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Hi everyone, I have a bunch of records and have used the QR Code Generator extension to generate a QR Code and save it to an attachment field. The problem with this is that each QR code has the same filename (as there’s no option to rename the file), this makes it very confusing when downloading them all. I have come across a script here : Automate changing the file name of an attachment // Setup let config = input.config() let table = base.getTable(“ :amphora: CONSIGNED ITEMS”) let query = await table.selectRecordsAsync() let record = query.getRecord(config.recordID) // Collect record data let newPrefix = record.getCellValue(“AuctionLotNumber”) let files = record.getCellValue(“Bidsquare Cloud QR”) // Get the extension and add it to the new name let newFiles =

Hello! I am trying to create an automation that conditionally checks to see if a user is tagged in a text field. Trigger: When a record is updated, watching field called "Internal Notes"(Internal Notes is a Long text field with rich text formatting enabled)Condition: If Internal Notes contains @Honey Bee(Honey Bee is a real user in my base, created for testing. And also my dog's name.)And the condition is simply not triggering! I have attached 3 screenshots:The Automation configurationThe Automation test result output showing the contents of "Internal Notes" on my test recordThe same conditions applied to my table as a filter, working correctly and displaying the same record I'm using for testing.Already testing a workaround solution, but still trying to crack why this isn't working as anticipated for me. Thanks!

Hiya - I have a script that moves records from one table to another but the comments that have been written within the record don't go with them.  Why? 

Hi All -I've been battling with this issue for two days.I would like to send an email (via gmail integration) to a user when a record matches a condition.  I've connected everything and almost all of it works except one thing.  I want to include a url for the recipient to click if they need to update any information but it does not populate.That URL is its own field in Airtable.  I use the + and choose the data and see it in the email properties.  However when I preview (or test email) the url is never there.  I have tried different formats for the field (short text, long text, formula and URL) - none of them work.  If I hard code the URL (arbitrarily selecting on from the table), it displays correctly.  I've tried it just as text or as a clickable link using the syntax on the Airtable help pages. I've been able to similarly replicate this using the Twilio text integration (i.e., no url there either.)What am I missing? T

I am trying to create a formula for the following informationOvertime $This field is Overtime Hours *.50 * Pay RateHowever, I just get ERROR, and I am stuckThis was the excel formula =SUM(D4*0.5)*B4D4 being Overtime Hours and B4 being Pay Rate

I’m currently running a script that creates a set of records. There are 67 records that need to get created. Usually it works. However, sometimes only a portion of the records are created. If I run the script a second time it works. Why does this happen and how do I resolve this?

So it's obviously quite a shock getting the email yesterday, the 23rd of August with the massive downgrades to the Pro Plan (Team Plan). However, this post is not to nag on the obvious downgrades which are going to affect how some current systems work. How I see it is some clients will have no choice but to upgrade, at a high expense, or stay on the Team Plan and try and work with the downgrades. My first question that I want to have more clarification on what's offered on the new Business Plan that was not available on the Pro Plan. The two main points that really stand out to me are as follows:Two Way Sync 🆕Unlimited Workspaces 🆕Are there any other exciting features I can show my clients that was not available until the new Business Plan features come into affect?  Question 2: Unlimited WorkspacesPrior to this, my understanding on the Pro Plan was that each workspace was billed as an

Hello - hoping someone can help! I feel (hope?) the solution is simple, but I am totally stumped!GOAL: I am trying to summarize the total number of unique values across 4 linked record fields. CONTEXT: I run a coaching business that hosts group coaching sessions (called cohorts) for clients. These cohorts sessions can span across 2-3 months. I currently have a table that summarizes the total number of group sessions for each month / client. In addition to tallying up the total number of group sessions, I also want tally up the total number of unique cohorts that are meeting monthly. ATTEMPTED SOLUTION: I thought that maybe I could create two additional fields (1) that combines all the linked records for the month / client into a comma separated list and (2) a field that then counts the number of unique values within that string of text... but I can't get that t

Is there a way to automate delete an image after the date set for that image. Context this is for a social media posting automation using another source (Make.com with airtable). Only have the free airtable account so it will occasionally say there are too many images, it would be nice if they would automatically delete after posting. Thanks

HelloHoping someone can help. When I click a button to trigger an automation, I want that automation to presend a blank dialog/popup for a user to fill in - the contents of that being used in the automation.e.g. if I have an end user submit a deal for investment and I want to reject that deal - I want the automation to pop up a "Reject reason" dialog which is then used to update the reject reason field.Appreciate any ideas!

Previously there is information on the related linked record similar to what we see in the base. But now the information is no longer there. 

Hi all,I run a small publishing business that is considering using Airtable to manage our advertising database. We have a small handful of users — like around 5 or so — that really NEED Airtable access.I have security permissions concerns, and I know we will hit the record and attachment size limits quickly. Enterprise has a handful of other features we could possibly use.My question — is Enterprise worth it to get around those things? It's a lot of money, but is it worth it?Or should I hire someone to build something for me using Airtable APIs with SOFTR on Pro plans? And then pair it with Google Drive or Box? No matter what, I expect to bump up against record limits. Looking for feedback!

Hi folks,I'm having trouble with setting up an automation correctly involving 2 tables.Table 1: Feedback, Table 2: Users.Users (that already exist), complete a form in the Feedback table.I want to set up an automation that finds the matching User entry to each Feedback form entry, based on their unique email.So far, I've managed to:1. Set up the trigger successfully (when a record is created in Feedback)2. Add a Find records steps that matches the email (unique ID) between both tablesI am struggling with the last step of 'update record', I don't know which options are correct for Record ID and fields, I can't seem to get it right.Thank you!

 Good afternoon,We have two databases, A and B. We need to be able to run a query that searches the Postcode Column in databse B that matches the fist 3 or 4 identifiers ( i.e. SW4) from a postcode column in Database A.Obviously a radius or top 10 closest criteria would be preferred but trying to find the best way to do this.ThanksTreena

Hey team! I keep receiving a "Received invalid inputs" error when running a Slack Action Message automation. It seems that, even though a channel is selected, the automation is just not picking it up (see second screenshot). Have tried switching to different channels to no avail. Any insight here on how to fix?Gratitude.

Help!I can't get the automation below to change the status of our EE to moved out. I keep getting receive invalid inputs. Basically I want it to be when the lease end date is today or past and EE status is not canceled then it will change the EE status to moved out. Thank you!

Hello to everyone, First of all, thanks in advance for your responses. I want to make an automation via Airtable Automations that changes the content of a text record (actually, add a word at the end) when a checkbox is enabled. For that I have made a new automation, when a record matches a condition  (in this case, when this field is true) and I pretend to run a script action after that, but I don't know what to put in the script.The idea is that when the checkbox is enabled (true), the script grabs the content of the "Event" field, save it to a variable, add a word at the end (For example, "CANCELED") and in the last step update this field with the old content plus the key word. Any idea of how to do this? Thanks in advance again.

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://api.airtable.com/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}?maxRecords=3&view=Grid%20view" -Headers @{"Authorization"="Bearer YOUR_SECRET_API_TOKEN"} Error Message in Windows Power ShellInvoke-WebRequest : {"error":{"type":"INVALID_PERMISSIONS_OR_MODEL_NOT_FOUND","message":"Invalid permissions, or therequested model was not found. Check that both your user and your token have the required permissions, and that themodel names and/or ids are correct."}}At line:1 char:1+ Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://api.airtable.com/v0/{baseId} ...+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [I

Hi, I use Airtable to hold all my subscribers data (around 10k and slowly growing) and want to send them a weekly newsletter.I tried Make.com but it is a bit expensive, considering its pricing added to the one of a mailing service, so I was happy to see that Sendgrid had an integration with Airtable. Unfortunately though it won't let me create an account, apparently they don't want my business 🙂 They don't say why, maybe the country (I'm in Italy), I don't know, it just won't even let me open a new account.Does anyone know of alternatives?Thanks

Hi I need your help. I do have a database of records with a number of columns corresponding to each record. Now I would like to send out an email to the database in order to confirm the data they have given in previous communication (original table) and additionally I would like them to confirm their willingness to take part in the competition (checkbox) and approve new consent (checkbox). I would expect to direct them to a form page with some prefilled records (email, name etc) along with new fields (consent). After submitting the form records from original table should be updated. Is that possible and how can I achieve that. Appreciate your help. Greg 

I am working on a base with one table that has a record of all my fabric purchases, their respective lengths and widths. I want to create a my second table as a list of patterns and the length and width requirements for the fabric necessary to complete the pattern and have it automatically pull what fabrics I have that are eligible for the project based on the length and width criteria of the pattern. Is this possible?

Hi Everyone, I have a table called 'projects' that has a field called 'schools' . I want to be able to display the number of unique schools in this field using the Number element in Interfaces. I can count the record easy enough but the records in the project table may contact multiple instances of the schools so I'd like to display a count of how many unique records there are.Hope that makes sense   Jason

I have records with a %Completed field. I previously created an automation that updates a progress status field based on milestone dates applied to that record. This automation is triggered when the %Completed field is updated and it has been working wonderfully. There are 9 separate conditions with three progress status options. The first condition is shown in the screenshot below. The other 8 are just below out of frame.If today is between Milestone 1 and Milestone 2 dates and %Completed is > 25% = On TrackIf between M1 and M2 and % >= 12 and < 25 = Behind ScheduleIf between M1 and M2 and % < 12 = At Risk.If between M2 and M3 and % >= 50 = On TrackIf between M2 and M3 and % >= 35 and < 50 = Behind ScheduleIf between M2 and M3 and % < 35 =At RiskIf between M3 and Deadline and % >= 75 =

I am creating a hour tracker for my instructors (around 70 of them).  I have a requirement in which I show how many hours they taught each month.  In table 1 (Instructor Hours) I have everyone listed, with a formula field for total hours to date and each month through 2024.In table 2 I have a form to push updates to table 1, however the form I'm using just seems to replace the current number in table 1 for each month instead of adding them up.  Should I do a rollup linking to the update field that way, just tired of bashing my head against the wall trying to figure this out, any help would be appreciated.  Thank you!

I think it's clear that the vast majority of the Airtable Community has rejected the new dashboard/home screen design. For every 1 person complaining here (and there are many across the threads), there are many more unhappy people that are not posting (like my 7 staff members). It's clear the Product Team & decision-makers have no interest in accommodating or reversing this update after removing the option to roll back to the previous version, regardless of the negative feedback already received then. Yet Airtable Management needs to address us. So if it isn't regarding a solution to our concerns then I would like to ask;why did you 'fix' something that to so many of us wasn't broken?what methodology or use cases determined dashboard navigation & layout? what artistic school/philosophy/strategy determined the new colors/designs? why was the initial roll-out done without warning & why n