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I am trying to create a formula to calculate the number of days a specific status is active. For example, how many days the ticket is "On Hold". The need is to calculate the number of days the ticket was actually active, in other words the difference between the {Closed Date} and the {Created Date}, minus the number of days the ticket was in a "On Hold" status. However, I am not finding a way to keep the counter, when the status changes. Currently, the counter resets to 0 when the status changes. If you could advise me on how to do this, that would be great!

I’ve been working on a custom Extension (App) using the “Getting started” guide. The Extension has been working fine, running on my localhost at https://localhost:9000. Today, the Extension in the Airtable UI started showing the following message: { "error": "FORBIDDEN", "message": "blockId mismatch. Make sure you are entering development for the correct block." } The error message is very clear, but I haven’t changed the blockId in the remote.json file. I’ve also tried restarting my local and reloading the UI, but this error persists. Somehow it seems like the blockId must have changed, but I’m not clear on how/why or where I would get the new blockId from. Any thoughts on how to fix? I’m assuming I could just create a new Extension, but I’d rather get to the root of the problem. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I've been testing Airtable to create a visual database system for skilled professionals in Nepal. While fetching data from Airtable API to my APP, I hardly get all data. Few of my data are missing. I have tested it using postman.  

We are using Airtable to track receipts. The current setup is a Receipts tab, where employees can fill out a form to submit their receipts. The Staff tab, is where the list of staff names are that the staff choose from when filling out the form that goes to the Receipts Tab. Then I have a 3rd tab for Reconciliation Month that the Finance Manager can apply onto the Receipts tab when they do the final approval of the receipts. The workflow is that an employee will fill out the form when they have a receipt. Then once a month the finance manager will go in and review confirm which month the receipt applies to so that it will group together.I am trying to get it setup to do an automation that sends the receipts to the finance manager by staff person by month. I am able to do the email that pulls all the receipts together for that month, but can't figure out how to break it down by person. The staff tab has a lookup of receipts by person, but it is pulling all the receipts. I

I tried to create an Automated email, and I don't know how to create a date time format nor rounding number.1. I created new fields with DateTime_Format, but when I put it in the email, nothing appear.2. I also round number in the number field and it won't round numbers in the email

I run an appointment system on Airtable and am looking to send reminders a few hours ahead of upcoming meetings.For example, a meeting is scheduled for 2pm on June 24th, therefore by 12pm on June 24th, I'd like a reminder email sent out.Which Automation Trigger would I need to use to do this? And what would the steps be? Possible solution: could I convert the time into minutes and then set up the formula such that once it hits X number of minutes before the start time, it meets "record conditions" (determined in Automations) which then leads to the automation being triggered?Thanks in advance for your help! ps I'm not interested in using external tools like Make or Zapier as we're a non-profit with limited funds - they just about stretch to Airtable. 

Hey there!I have an automation that is designed to take specific records from two separate tables and duplicate them into a single table. I used the repeat for each duplicate one of the tables, but because I can't use two I'm trying to do the same using a script but failing to add many of the record details.  let inputs = input.config(); let destinationTable = base.getTable("Executive Summaries copy"); let sourceTable = base.getTable("5-Year Automation"); let importQuery = await sourceTable.selectRecordsAsync(); let fivYearInputList = inputs.fiveYearInputList; for (let record of importQuery.records) { let strategicObjective = record.getCellValue('Strategic Objective') let updates = record.getCellValue('Monthly Update') let forcedOrder = record.getCellValue('Forced Order') let divisions = record.getCellValueAsString('Executive Sponsor') let whatIsBeingImplemented = record.getCellValue('What is being implemented?') let currentHealth = record.getCellValu

Does anyone know what the max field limit is for each table in each base? Thanks.

I am trying to get a specific folder ID from Google Drive through an Airtable script based on information from a newly created record. I think I am supposed to get access to my Google Drive by connecting to it via API. I’ve built and published a web app using Google Apps Script but I’m unclear how to connect the platforms together. What are the general steps to send data from Airtable to the web app so it can take that information, process it and send back a response to update a record?

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I have a table listing persons linked to another table showing tasks. I'm trying to show the remaining tasks a person needs to do.Example: These two tables are linkedTable 1: a list of 100 peopleTable 2: a list of 34 tasks to be done by each personEach time a person competes a task I link them to the task, so Bob will have 2 tasks done (linked to his record), but Mary will have 30 of the 34 tasks.It is easy to see how many tasks each person has done, but it is hard to see which ones remain. How do I go about doing this?Example goal: Mary: 4 tasks remaining, which are W X Y Z

I want to send an automated email that includes a formula field/token (it is called "6-month historical average"), formatted to 0.1 decimal place (this formula calculates an avg of the numeric values in 6 other fields, all of which are to 0.1 decimal place).Although the "6-month historical average" field is formatted to 0.1 decimal place, when I test the automation, this value always appears with a long string of decimal places e.g. instead of 4.6 it will show as 4.6248482367213....Why is this happening? I want the historical average to show with only 0.1 decimal place.Thanks for your advice!

HiIs it possible to count the number of changes or modifications that have been made to a specific record?Rgds

Hi there and Happy Friday!I am trying to calculate the time it takes an individual to get a specific type of number at the time they enroll in our program.The formula I have is essentially, "If the individual does not have a preexisting number, calculate the time difference between the date they got the number and the date they enrolled in the program." The formula is: IF({LO has FTN at time of Enrollment}="No",WORKDAY_DIFF({Enrollment Date},{Turned in FTN})) That works but if “Turned in FTN” is blank, the calculation results in "#ERROR" and I hate "#ERROR". So, that means I need to add something like, “If “Turned in FTN” = Blank, then “””. I tried adding that a few different ways but am still getting #ERROR. Any ideas how to get rid of the #ERROR? Thanks in advance!  

Oh hello there! I am working with a team that is developing a base to capture competitor profiles. Within the base we have an organizational overview tab, contacts tab, program information tab, and a SWOT Analysis tab where we'd like to fill out the data on the competitors' strengths (from a drop down), weaknesses (from a drop down), opportunities (from a drop down), and threats (from a drop down) (among a few other things unnecessary to mention). What I'd like to do is have a matrix template that will pull in those selected drop down items and look something like the below for each organization/competitor. Would the matrix or page design extension be best for this? Might there be a better tool? I have some serious beef with the page design view and how limited it is - or perhaps in my case, just not intuitive enough to be impactful. Any ideas would be incredibly welcome. Thank you!

Ok, I have been trying to do this for a while on my own with no luck.I have a list of serial numbers. These serial numbers have more than one entry. I group the view by serial number so I can see all entries for any particular serial number. What I would like to do is figure out a way that I can see only the last entry for every serial number. My thought is to have a third field for a conditional formula. Something that just posts the number 1 if it is the most recent date. Then I can use a view to only see everything with the number 1 in that field. The problem is that I need to pull the most recent date for EVRY serial number group. Not just the most recent date over all. Hope that I am explaining this right. Here is an example of the a sample base: Please help! Thank you.

Are there plans in the product roadmap to make the web clipper extension available for other browser than Chrome? If yes, then when ? I’m mostly interested in that being available in Firefox as I’m seriously considering to switch back from Chrome to Firefox. By the way, the web clipper tool is a great feature that helps users to quickly and conveniently add new records in a table in a comprehensive way. Thanks a lot for it ! Best regards, Younes

Hi! I'm trying to set up my first automation so that whenever someone submits a survey, AT sends that person an email with a summary of their responses. The client base are outside of the company and don't use AirTable beyond this survey, so I figured the automation route would be best. When I test using a test record I created in the base, it appears to run successfully. However, the first person submitted the survey yesterday and the automation keeps failing with the "The "To" input is empty" error. I currently have it set to popular the "To" field based on what the user enters in that question on the survey. I triple-checked the run that failed, and the user entered an email in that field, so I'm not sure why it's still saying it's blank. Should I add another step somewhere? Thanks in advance for any help! 

We create QR codes pretty frequently in our marketing collateral and it's not infrequent that we find out after something has been printed/distributed that we need to revise the URL it's point to for whatever reason.   I know there are a few services out there to generate a QR code. Is there a way to manage the associated URL though so if we need to redirect it at some point, we can?