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Hi, Wanted to check if airtable had automation enabled for email requests (sent by customers on a distribution list) received to be converted to a case/record for follow-up for client services?Need to check if the 'email to case' conversion capability is feasible in airtable?Thanks! 

Hey there, Is there some way to count the number of entries in a Lookup field in the same table? I have a Lookup field called ‘Roles’—it references another field on the same sheet called ‘Movies’ and spits out a list of acting credits associated with those movies. I need to count how many credits there are, but the ‘Roles’ field doesn’t appear as an option in the Count drop-down. Is there some other way to do this? A formula maybe? Any help appreciated! Thanks! Jez

I am building out a process to make billing time and invoicing easier.  Unfortunately the formula I'm using either results in $1 or a total that's completely incorrect. How in the world is it calculating $216? Should be 7 * $33.33=$233.31  

Hello! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Any idea how to get a formula for a record detail within a record detail in the interface?CONCATENATE("https://airtable.com/app/pag/" & RECORD_ID()) SO I have list, I want the formula to take me to that list in the interface, then to the record detail and then to another record detail within the first record detail - make sense? Basically, switching to the interface, having issues with email automations taking to a specific record detail, since before we could direct right to a view in the data layer base. Thanks for any insight!

I have a very simple interface, which just shows a list of fields.Whenever I load the interface fresh, the fields appear to have errors (see below):When I enter the interface editor, these errors disappear and the fields appear as normal.When I exit the interface editor, the fields continue to act normally until I close the page and revisit it later (then the errors reappear again).Inspecting the elements that give errors doesn't seem to reveal anything configured incorrectly.Does anybody have any idea what's happening here?

Sorry, there was a problem saving this field. Invalid formula. Please check your formula text.DATETIME_DIFF({Sell}, {Buy Date} 'days')Well, there may be a problem, but I can't see it... can anyone help with the formula to display the number of days between two dates 🤔 🤔? Thank you.Here's what I'm getting for these 3 fields:Buy Date, Sell, #Days1/12/2020, (No End Date), NaN7/10/2023, 1/31/2024, 177120001/1/2020, (No End Date), NaN9/19/2023, 1/31/2024, 11577600

I have been building a income and expense tracking base for myself that has evolved from a Google Sheet. Thus far I am loving the Airtable features and am anxiously awaiting a plotting solution. I have a question about implementing main categories and sub categories. For each expense I have defined main categories and sub categories. I have currently implemented this by creating separate tables within my base. One for main categories and one for sub categories and then linking to them within my main table. My problem is that my design requires that each sub category belongs to only a single main category however I have to manage that manually as I do not know how to explicitly restrict that relationship. Thus far it works as I am the only one that uses the base and know which sub categories belong to which main category. I would however like to share the input responsibilities with other

Hi everyone, may I know how or if it's possible to create 2 columns below a single field? Or 2 columns below a single cell?  

Hello,I am creating a base for performance reviews. Individuals receive Case Review scores (based on a form submission) in one table and then those scores are tabulated in a second Cumulative Scores table. My tables are linked. When I initially created my rollup fields in the Cumulative Scores table, I was able to pull the info from the Case Reviews table and populate my rollup without issue. Now when new forms are submitted, those rollup fields are not updating. I have tried adding lookup fields and automations, but I can't see to get it functioning. Can anybody help me resolve this issue?       

I would like to extract the months from dates in a multiselect field. If I use Month(Months) I get NaN, If I use DATETIME_FORMAT(Months, 'MMMM') I get #ERROR!.  Anyone know how to do this?  Thanks, Scott

Hello, I have a 'Client' table linking to another table that holds information about Event Labor. From the Event Labor table, I am trying to send an automated email to the client (email address linked from its own table.) When creating the action, the 'Email (from Client table)' is an option, and then I have the choice Linked Record ID or Value. I assumed to use Value but neither choice is working. Any solutions? Video to show my work https://www.loom.com/share/38183324bec943ca8c58bffa9ac91162 

I feel like I'm either being stupid or something odd is happening regarding LIST VIEWS.In my Interface, I can add a LIST VIEW and add levels and it works fine.  My table has a Providers Table at the top, linked to Payroll Table, linked to Transactions.  works as expected.BUT, in my Providers TABLE, when I add a LIST VIEW and try to add Levels, it ONLY shows the ability to add levels ABOVE, not below, like it does in the Interface.  There are no levels ABOVE, as Providers is the top. Why does this work fine in Interfaces but not in table views???

We are currently using Airtable Team and have  a billing question. So our team devolved 2 interfaces. 1 for managers and another for HR. Managers are only collaborators in the manger interface. would we still be billed the full amount of 20 USD per collaborator even though they don't have full access? 

Hello there! I've built a Base to track "Vacation Requests" and 'balance vacation days' in two simple tables:1) Staff: where fields are name, email, role, hired date, accrued days (formula based on hired date), used days (roll up from the sum of all approved vacation requests), balance days (accrued-used).2) Vacation Request: where fields are req. id (formula), name (linked from staff table), email (linked from staff table), start-date, end-date, requested days (formula), status, duration (formula, only populate if status approved, this field is used on a roll up in the 'staff' table). Up to there, everything's perfect. Where I'm stuck is how to keep track once the 12 month period is reset for each team member. Picture below illustrates an example:   Technically, for that team member that used 27 days alr

Hi Everyone,i am new to Airtable and try to build a small solution for our cycling club. We like to keep track of group rides, so i have three tables:Members (List of all Members)Routes with the fields:NameDistanceRecords with the fields:Member (multiple records, from Members table)Route (from Routes table)DateI have a form there a member can create a records and add a records for a group ride on a date and can select multiple members who joined the ride. A member can do the same route on multiple days.Now id like to create a view which shows a member list with the sum of the distance of the routes.Expected output:Marianne Westhoff, Distance 40Marcel Mertens, Distance 30Daniela Feuersträter, Dis

Hi, Zapier pulls in employee leave when its added to a google calendar. Employees can take time off in half-day increments. If the start date is 21st Feb 2020 2pm and the end date is 24th Feb 6pm that should come out as 1.5 days holiday. (date diff ingnoring the weekend). I think I can see how to add in UK holidays but is there a good way to take the time of day into account so a morning or afternoon is counted as a half day? Thanks!

Hi, I have a table with a single select field called “Status” that has 3 values (Pending, Refused, Granted) I want that every new record to be receiving default “Pending” value and i also want to be able to change it afterwards to either Refused or Granted. Thank you

Hi - desperately need help in figuring out what in the world is not working. I am creating a production timeline where the campaign launch is the starting point. From there, I want to count and report certain milestone dates bases on a typical timeline. These milestones are working days (M-F) so not a normal "count backwards". I have to do this for multiple types of campaigns, so instead of making stagnant formulas I'm referencing dates on another table. yes, I looked in to automations and record templates, but they don't allow for relative dates so this is the workaround. Example) Campaign 1Milestone 1: Day -13Milestone 2: Day -10Milestone 3: Day -7Milestone 4: Day -2Milestone 5: Day -1Campaign Launch: Day 0Example) Campaign 2Milestone 1: Day -17Milestone 2: Day -15Milestone 3: Day -12Milestone 4: Day -5

I have several tables in my base.For each table, I import, on a monthly basis, an Excel spreadsheet.Every time, every single time, I have to re-map all the necessary fields (15-20 for each sheet), even though the format/layout of the spreadsheet hasn't changed.I want to know how to avoid having to re-map every time I import an Excel spreadsheet. I want Airtable to remember the mapping it used for that table the last time I imported an Excel spreadsheet.I am NOT looking to import CSV data. If I wanted to do that, I would use the CSV Import app. I don't. I want to import Excel sheets.Can this be done or not?

This is to avoid accidentally modifying cell contents or modifying rows. Often time I was in a table view and the mouse was placed at a cell, and I wasn't careful enough so keystrokes sometimes override the contents of cells. This can happen if you are using hotkeys, e.g. CTRL+C but it's not simultaneously pressed, so a C may replace the cell content you want to copy. If I didn't notice this before I lost the chance to undo, it would be very painful or sometimes even impossible to recover the content. Note this is not the View lock, nor the lock to specific cells. It's also not permission-based locking. Just a fool proof for data integrity.I'm imagining that I can set a table to default lock state, so that any modification in the table view was either not effected or with some warning before taking effect. A user can still modify the content in the row editor. Are there existing features that are similar to this, or can this be a feature request? Thank

I have a customer table and a products table. Under interfaces, I have an Explore / Find Customer grid view. I would like to add a button that opens another page showing all of the products that Customer is linked to. I can already see the related products in the fly-in view, but how do I parse this information to a new page view when I can display it as a grid?

Hi there,Help!Our Zapier connection stopped working despite the automatic Oauth integration managed by Zapier. Anyone know how we can fix this?We get "Validation error" as message.

Hello community! I am looking for assistance with the design of a table that involves records with a field linked to other records within the same table. I know how to include differed records in a field but I donk know how to see in the second ones that have been connected. Let's see an example: I have a table with a list of schools. I mark in a field of one of the records (school 1) that collaborates with 2 other schools (school 2, school 3) (I use a field linked to the base that permits multiple records). The question is: how can I see inside the records school 2 and school 3, that they have been linked to the record school 1? Is it a way to get this? Thank you very much Marta

Hello everyone,I've been working on a project that involves making calls to the OpenAI GPT API from Airtable scripting. However, I've encountered a limitation that's been a significant hindrance in the progress of my project.The issue lies with the execution time limit for scripts in Airtable, which is currently set at 30 seconds. In my project, I'm using OpenAI's GPT to generate text based on prompts, and the time it takes to make a request to the API and receive a response often exceeds this 30-second limit.This becomes a significant issue especially when dealing with larger text inputs or outputs, as the processing time inherently increases. Network delays can also contribute to the problem, further extending the execution time.Given the complex nature of language models and the extensive use cases they can cover, it's often necessary to allow for more processing time. The current limitation restricts the full utilization of these powerful APIs and hin

I wanted my user records to have a field determining skills and proficiency for each skillsSay for exampleFull Name | Language ProficienciesElsa | English - Beginner, Dutch - Mid-Level, Japanese - FluentHow do I achieve that?