Ask the Community

I am a new user of AirTable. I have a very long table that is currently being updated (by multiple users). So new records are being added/deleted to this table. Within this table, I need to create a linkage column to show that certain rows are "related/connected". I can currently only manually type the text of the linked row ID (as a text in a column called "related record"). Is there a way to truly link the multiple rows within the same table?Because the table (A) is constantly being edited, I can't use the option of creating another table that duplicate table A.  Also, I do not want to create another table that simply show record 100 and record 110 are related in Tabe A. Thanks! 

Hi!I've got 2 bases, one for managing a list of employees and the other for managing some cars.I need to assign some tasks to specific Users from the employee base so I decided to sync the Employee details table to the Cars base.After the sync, the result table in the Cars base shows the User field (of User type) from the Employee details table as an User field (of Text type).What do I need to do, as I need the User field in User format.Thanks!

Hello. I have a table with a field I want to copy and paste into a new table. Seems like a simple thing to do, yet I cannot find out how. Any insight? Much appreciated.

Hi there. I am not a habitual Airtable user, nor am I much of a tech person, so I apologize if this question has been answered and I wasn't able to find it.I am developing a database for my perfume collection using Airtable, and for most parts of this project it's great. I would really like to be able to track the dates that I wore each scent (currently I do this in a hand-written notebook, and I have years of data that I'd love to input). I can't figure out if this is possible or how I might do it. I have seen both "no" and "yes?" posts but nothing definitive or for what sounds like the kind of tracking I am doing.Thank you very much in advance!

Hi, I want to write a script that automatically deletes duplicates as soon as something new is added to the table. Basically it should work similar to the Dedupe extension, but be automated to save time.I only want to delete rows which are identically in each field. It's my first time trying to automate a function with Airtable. I would appreciate if any one has some ideas how to get started with the script or maybe has even written something similar before.Thank you for your help!

I am attempting to build a Crypto Liquid Pool tracker and trying to figure out my base design.I'm not sure if anyone on Airtable has done anything like it. If so, I would love to hear your opinions and what your base/ schema looks like. For those unfamiliar, it would be something similar to this.In adition to that, I would need, on occasion perform some of these tasks: and provide "Position value", "Fee Value", "Token Price" for each asset, "Transaction Fee", and status if Out of Range or In Range

I am trying to link a note to a record but I've gotten error codes that always change even when I perform the same action. I've tried using different browsers, clearing cache and cookies, clearing history. Nothing works. I've submitted a ticket to AirTable but I have yet to hear from them. Nobody else internally is experiencing this. 

Can anyone recommend an Airtable Consultant, preferably in the UK, who can help me with some fairly simple formulas which for some reason, I cant work out why, are not working and/or producing missing data in some rows. I feel very scrooge-like and miserly saying this, but its the reality: I work for a charity so they cannot be too expensive. But I would be very grateful if somebody could help me. I have designed a multi-layered survey that evaluates the diffferent well-being dimensions of our clients and if I cant get it working soon I fear my project will be binned and I will be devastated as I've already done a lot of research and learnt airtable especially from scratch just do this- plus I love Airtable. So if somebody could help me that would be brilliant. 

I have the following code: "use server"; import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache"; import { z } from "zod"; import Airtable from 'airtable'; Airtable .configure({ apiKey: 'PAT KEY' }) Airtable .base('ID'); export async function registerSignUp(prevState: { message: string; }, formData: FormData,) { const schema = z.object({ email: z.string(), }); const parse = schema.safeParse({ email: formData.get("email"), }); if (!parse.success) { return { message: "Failed to sign up" }; } const data = parse.data; try { await Airtable.Table.create(data); revalidatePath("/"); return { message: `Signed Up!` }; } catch (e) { return { message: "Failed to sign up" }; } } So all of the above, obvs with the PAT key and ID added works locally but not on production.I am using Vercel free tier to host my site and wonder if that is the problem. Or on airtable there is some CORS or domain whitelisting somewhereupdate:I have added a console log to the catch section for the error thrown and got

I've been trying to get this to work using a formula but haven't figured it out...What i want: I have a table that contains 1000 records, 12 of which i'm displaying on the web frontend via softr.io. Now what i want is to randomize the 12 records that will be displayed. This does not necessarily need to be randomized each time the page is refreshed/the API call to retreive the records is made. It could also randomize every minute or so.I guess randomisation on refresh/load would have to be made via the API call somehow. But if the API call always retreives records based on a static filter, I would have to randomize the results that the filter retreives on the Airtable side.Any idea how to do this?One simple solution I thought of which should semi-randomize every time the result of NOW() is updated in Airtable: Number records with autonumber. Take the seconds from NOW() and calculate based on the second (which is a value between 0 and 60) which block of 12 records should be taken. I.e. i

I have a table "Products" and a table "Artworks". The Product table has a lookup field to the Artworks table. In this lookup field, I assigned multiple Artworks to each Product (e.g. "Product 1" has assigned "Artwork A", "Artwork B", "Artwork C", and "Artwork D").Product 1 can only go into production once all Artworks assigned to Product 1 have approval status "Approved".In the Products table, I added a rollup field that shows the records from the "Approval Status" field from the "Artworks" table. By default, the values appear like this in the rollup field: "Not submitted, not submitted, Approval pending, Approved"Instead of listing all the records in the rollup field, I want the rollup field to show:IF all records = "Approved": output "ALL ARTWORKS APPROVED"ELSE: output "APPROVAL PENDING"or alternatively:IF any record is not = "Approved": output "APPROVAL PENDING"ELSE: output "ALL ARTWORKS APPROVED"I'm thankful for any tips! 

I am new to scripting in Airtable and am receiving "Received malformed JSON input." every time I try to validate my JSON. Below is my script, and the error message Airtable keeps returning- can someone help me determine what is wrong with my formatting? For context, I am trying to use a web hook to connect Salesforce and Airtable, where Salesforce creates a record in my Airtable base.  // @TS11-nocheckvar Base64 = {// private property_keyStr: "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=", // public method for decodingdecode: function (input) {var output = "";var chr1, chr2, chr3;var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;var i = 0; input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, ""); while (i < input.length) { enc1 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));enc2 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.cha

I am facing issue in Files Table. I have column name “File” ,I did the setup to get the size using formula, in column “File size” but that is not working now. Can you please help me with this issue? Actually, It was working till yesterday , but today it stopped working and I cannot find the formula. Can you please help me out with the task, I jsut want formula to get File Size from From Attachments.

Hi,How can I set a condition in intefaces so that the chart displays data only from the last calendar year?Within the past year apparently does not count the calendar year, but the year itself. I need January 2024 not to be there anymore.Thank you for your help.

Hi all I’m just getting started with Airtable after seeing a fair few posts telling me I should use it instead of a CRM. I’m here but I’m not seeing what a the fuss is about? Is anyone actually using this as a CRM? As well as using it as a CRM, I want to use it as a marketing tool which I also hear it can do with ease. How do I post to social media from Airtable? There are soooooooo many videos on YouTube but none explain how to actually do it. Are there actually any good tutorials to get started rather than these clickbait ones. Thanks

What are the display dimensions of gallery view images? I want to upload the perfect size image so there is no re-scale or crop…or at least keep them to a minimum.

hi there,I am trying to create a nested IF that checks if four cells are blank, and if they're not, returns the value that's there.When I use the below formula, it only ever checks the first IF, and it's driving me nuts!Can anyone help? I want it to return BLANK if there are no matches. IF( ArtSaleChecker2!=BLANK(), ArtSaleChecker2, IF( PromSaleChecker2!=BLANK(), PromSaleChecker2, IF(OtherSaleChecker2!=BLANK(), OtherSaleChecker2, IF(GenSaleChecker2!=BLANK(), GenSaleChecker2, BLANK() ) ) ) )  

Hi,I need to sync an Airtable base with another system via API. Currently, I am using Make/Integromat to run the HTTP request and then iterate through the responses to check Airtable to see if a record exists and then either update it if it does exist, or add a new record if it doesn't already exist. I run this daily. There are about 5,000 records currently, so the automation runs in Make add up each day. Lately, I have been doing more with the native Airtable automations using javascript, and I have an idea to try to use an Airtable automation to sync the data, essentially cutting out the Make scenario. It seems to me that reducing tools would streamline things and make them simpler. My question for you is if you think it is feasible for me to run a daily automation in Airtable that would send an HTTP GET request to the remote system, which will return a big JSON response with all of the remote records and their fields. The automation would then need to updated existing data

Hi All,I would like to be able to automatically add instructions (how to perform a subtask) when I select a certain subtask. Plain text would be sufficient here. What would work?Thanks! 

👋I have an interface with a grid view. In the view there is a select field. I want user to be able to select one field, copy the field (CMD+C or CTRL+C) and Paste in the same fields of the other recordsOn Mac this works perfectly. CMD+C copies the selected field. With Shift users can select the same fields of the other records in the Grid and with CMD-V they can paste it in However for users using Windows 11 with Edge or Chrome this does not work: CTRL-C is fine (you get a notification that the cell is copies). With Shift you can select the cells of the other records and they are being selected (blue background). However CTRL+V does not work. This works fine in the base. Just not in the interface. Is this a bug or a known limitation? Best Hendrik

Hi Community,I would like to create a form that creates multiple records on the same table to assist me with counting stock inventories. Ideally the form would look something like this:Form Example:Table with new records created example: Is there any AirTable features or extensions that could allow this?Thanks for your help.Jacob 

Hi, as a result of my trying to execute a solution from previous post, I created a formula to combine name fields. IT cannot figure out what aim doing wrong. IT seems perfectly logical to me. But it does not work. I have posted the formula and a screenshot of the data below.The data is First Name, Last Name, SP First Name, SP Last Name. First Name and Last Name are short text fields. SP First Name and SP Last Name are Lookup fields.Thanks, ScottTRIM( {First Name} & IF({Last Name} != {SP Last Name}), " " & {Last Name} & " and " & {SP First Name} &" " & {SP Last Name}, IF({Last Name} = {SP Last Name}), " & " {SP First Name} & " " & {Last Name} )   

Hi All, I just wanted to ask if you encountered the same issue with using the Airtable api or webhook in Make. So we are using Make.com to Record the data from Go High Level to Airtable. There are times that the run is successful but the data is not in the airtable 

I am creating a table/form to insert log entries into a daily log. It requires a bunch of sub-item data and inserting weather info of the day when the record was created. I was wondering if there is any way to automate inserting that day's weather info (temperature, rain data etc.) into that log when that entry is created (maybe even pulling in the date field and fetching the weather for that day automatically)? I reviewing ideas about using IFTTT or other automations but none seemed to allow for that day's weather info to be inserted into a log entry on record creating easily. Also, as you can see in the screenshot, I have to create a formatted record of multiple sub-items in a longtext field eg. in trade updates. Ideally these should be some form of structured sub-items but I am not sure if there's any way to handle that in this interface or data field (without creating a separate lookup table)...Thanks!

Importing csv files with 18 digit numbers, doesn't work What I tried to import: 513267577250775049What actually got imported: 513267577250775040Simple terms: The 9 digit at the end of the number, got changed into a 0The relevant CSV file to import, is below.  name,server id,notes Ergonomic chair,513267577250775049, Wooden storage box,, Wooden pen holder,,