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I run a small non-profit and we use Airtable to track all of our donors/volunteers/etc. I want to do address labels for a mailing. We currently have the columns set up as First Name, Spouse Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip. Is there an easy way to print labels from Airtable? If the best way is to export, then how do I get around that my columns are too specific (ie I need First, Spouse, Last name to be one line, and City, State, Zip to be one line). Thanks!

I would like to print mailing labels from my database. How to do it?

I have used the block “Page Designer” to create a 3x5 label which I would like to then print to a rolled label printer one at a time or as needed. We will affix these labels to the front of our job folders for internal use. Has anyone used a Rollo Label Printer – Commercial Grade Direct Thermal High Speed Printer or something comparable to accomplish this? It appears this type printer is used mainly for shipping purposes, and I am worried airtable will not communicate well with it for printing purposes. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

I am a business specialist for a company and I also teach workout classes for the women in our office 3 times a week. I have a fitness Airtable base where I have added all the exercises I like with a muscle group field. I am trying to find a way to automatically generate a workout to reduce the time I have to spend coming up with a set of exercises. For example, we worked chest and triceps yesterday so today I want to generate a workout that includes x number of exercises with x number being bicep workouts, x number being back workouts, and x being ab workouts.I have very minimal developer experience but I can edit and update pieces of a script if given the outline. 

What are some good software options for automating generation of word docs using data from a record in Airtable? I would like to be able to trigger the automation in an Airtable interface (as opposed to an extension on the data side).

 Hi, I was hoping to show the number of records within a group such as the above… e.g. 2025 (80)          School Workshop (40)          EmpowerU Ambassadors (40) If this feature request can be added to Airtable that would be great. Thanks,Kieran

Is Airtable’s Map app embeddable? If not, what tools do you use to embed? The self help article doesn’t cover this: Airtable Support Map app If you have a field containing addresses or latitude-longitude coordinates, the map app allows you to plot your records on one of three different kinds of maps. Please note that you need a working ...

Hello,I think I'm at my limits with trying to get Airtable to function as we really envisioned.  Anyone know the best place to find Airtable consultants with likely programming abilities?  A few of the things we really wanted to do were:1. Create a custom form that goes to contacts and their selections would filter back into our main table but this needs to be very limited with selections as certain items we code on contacts are internal only.2.  A mass emailer.  We use Airtable as a giant database for our independent contractors and code them by areas they cover and preferences.  We have Zapier and an external operations system and would love the ability to integrate all so that we can send a mass email to a designated list of names/email addresses based on a filter that looks nice and inputs the key job data available from our operations software (SQL Server database).  Have struggled with this one and even though we have the Stripo HTML email created it

Hello everyone,I’ve created an Airtable to help manage pre-production workflows and am struggling to get what I think is a simple automation running; I’d like that when a record is assigned a contact person (The “Assigned?” field is “Yes”) and given an “Assignee” to carry out this task, that the status of that record be updated in the “Interviewees” table to “Contact Assigned.” This is the automation I’ve set up so far but no matter what I do, I keep getting the “Record does not exist” error.I can’t get it to update the status of the record within the “Interviewees” table. Now I’m wondering the problem lies in the fact that the record name or interviewee name is not the primary field in the ‘Interviewee contact status” table, but you can’t make a primary field a linked record. Is there any way to get around that or is that not the problem at all? Is this an automation problem or a table infrastructure problem? Thank you!

Hey everyone! I just launched ETL++ on the Airtable Marketplace. It pulls data from any API into your base with clean field mapping. What it does: Connect to any REST API (Yelp, Google Places, HubSpot, Stripe, your internal tools, etc..) Map JSON fields to Airtable columns visually Smart upserts: updates existing records, no duplicates Schedule auto-syncs every 30 min, hourly, daily, or weekly  I’m actively collecting feedback and will build custom features for users.Give it a try and let me know what you think or what you wish to be added! Check it out here →  ETL++ Questions? Need help setting up your first sync, or looking for ongoing support?Comment below or email requests@autometasolutions.comAlways happy to help!

I’m looking at building an interface to streamline inputting some information but before I think about redesigning my current database I just want to check if it’s possible to create an interface that would allow information to be updated across multiple tables?Even more complicated, would it be possible for the interface to react live to automations? To try to give a bit of context I want to have a contract table where the top line contract information is kept - as part of this an automation creates different versions of a product linked to that contract in an editions table…Could an interface handle me entering the contract detail and then have the editions appear ready to be edited?  

I just added a new user as Portal Editor in a portal interface. Let’s call them {USERNAME}After they used the portal, Airtable upgraded their seat to Editor.(I am the only admin, and I know this upgrade was not done by me, so it was done by Airtable) The Admin panel lists the upgrade event as, “{USERNAME} made edits to Interface {INTERFACE}"Now, I know that {USERNAME} didn’t actually edit the interface, because they don’t have base access. And I know that portal editors are *supposed* to be able to change fields via the interface.So what the heck does the upgrade event “{USERNAME} made edits to Interface {INTERFACE}" mean? I can’t find this documented anywhere.Thanks for any insight,Natalka

While trying to import a CSV file in Airtable, I got the least helpful error message possible: Not very informative! If anyone’s seen this and has a suggestion, I’m all ears… Natalka

Above are my video statuses.  Each being usually marked by whomever is processing.Now, they won’t always have an issue, so 4-5B won’t always be marked.  Sometimes the localization nor the closed captioning will happen, however for the most part they’re all sequential. The Ready for Production will happen a couple times if there are errors, and they have to be changed back to the ready for production status after errors are corrected.Any suggestions on how to set this up as far as for a timeline/Gant to show the progress for each step?I do have dates for each of these statuses:All the way up to It’s a WrapAm I missing any dates, or should my order take into consideration for the errors and have multiple, video editing done dates, and statuses?  Just curious.  My idea is the gant/timeline views would show the dependencies, predecessors, and successors, and each would be colored based upon their status color.  Do I have enough there to do this?  Iike I said, some dates may be empty as the

Hi everyone 👋 I’m using Airtable on the Team Plan, and I manage several bases within the same workspace.Each base is shared with different people (some as Editor, Commenter, or Read-only).I want to make sure that none of these collaborators especially Editors, Commenters, or Read-only users can duplicate, copy, or move my bases into their personal workspaces. What should I do?  Thanks for your help.

Hello! I need some help with an automation setup.I’ve created an automation that ends with a loop step, and I would like to add one final action after the loop completes — for example, sending a notification once the last record in the loop has been processed.However, Airtable doesn’t allow adding steps after a loop, so I’m not sure how to handle this.What is the best practice to be notified when the entire automation (including the loop) has finished running?Is there a recommended workaround or pattern for this?Any advice would be very helpful, thank you!!

Are there any airtable builders based in the UK.  I need to find someone registered here to qualify for funding for my project which is a client facing portal.  Thanks 

Hi Guys, Has anyone found a way to schedule an export of a view and send it as an email attachment as a csv natively in Airtable (possibly with a script)? Thanks

Automation in AirtableI have a Donations table with the field Donor that contains a Single Line Text field with the donor name in it. I have a Summary table that is linked back to the Donations table using the Link Another Record filed with Allow Linking to Multiple Records to be selected. The linked field in the Summary table has a list of Donors from the Donations table. I want to automate the insertion of a new Donor name into the linked field in the summary table when I create a new record in the Donations table.It seems it should be straight froward but I keep running into a problem with figuring out what to select in the Actions section.Trigger = When a record is createdIn Actions:I choose Update Record I Put in a description so I don’t forget whY I did this. Action will run Always Under Table I choose summary table Under Record ID I copied the record id from the table from formula in table. The Summary table is only  record so I just put in a formula in that row. Under Fields I

I have an interface - created as a blank interface, and I am using  an existing table to enter the info. How do I go about printing this?What I really need is a clear place for me to click into a record and see all the info at once - like a PDF (I should be able to design it, very specifically), I should be able to switch between records very easily, and print easily and neatly. Any ideas? 

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 SIGN-UP USING THIS LINK 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨Hey!!For the last few months the idea of running a Community Led Airtable Hackathon has been lingering in my head. When, how, and what is not clear at all to me yet, so I wanted to open up the discussion early on to make sure this is really community led.Brainstorming:Format: Virtual (for sure). Synchronous (everyone builds during a given time frame) or asynchronous (projects submitted over a few weeks). Themes: Specific theme (e.g. procurement, marketing ops, nonprofits, etc.), or leave it totally open to “build whatever you enjoy”? Why I think this could be fun: A chance to show off creativity. A way to learn from each other’s builds. An opportunity to meet new peers. A reason to push Airtable to its limits in unusual or inspiring ways (different to the day-to-day work we do for our clients or within our organizations).  Would love to get some input from the usual suspects here, and from any other Airtable enthusiast!​@Scott

Hello,We are using Airtable to replace ClickUp and we started to play around with the interface.As we use it as a task management, how we can enable the bulk edit to change multiple tasks dates in the interface view ? thanks

Hi Airtable Community,I have a single-select (dropdown) field in my Airtable base, and I need to reorder the options in the dropdown list.Currently, the options appear in the order they were created, but I want to:Change the order manually (e.g., move certain options to the top).Questions:Is there a way to reorder dropdown options without deleting and recreating them? Can this be automated (e.g., via scripting or an integration)? Any best practices for managing dropdown option order in large bases?Thanks for your help!

I’m wondering how or if a Make or Zapier sync model can detect changes on field types that can’t trigger the ‘last modified’ field that the sync is based on. If no editable fields on the record are ever changed, would the sync detect changes on a rollup field?What’s a best practice way to achieve this?

Hello, I want to create a food menu, such that customers can view the food items and other details in the gallery view and can order multiple food items at once by submitting. This will streamline process and give a better customer experience. I will provide a tablet or a link to them to make an order; At present, I have the option to give them a form which is not graphical and they have to make any submissions from their table. The data goes into the grid view and is accessed in the kitchen for processing. Thanks