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I’m not even sure the correct terminology so having difficulty looking it up.  I am creating a form with timeslots.  I need people to fill out the form and select a timeslot, but once someone has selected one, that timeslot shouldn’t be able to be selected by someone else.  Is this even possible?

(I suspect this has been answered before, but I’m having a hard time figuring out how to search for it. Apologies in advance.)I have a table that includes several hundred rental product models. This table is called ‘Fixtures’.I have a table for individual projects called ‘Projects’.For each given Project, I will want to link a Client (I know how to do that) and then I want to create a document where I can list an allocation of equipment needs for the project that pulls in data from Fixtures.The final output needs to be a multi-page printable document that looks something like this…--ProjectClient(Qty) (Fixture B) (Qty) (Fixture Q)(Qty) (Fixture AN)… --So this is roughly equivalent to creating a sales estimate, but ideally pulls in data from the Fixtures table to then populate additional related info.If anyone could point me to a relevant sample base or offer any insight, I would appreciate it.

I see several posts that are similar to my question, but I haven't been able to find the actual solution yet.  I have a database of all our locations, and at any given time we have about 40 pending locations. I'd like to send an automated email to the listed manager each month asking for an update until the status is changed from pending to open.  Some managers have multiple pending locations at one time so I'd like to only send one email per manager rather than multiple if there are several pending in their area. There's probably a few ways to do this, but for now I have a rollup column on a different table that breaks down by district all the pending locations.Any thoughts?

How do you accomplish that Airtable shows as the example?  I want a picture on one side, then next it it several vertical fields, but they only go horizontally or below the picture.  

Current Issue:By default, Airtable automations trigger every time a defined condition is met, such as when a field is updated. However, in cases where changes happen in quick succession, the automation may run multiple times unnecessarily. This leads to inefficiencies and potential inconsistencies in workflow execution. Objective:I want to configure an Airtable automation that runs only after a certain period of time has passed since the last change, rather than triggering immediately with every update. This delay would allow for multiple consecutive changes to "settle" before the automation executes, preventing unnecessary or redundant triggers. 

I have a date field that I am wanting to use to send a slack notification when it is updated and/or changed, however while doing planning I am amending that date field multiple times to settle on the final agreed date - is there a way in which that slack notification can only be triggered once the date is settled and planning has been completed? 

Hello  I would like your help regarding the  privileges of the following  api key  : curl -s  -H "Authorization: Bearer p****" "https://api.airtable.com/v0/meta/bases"{"bases":[{"id":"app***”,"name":"Produ***","permissionLevel":"create"}]} My question what exactly permissionLevel":"create"  means ?  and is the difference with read-only ? Is there any security concert if for the above key if it is public ?  Thanks in advanceG. 

I have 100 people in my database, I want to send an email to each (email is in record) and in the email have a  button (webhook or form) that updates another field in their record. Example: Do you support the project? Button or form could either just have "Yes" (with no click being implied "No") or a form 

I am evaluating various platforms to build a custom production scheduling application for a client.  Here are some details:Customers place orders for products they need produced Each order can have multiple line items for different products they would like produced Each order line item needs to be scheduled on one or more machines to be produced. The scheduled jobs for each line item need to be run sequentially, but not necessarily back-to-back.  In fact, some products need to sit for a set period of time after one job before it can be consumed by the next job to make the final product If the date of the first job scheduled for a line item needs to be adjusted ahead or back, the other subsequent jobs need to be adjusted by the same amount of time as well.  For example, if a customer orders “Product A”, which needs to run on “Machine 1” on 3/20, then “Machine 2” on 3/21, then “Machine 3” on 3/25, if the job scheduled on “Machine 1” is changed to start on 3/21, then the job on “Machine 2

Hi 😊I need help with the form…🙄I have a table "Absences" created in Airtable, where employees can report paid vacation using the form. I also have a column "Remaining paid vacation days" created in Airtable using a formula, in which the employer can see what the balance of the employee's paid vacation is.I would like to add a field to the form that will be displayed while filling out the form (If the employee selects their name from the employees in the form and selects Vacation type-Paid vacation, a pre-filled field showing the data from the table: How many days of paid vacation the employee has left will appear).Thank you for your help! 😁

Hello all,I have multiple tables each with multiple single-select fields that I have created via the Airtable API.352 separate fields across 40-something tables. When creating the tables and columns I am able to define the selection options for each column and everything works smoothy.However I can not set a default option for these columns when creating them through the API. It is far too many columns for it to be reasonable to manually set each column default in the UI, as it is I already have to do some manual operations to create a formula field in each of these tables after creation due to limitations in the API capabilities.Does anybody know of a way to set default values in my field en mass?The majority of the fields hold the same selection options and would have the same default option set.I would even accept nuking the fields and/or tables and recreating them if my creation call can be altered to set the default but I was not able to accomplish this. I appreciate any assistanc

Hey all,I’m getting the dreaded “received invalid inputs” but it’s not specific.I have a form that someone fills out to get a “certificate” number in another table.There’s a specific view for the Non-Assigned certificates. There are two tables, one that stores the form’s data, and another that has a listing of certificate numbers and such. Now I’d set it up as such: Then the Find Records settings:  Not sure what else to do???   

Hi there, I’d like to create an automation that, when triggered manually, appends all records that match certain conditions to a Google Sheet (that I then apply built-in formulas to in the sheet). My first attempt was to choose the trigger “When record matches conditions” but that only seems to fire for when a new or updated record matches conditions, not for when an existing one does. How might I set up the conditions and action and then for a trigger be able to just click a button like “run” or turn it on? Is there another way to do this?

Hi, I am fairly new to Airtable, so I am trying to learn how to do things more efficiently. I have a question about formulas.Is there a way to select a field based on an input without using the SWITCH() function? I’m thinking something like a FIELD_SELECTOR() (← this a made up function as far as I know, but maybe something like it exists?), where I input the text display_name of a field, and output the value for that field. Or is this something where I need to start learning how to integrate python, and airtable built-in functions are not powerful enough?Example:I am making a database with taxonomic information (ie. latin names of living things). I have all the taxonomic ranks from Phylum to Species as separate fields. I have a field called taxonomic_rank that indicates the lowest taxonomic rank in the row. I want to make a function to create a display name that outputs “taxonomy_name taxonomic_rank”. So functionally, A row that says Arthropoda in Phylum and nothing in the lower ranks

Is there a way to add default values to forms where when clicking into the field, the default values disappear?As in, I would like to input an example of the information I’m looking for, and then when the user clicks into the field, they type as if there was nothing there.

Hello!I created a Project Template base that has various phases and steps with our design process. This base will be duplicated and renamed as new projects come in.I also created a separate Project Dashboard base, to be used to get a birds eye view of all the active projects going on at once.In the Project Template base there’s a table with a name, assignee, and project status fields. This grid view is synced to the Project Dashboard.Once I duplicate the project template base and rename it to the new project, is there a way to pull in the new name of the base into the name field?I didn’t see anywhere in the functions to pull in the base name. I was able to generate the base name using the script extension +  output.text(`${base.name}`);, but I don’t see a way of bringing that information into the name field.Thank you for your help!

Hi Airtable Community,I'm building an Airtable-like application using React.js, Redux, Node.js, and MySQL. In my app, all records (raw data) are sent to the frontend, and I need to handle filtering, sorting, and grouping entirely on the client-side, without making API calls.I want to ensure efficient data handling and real-time UI updates while maintaining good performance, especially for large datasets.Some Considerations:How does Airtable handle large datasets on the frontend efficiently? Should I use IndexedDB, Web Workers, or in-memory filtering for better performance? How can I implement real-time UI updates when filtering/sorting large data in React.js? Are there any caching mechanisms (e.g., Apollo Client, Local Storage) that help optimize filtering/sorting? Any experience with virtualization (e.g., React Virtualized) for large lists to improve rendering speed? Would Redux be a good option for managing local state filtering and sorting?If you have any references, articles, or do

What permission levels (Owner, Creator, Editor, Commenter, Read only) to an Airtable workspace can someone without an Airtable account have?

Hi Airtable Friends,I need help. Since I couldn’t squeeze all the Product fields I needed to see at-a-glance into the Record View template, I laid them out onto a Blank Canvas. But when I add the List element, it doesn’t display a list of products as would have been the case with the Record View template. Instead, it only allows me to choose from one of the Link to Record fields. If I change the source to “Products”, I see the list of products—but it’s not at all connected to the record view fields. Really hoping some of you  geniuses out there have ideas! Thanks in advance!  

Hi, I want to be able to copy the result in one field into another single-line text file so that I can look it up. The first field is multi-select. All I want to do is convert it into a single-line text field. I need this to look up the text from another table. I need to do this because the first field is already a lookup in this table from yet another, and I need to be able to link some of the details from a third table altogether. I hope this is making sense. I don’t know how else to explain it. Thanks S

Checking on if there is an update on this, as most posts about it are many years old. Can the airtable branding be removed from an embedded calendar?It seems none of the alternatives that I’m aware of can customize the visible days the way airtable can. Softr can do a week view (7 days with the weekend, or 5 days no weekend. Miniextensions can only do the whole month. Neither softr nor miniextensions can do the colorcoding.  Is there a workaround for this yet? 

See screenshots below - I've used the "find records" option many times, and always restrict it to a specific view.  Only this time, and any time I test the find records action anywhere globally, it suddenly seems to stop at 10 records. The description still lists the limit as 100 records, it just stops at 10.  The view in question has 52 records in it. I've even went so far as to test this on older automations which we've since stopped using (afraid to touch any currently running automations for fear they might stop working properly).I've recreated the automation, refreshed the page, re-sorted/grouped records, but have not been able to work around the issue.Has anyone else ran into this?

I have a database and I would like that each time a person registers in the form, if he/she already exists in the database, just update his/her information and do not duplicate the contact (the database contains his/her ID number which is unique). Thanks!!

I am new to Airtable and I work in Procurement. I have built something for our buyers to use and track all projects and contracts. What I have not been able to successfully do is create a savings report for upper management. I have looked online and youtube and I have been unsuccessful. Can anyone be so kind as to help me? 

Hi community members, I’m setting up an automation that triggers based on the date but running into a problem with getting the values of the record that triggered the automation… To give you context, the main table is "Reservation" and contains all details of the reservation. In it, there is also a linked field "Yacht" which points to another table "Yachts". I have also added 2 lookup fields in Reservations : yacht name and yacht model. I defined the input variables but when I want to output them, the linked fields are empty arrays (see screenshots below). Please advise on how to fix it because I need to pass these values via webhook for further use.