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Hi, I have managed to set up an email automation. But after the email is sent, I want to update the AirTable record with the date and time the email was sent. How do we do this? I did see Kuovonne do this with a custom script in another example. But not sure how to do this for us. @kuovonne Thank you. 

I have a database of people and one of the columns contains links to other records in that "People" database and is meant to showcase which other people this record has a relationship with. I was wondering if there is a way to update two records simultaneusly, so that when I add Person B as a relation to Person A, that relationship is reflected in both records.

Hi! I’m working on two separate base for my organization: the first manages the order, and the second the tracking and payment process. With the sync tables I’m able to get the tables from the order in the second base for the planning and processing of the shipment and payments . But I’m encountering a problem: there are some lookup fields about quantities that I need to process as number on the second base. The synced table show them as text, so the lookup on the tracking table it is also showing them as text, but I can’t modify the format to a number. I’ve also already tried to add another field with a VALUE() formula, but it gives an #ERROR! and doesn’t evaluate the text into a number. Any idea how to proceed? Many thanks, Claudio

Can we generate a sharable link to a List View the same way we share Grid View? I don't see the "Share View" button on my list view. 

We are a self-publishing company seeking an Airtable expert to optimize our database management and workflow automation. Our goal is to streamline our processes for managing over 6000 authors/projects annually.

Multiselect Field: Sprintcontainsrow 1: Sprint 24.01, Sprint 24.02, Sprint 24.04row 2: Sprint 24.04, Sprint 24.05, Sprint 24.06row 3: Sprint 24.03want a formula in new field called "Latest Sprint" to return the last entry in the Sprint fieldrow 1: Sprint 24.04row 2: Sprint 24.06row 3: sprint 24.03thanks for any help!-Mary

When I create a LIST in INTERFACE and I mark the options "Edit records inline" and "Add/delete records inline" I can add RECORDS from the computer.But when I log into the app from my cell phone, I can't add a RECORD.Is it possible to add RECORD also from the app on the cell phone?

I am a real novice at formulas and I have been unable to work out what I have done wrong. Can somebody please tell me. DATETIME_DIFF(TODAY(01-11-2019),{DOB LInk},‘Y’) I am trying to return the age of a person based on the difference between the DOB and the date in the future. What I have here works sometimes but sometimes gives the incorrect age. The problem occurs if the dob is later in the year than todays date. Airtable AYM Festival test 2019 - Airtable Explor

Hello,I have shared 3 interfaces with a collaborator and have given them editor permissions. They are able to acces one of the 3 interfaces. When they try to access the other 2 interfaces they get a notification which says 'You are not authorized to view this page'.I am pretty sure that I followed the same procedure to share the interfaces and I don't think I have set any restrictions for who can see the interfaces. M is only able to view the Equipment & FAcilities Maintenance even though they have editor permission on all the interfaces.M has access to the interfaces on the desktop and they work perfectly for the permissions I have set. This issue only occurs on the mobile app on a tablet.Does anyone know what might be going on?Thanks!

I have an automation set up to add an event to my google calendar. It is working fine except, the end date it shows on the calendar is showing up the day before it ends. I have the events with no time listed because i do not want a specific start and end time for them. When i have the all day box checked in the automation It is showing on the calendar as ending a day earlier. When i make the "all day" under configurations in the automation dynamic and pick the end date it gives the start time and end time as 8AM in google calendar.  Is there a solution for this? Thanks in advance for any help!

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