) that the block has achieved is noted. When a block surpasses a funding threshold (Numeric Value of % Threshold field is used here so a percent is not) that value is

I have the same question from the individual with the post I am referencing that is closed but never answered. I would like to set up a gallery view where the user is directed to the link without having to open the card. Any ideas out there? Gallery view link directly from the card, without showing the popup (and requiring extra click on URL)

Hello, for the last few days we noticed that our scheduled per-day automations run on each Update (when we edit scripts and Update automation)Is it expected new behavior?

Hello!I would like your help to solve the following problem:We conducted a survey where people answered questions and received points. Now we need to filter the score value by colorThere are 3 colors for cells, which are colored when the following conditions match:Red: if a person scored a low number of points in 4 categoriesYellow: if there are no red blocks out of 4 and less than 3 green blocksGreen: There are no red blocks, more than two blocks are green out of 4Points: red if scored from 0 to 11 points in each categoryyellow if from 11 to 17 pointsgreen if from 17 to 25 pointsHow can automation be assembled so that colors are assigned automatically based on these formulas? Conditions in coloring are not suitable, since it only looks at 1 condition\Thank you very much in advance for your help

Hi there! I have a big table with business founders, and I’m looking for a method for new records to auto-complete the gender field by searching the same first name in the table and looking up the gender. How can it be done using automation?

So, I love the fact that I can finally share interfaces and embed them into our services. This has finally given me the use case for them. First snag I have found though is that when I have a drop down, for some reason one of them keeps changing the sort for the records and I don't know what I am doing wrong. The dropdown is filtering a linked field. When I select the dropdown on the interface designer, it is in alphabetical orderWhen I select the dropdown post publishing, it is in alphabetical orderWhen I select the dropdown on the embed or make larger link, it is chaosIs there a way for me to fix the sorting of the dropdown item? I show the perfect drop down and the less that perfect one in the attachements. 

I just wonder can I use my data table in Airtable to link with my application? I mean I want to do SQL query to Data in Airtable and get some attributes and push it to the CRM tool attached to my Application. Is it possible to do these actions? 

Hi all, I'm trying to create an integration between Airtable and Typeform.On typeform, when connecting with Airtable, I can select the base and the table but when I select the table, the matching fields do not appear. (whereas it appears for my other tables).Do you know what can be the issue? Many thanks,

Looking to build some QC tracking logs which would have paper inspection reports from the field as PDF attachments. Ideally I would like for the field inspectors to upload their daily inspection reports via a form which would then notify our QC manager that has he reports to review. He needs to be able to open up the PDF and markup/check off/make notes/annotate various pages before approving or rejecting the report. I do not think this is natively supported (yet, boo, seems pretty useful) but is there a reasonable workflow to make this happen? Overall I am dealing with some fairly non tech savvy folks (construction), but would like to both get better visibility on the process as well as make the process as easy as possible for them. Any thoughts?

Hi,I have a table of projects which is being imported in. Each project has a project ID column, and a Project Parent ID column, since there are sub projects. I want to simply create a list which shows each parent project, followed by all of the sub projects. Nested Linked Records seems to only allow me to do this in reverse. Is there any other way I can do it. I can't really change the structure of the data, since it's being imported in from an API.Thanks! 

I'm looking for a way to communicate shift assignments to hundreds of individuals who are not members of my base. I use Airtable to manage poll workers. For their work assignments, I integrate Airtable with Make.com. When a staff member offers an assignment to someone, Make.com compiles data from multiple tables into an email.Each assignment has a set schedule. Schedule details have been included in the email in a bulleted list. The source for that list is a long text field with RTF enabled. The schedule descriptions are often complicated and a list is not the best way to display the info. I'd like to incorporate a separate Shifts table that can be linked to the assignments. This would allow much more specificity in describing the work schedule. Ideally, this is what I would like to get out of this, and I'm not sure the best way to go about it:In the initial offer email, clearly list all of the shifts that the person would be required

When someone calls through RingCentral and their name, or number match an Airtable record, is there anyway for that record to pop up?

Hello everyone, I work at an NGO and I’m trying to put together a booking system so people from a specific program can set up a meeting with someone from the team through a form. I did everything, but I’m having problems with the Google Calendar automation. It works, but I don’t know why it creates the event two hours later from the time on the date field. I’m guessing this has to do with timezones? but I haven’t been able to figure it out :disappointed_relieved: can someone help me ? Thank you!!

I have a user that can't click an interface button which runs an automation. The automation primarily updates a field that is not visible through the interface. My user, who has access to the interface but not the underlying base, is unable to click this button. It is greyed out. Unfortunately I didn't get to see the error message you get when you hover over the button because another user 'helped' them and moved the workflow along.Is it the current expected behaviour that a user with interface only access can't run an automation that changes the base? Or is there something else going on here?