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This morning, trying to use an interface created a long time ago, I encountered an anomaly:when I go to create a record, it does not extract the list of valid values if it has to extract them from a table via a filter.I enclose two screenshots showing how the list on the form is empty, while the preview list of selection criteria has the correct values.Thank you for your support in resolving this anomaly

Hi! I found a workaround that’s helpful for me, so I thought I’d share. If someone has an easier way to do this, please let me know! Apologies if this has already been posted, I didn’t find it after a bit of searching. The problem I was trying to solve was that when updating a record, a field can be named using its friendly name (e.g. “First Name”), but then if I change it later, even a little bit, my API integration will break. Each field also has a unique ID, prefaced by fld, but I wasn’t aware of any way to actually find that name. Well, it turns out that you can for most fields, with a little trickery: Edit: See drassi’s post below for an easier way to do this. In the GUI, create a new field, and make it a formula. In the formula, refer to the field that you want to know the ID of. (For instance, if you w

I've got an automation in Airtable to send a record ID to Make to then fetch some data and send a whatsapp message. When I send the content of a 'Long text field' - it fails. I've tried adding a function in Make to remove all special characters like line feeds etc. and send to WhatsApp - but I can't get it right. Anybody know what special characters are used or the regex I could use?In my trouble-shooting, I created a single line text field and copied the text in there - then use that to send to whatsapp - and it works...  just without the line breaks. Any ideas for me please? 

Hello, Is it possible to show specific data which is unique to Interface-only viewers. I want to create an interface where they can see a record of form submissions (use case: invoices) which they have submitted via an airtable interface form and see what the current status is without seeing everyone elses response. Is this possible? if so, how do I go about it?I would like to avoid duplicating and re-making interfaces for individual viewers so am looking at softr worst case.

Hey I am stuck with the automation of "update records", and this is where I am:1. I have a table named "master project" (primary field) and in each row, consists of 7 sub-projects under the same master project. All 7 projects shared the same status on 4 variables, while each also have different status on 5 variables  2.  I need to break each of the 7 sub-projects into individual row so that I can run calculation based on each row. For this purpose, I have created another table with "Projects" being my primary field. And to continue build on new projects when i have more master projects input from table 1 (above point), I have use "create a record" automation to pipe in full information of each project3. My challenge is, I need to create an automation that, if any update is detected on (1), it should also automate my second sheet (2). But now because I have broken down 1 master project / record in table 1 into 7 rows in table 2, seems l

Hi Team,I've one particular requirement that if  I can replicate records from one base to another, especially when these bases are located in different accounts.  I'm aware of Airtable's robust automation features and wonder if there's a solution or workaround for achieving cross- airtable account automation. In simple words, I'm interested in a process where, when data enters into one base automatically adds that same record to a corresponding base in a different Airtable account.

How do I add a column of numbers quickly without creating a formula?

I have created a form using fillout and and added a forms table in airtable How do I auto update the client table, services table, etcI would appreciate any assistance 🙂 

Hello,I have an automation that updates the Invoice Table paid column with a checkmark when we receive a Payment in the Payments Table with a matching invoice number. We now have noticed that clients may pay the invoice twice. To document this, I wanted to have a linked column (to my payment table) in my Invoice table that links the matching payment. My automation currently updates the invoice base and will populate the 1 linked record, however if a 2nd charge comes, it replaces the record. I know it is possible to link multiple records in one field (and use rollup function) as I have done this before, but I am struggling with the automation populating both linked records and keeping them. Any solutions? Thanks!

Hello, as of this morning, any PDFs that I attach via the Make integration will no longer open in a preview window, but instead tries to download a file without an extension.  This Make scenario has been running for months without issue, with hundreds of PDFs attached in the manner per day - all being able to open up in Airtable without an issue.  But as of this morning, nothing added today will open properly.  Any attachments added yesterday still open fine.  Any ideas what is happening here?Edit - apparently this is only happening on this specific Base.  If I run a Make scenario to add an attachment to a different Base - it attaches fine and opens normally.  But then if I change it to attach to my primary Base, the same download issue occurs.  I need to get it back to working normally on this primary Base.  This is what I have determined so far:1.  Only is affecting my primary ba

New to AirtTable automation and surprised this hasn't been asked before, but I couldn't find anything in docs or here. I've got a repeating group set up using List of Records as the Input list. The list of records is only 8 rows long.For each record, I want to run a script. In that script I want to access one of the values from the record currently being iterated over. I was hoping this was passed through `input.config()`, but dumping that reveals only what I manually add as an Input variable.I had this in the script itself, using `selectRecordsAsync` and iterating over each record. However, the operation exceeded the 30second limit, so I thought a repeating group would be better.  thanks

Is anyone using the Resource Allocation Template, or is there a explainer video on how to use it? It looks awesome, but it's overwhelming. I'm not sure where to start. Regarding how to set up that whole process, I'm unsure how to even begin setting an amount of time required to complete a given task. We have a work order that comes in for a design task. It may take 8 hours... no problem, I can assess that and assign a time of 8 hours. But that job then comes in and out numerous times for varying degrees of revisions. Those revisits don't require 8 hours each, so I'm unclear how to best set the time duration so that it's properly allocated once the initial job goes out the door.Any insights on how to start using the amazing new Resource Allocation template is a

Previously I have added PDF attachment via API call. This was done using presigned S3 url of a PDF and updating table's field with {"url": url, "filename": filename} whereas url has no ".pdf" in but filename bears the form of "xxx.pdf". These PDFs can be opened on iphone app through open with browser, where redirection would be opening a pdf. (Content-type GETing the link is application/pdf).From yesterday, uploads done the same way would get the right pdf file but with header Content-type: binary/octet-stream. On the phone the pdf failed at displaying and tried to download a file instead. My question is:i)  has anyone experienced specifying filename with .pdf now but not getting pdf back?ii) has anyone got a way way to fix this issue?This change is breaking existing business n

Hello y’all! I’m trying to run an automation on multiple linked records from one record, but it doesn’t work because the action expects one record id. Do you know a way to achieve this? My scenario is this: I have an invoice linked to multiple purchase records from another table I want to fill in a delivered date field on the invoice record and fill the purchase records dates using the automation. Why not use a lookup field? Because sometimes there are partial deliveries or the products are damaged and returned. These would be manually corrected then. All the best!

I am looking to set up a base to manage client onboarding and success.I'm fairly experienced with Airtable and I've built project management bases in the past with linked records and lookups but what I want to build this time has some unusual features and I'm scratching my head how I accomplish this. The use case is something like this:Each new client we bring on goes through an identical series of steps/tasksThese series of steps/tasks can be broken into "modules" such as 1) onboarding, 2) mid year review, and 3) year end review. Each new client added to the base can be enrolled into a module and have a set of records created for their instances of the corresponding tasks. The tasks will be have statuses To Do, In Progress, Done. These roll up into the module. When all the tasks in a module are complete, the module will be marked done.For each client I want to visualize: 1) Their list of tasks (grouped

Hi, I am trying to automate the process of creating available timeslot (15mins duration) for clients to book in appointments via an online form on Airtable. Could someone help out with a script that I can use to automate creating timeslot records for example, from 8:30am to 4:00pm between 4 September to 8 September?Thank you!Currently, I have set up the record manually like screenshot below. 

Hello,I'm pulling in purchase order data for my company, and have a "Vendor Management Team Partner" associated with each purchase order record.I'm also reconfiguring these POs in a separate table, such that the email address of the PO requester is the primary key.If a requester has multiple POs, they'll have multiple values in the VM Team Partner column, so I'm also adding a Rollup for unique values.I'm then automating the copying and pasting of the unique values in the Rollup field into a Linked field for the VM Team Partner's email info.However, in only some of records, the Link field will display a comma at the end of the values, whereas the Rollup field will not.How is this happening when there is no comma in the Lookup field? I now have to add values in my "VM Email" table for both "John Smith" and "John Smith," which is an unexpected nuisance.Can someone help me understand how this is happening and how to rem

Hello, as of this morning, any PDFs that I attach via the Make integration will no longer open in a preview window, but instead tries to download a file without an extension.  This Make scenario has been running for months without issue, with hundreds of PDFs attached in the manner per day - all being able to open up in Airtable without an issue.  But as of this morning, nothing added today will open properly.  Any attachments added yesterday still open fine.  Any ideas what is happening here?Edit - apparently this is only happening on this specific Base.  If I run a Make scenario to add an attachment to a different Base - it attaches fine and opens normally.  But then if I change it to attach to my primary Base, the same download issue occurs.  I need to get it back to working normally on this primary Base.  This is what I have determined so far:1.  Only is affecting my primary b

Is there a way to fetch just one record or take the first/last one from the returned list? In table A I have a record with an email. In table B, I also have records with their emails. I need to update A record with B attributes but they come from different sources and are not associated - they just have the same emails.

Two questions: Is there a way to say that a record cannot be created without certain fields being filled in? Some fields may be optional but some are absolutely mandatory. Is there a way to constrain the values that a field may contain? For example, you may want to limit a numeric field to values > 0 and less then 100 and reject a record whose field falls outside of those constraints Thanks in advance!

I’ve duplicated some tables and then afterwards renamed them. However, in lookup fields when selecting a table to lookup from the original name still shows up, which makes me have to guess which is the right one. Anyone experiencing this too and knows how to recache the table names or sth?

Hello! I have recently been building out an interface that has a few different pages within it such as Home, Event Details, Event Contacts, etc. The main purpose for this interface is to create a more user friendly and aesthetically pleasing method for myself and employees to input data to our master base of records. My company manages logistics for touring musical artists so each record in the base represents a single event. Therefore, each page within this interface represents a different slice of the overall information pertaining to each event. If I want to add flight information, there is a dedicated page for that, if I want to input hotel information, there is a dedicated page for that, and so on. Currently, as far as I am aware, the only way to pick which record the interface page is addressing would be to add a Record Picker element which can be used to pick the specific event from a drop down menu. So if I am on the Event Details page within my interface,

Hi y'all - I think I've found a VERY dumb breach in Airtable that's leaking PII.  I've sent in an email and reached out via the help system, but I suspect these forums might be better monitored - could an Airtable rep please find a way to contact me for proof? If I can figure out a way to share an image w/o showing how the breach is happening, I'll update this thread and do so.

I’ve pulled lead capture form submissions into a base. But people have submitted forms multiple times, with the same info. How do I use email address to filter out duplicates?

Hello Airtable Community,I'm reaching out for guidance on setting up a more streamlined email management system within Airtable, in conjunction with Make.com, for my cold email agency. We've developed a unique setup that leverages individual IMAP connections for each client's email account, hosted on a private VPS server to handle volume. Our current process uses Make.com to capture all incoming emails, turning them into records within a master Airtable base. This base acts as a CRM, meticulously tracking interactions for each client.Our goal is to refine this system further by enabling direct email replies from within Airtable. Here's a breakdown of our needs and current setup:Integration Specifics: We use Postbox for email management with an IMAP connection for each client. Each client has a dedicated email account on our private VPS. We've successfully automated the capture of incoming emails to Airtable via Make.com. Now, we're looki