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Hi there,I have a customer who has developed his logistics management system. It has a well done system with interfaces and automations. He wants me to develop new functionalities, interfaces and automations, but I don't want to touch the system that is in production.What is the best way to do, clone the complete database, only the table and the affected interface. What about the automations?Please your comments on the best way to do it.Thank you,Joseph

Hello! Who is an export in building short term rental inventory systems in Airtable?I work for a A/V production company that rents out LED Tiles and Audio equipment to trade shows. We'd like to build an inventory system that tracks gear getting rented to specific jobs and clients.We'd also like to be able to download what we call a "pull sheet" which is a nicely designed PDF that lists all of the gear getting rented for a specific job. Is anyone up for helping to build this out?

I have an interface that has worked properly for months. But in the last week or so, its behavior has changed so as to make the interface unusable. To demonstrate the issue with video, I've just made this greatly simplified version of it.The filter is tied to the element. When I enter a member number, any existing records linked to that member number should display (this still works). When I add a new record and link it to the member, it should be added to the displayed records (this has stopped working).What the video does not show is that if I look into the table, a new record has been created, but it is not linked. So it's as if the new record is being filtered out before I can even put anything into it. (If that's the case, why is it still letting me select a member - giving me the impression that I've linked the record?)I did nothing to change the configuration of the base or the interface (which was created with the Blank template). So, is this a bug that was introduced rece

Hi there! I have two tables involved in this automation, a Projects table and a Tasks table. Currently my automation is set up so that when a project status changes to "Ready to Build," a series of new records are created in the Tasks table.I'm running into a scenario where a project might be paused or delayed and moves back to "Pending" status, then back to "Ready to Build" again at a later date. Is there a way to keep the automation from recreating the same set of tasks again?Thanks! 

I'm trying to set up an automated email to email our clients with a feedback form (not an Airtable form, we use a different platform). The feedback form needs to be tailored to each individual, so I've added a field for the link for each record. In the automated email, I'm using the "choose data from" tool to insert the form url from the record. However, when I generate the preview, there is nothing left. I've attached screen shots of the draft email vs the preview. How do I make the link appear in the email??

Building a couple automated email reminders and having a weird issue. I have three attachment fields, first is for a black credit card authorization form, the second is for client invoice, and third is for client’s completed credit card form. So far, my automated email reminder for past due balance works nicely, which includes hyperlinks to auth form and their invoice. However, I’m building a second auto email and when I try to enter Clients completed form link, nothing shows up. I have checked multiple times and there is indeed a link in the row & field, but when I go to fill the body of my email with placeholder text and insert the dynamic field for Completed form URL, its blank. It’s almost seems like the properties for automations are syncing with what is entered on my table.

I'm using Airtable to keep updated physical therapy notes for learners in a special needs school. All PT students and I fill out a form that feeds into a table to keep the daily notes. This is all fine until trying to fill out the information for group sessions but having it feed into each learners' individual notes.What I need to be able to do is select all the learners present in the group, fill in the general session notes (I.e. date, time, what activities the group did) and then have the form open a section for each of the learners to have an individual section to be able to write up their individual performance. This single form then needs to feed into individual records in the main database table. To try and make it clearer, if there are three learners in a gross motor group (child A, B and C) I need the main database to reflect the following:For child A - the date, time and general group info, Child A's individual performance in the group but NO information related to child

I am looking for a Chrome extension that sort of acts as a reverse web clipper. The extension should take data from Airtable (or alternatively a csv-file) and put it in certain input fields of a handful of selected websites. I would like to be able to select the input fields via css tags. Does anybody know an extension that would be suitable for the job? Thanks in advance!

Hello!I created an automation that is pulling records from ONBOARDING table to a APPLICANT table - I have about 25  records (steps) I would like it to pull. I got the automation to work, however, it's only pulling 10 of the 25 records even though I have the Maximum Record Limit set to 500. (tried all different numbers). I also noticed that in the Update Record action of the automation, when I hover over the chip in "Fields" it says "Preview: 10 records" - this might be where the issue is, but, I can't figure out how to update that. any help is appreciated. I saw some other posts about this from almost a year ago saying it was a bug. Wondering if it just didn't get fixed. I am able to manually add the other steps, but, that kind of defeats the purpose of an automation. thanks!

Hi,I have a database for planning a vegetable garden, within it there is a table for vegetables which contains a field called 'avoid', this links to records in the vegetables table that this plant shouldn't be planted near. I would like to do some sort of rollup / lookup to show a list of vegetables that need to avoid this plant.Beans need to 'avoid' onions.In the onions record I'd like to see field that says onions are 'avoided by' beans.This is similar to a two-way link where one person becomes their daughter's mother after making the link.Any ideas? Thanks.

I run an event. Participants can suggest multiple different types of program items to have (talk, workshop, etc.). Since Airtable doesn’t support form logic (grr) this requires multiple forms, as each item has different requirements (for a workshop I need to know room layout, for a performance I need to know A/V needs, etc.). I noticed that a single table can support multiple form views, so in theory I can gather all this data in one place, which is great. But to do that, I need some way to indicate which form the data came from so I know which item type it’s for. Airtable also doesn’t support hidden form fields (grr!). It will look bad to have a form that says “Workshop Proposal Form” and then have a question for “What kind of item is this?” with “workshop” as the only answer. So is there any way to create a form key of some kind? Or am I stuck making one table for each type of item, or doing some hacky workaround like creating fields called email-workshop and email-talk and using tho

I have a table for payment processing. When new records get created with a certain status, I would like to find the biggest check number in the table and add 1. Not sure if this would be using automation or formulas but thought I would start here. Thank you!

Hi folks! I have been stuck on an automation for a few days now 😕😕 I have two tables: "Tasks" and "Topics".I used the "Topics" table to add a layer to my "Tasks" table. Individual records in "Tasks" are nested under the appropriate "Topics" section.The "Topics" table has a record (section) titled "Resolved".When I update the status of a "Task" to to resolved, I want the record to move from its existing "Topics" section to the "Resolved" section within the "Tasks" table. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get this action to run! The closest I've got is trying to add the record ID of the "Resolved" topic, but it doesn't actually move the original record. Thank you in advance! 

I'm trying to create a solution for managing events and event attendance.I have 3 tables: Contacts, Events, Attendance.In the Contacts table, an Event is manually linked via a linked field (the Contact can have multiple Events in here, sometimes added in quick succession). Once this link is set, I have an automation that runs to create a record in the Attendance table (fields: Contact link, Event link). This table must have one record per Contact per Event. The Contact link is set in the automation for this new record but how do I update the Event link (considering the Contact can have multiple). The part I'm struggling with is how can I link the Attendance table to the correct Event.Any advice is much appreciated.Thanks.

Hello Airtable community!I inherited a pretty robust Airtable system from a predecessor and have been working to revamp it, but my formula skills are not as good as the person who came before me, and I've been struggling to get IF AND statements to work. The logic seems sound, but they keep returning empty cells.One of the ones I'm struggling with concerns a formula that should return 1 of 2 options if a cell has a specific entry. I can get a single IF statement to return the correct result, but as soon as I try to include an AND, it fails. Here's what I have so far:In my table, the formula field is 'Ship From' with the two options being 'Direct from Printer' or 'X Distributor'. I want the formula to return 'Direct from Printer' if another field - 'Role' - is one of 3 options: Marketing/Sales, Licensor, or Editor in Chief. All other Roles should return 'X Distributor.'So I put in: IF(AND({Role}="Marketing/Sales",IF(AND({Role}="Licensor",IF(AND({Role}="Editor in Chief","Printer","X

Hello everyone,I need a little help about how to preview an email before send it. I explain myself, I need people who uses my interface to be able to preview their email  before send it.What I have now is when an entry is create by an automation  I have a script who send it (Outlook) but don't allow to preview the mail.I came up with an idea is to create a formula with "mailto" who allows to have an interaction with outlook with that I create a bouton and when people click on the bouton is create a preview of their mail directly on outlook with the information they put in a formulaire when the creation of an entry.But I have two problems : - "Mailto to" not allow html so I create a macro in Outlook to put my text into html format- Limitation of numbers of characters by 2000 so i can only use Firefox for browserSo I don't have any idea to find something more optimized because I have an html format kinda complexe for the content of my mail and I need to allow pre

Hello everyone, I have the following problem: I have an Airtable automation that informs the assignee of a project when some fields change. Now we often have the case that there is no assignee yet but someone edits one of these fields. Then the automation fails and I receive a notification by email every time that the automation has failed. Can I change this somehow?Unfortunately, triggers cannot be cobined, for example: If field A changes and assignee is not empty. best regardsMirko

hi everyone!I am using automations to send a message on slack when certain conditions are met. In the body of the message, I want to show the conditions that were used to create the listed results... but cannot figure this out.I have a "Find Records" block setup, with the condition to find 5 records that match a certain multiselect field (in my screenshot, "O Positive").  This works fine.When I go to configure the message block,  I can add different dynamic data by clicking the +, however, there is no way to select the condition. I want it to say "O Positive" in my message body (chosen dynamically from the Find Records block), but I only see the option to list the results here, which puts this in my message 5x, since it's showing this field for each of my 5 records. Instead, I want to simply show the condition I selected in the Find Records block 1x... so the message lets us know the conditions that created the resulting message.Is there any way to select the condit

I have set up a view and I’d like to be updated whenever there is an update to that view in Airtable. That means, when someone does @me in a record, I’d like to be notified in slack. Unfortunately, the slack integration does not seem to trigger any notification when there is a comment added to a record. What gives?

I have created a marketplace using Softr and Airtable.I am trying to figure out two issues:1. I have lots of records and want to create a field for signup, with the URL pointing to the sign-up in in Softr. Is there a way to input the URL into one row of a record and then copy that into every sign-up record?2. Going forward whenever I create a record, I would like that the sign-up field will be automatically populated with the URL. How do I do that?Ideally, I would like to have the Signup in the Softr record (card) directly point to the appropriate URL but it seems it will allow me to map only through Airtable. 😞Thanks a lot in advance.

Hi there! I am trying to remove NaN values from a formula field where both positive and negative values exist. This is in an effort to clean up two extensions: One chart indicating the number of each value's occurrence and one number where I am trying to get the average of the values, but with NaNs included I receive an infinity. Here is my current formula:DATETIME_DIFF({Due Date},{Date Completed},'days')+IF({Date Completed},{Due Date} = "NaN", BLANK())Thank you in advance!

Do I need to use the portals add-on if I just want clients to see their interface as read-only (but with password access)?

Hi,I'm trying to create a table to track income and the records feed from different tables using automations which are assigned a deal type as they're created. If they're type A the commission is 15% of the payment amount, if they're type B the commission is 10% of the payment amount and if they're type C then the commission field needs to return 0. I don't know if it makes a difference, but the payment amount field is a formula. I've tried SWITCH({Type of deal},"A", {Payment amount} * 0.15,"B", {Payment amount} * 0.10,"C", 0) But I just keep getting ERROR in the results. I tried looking here at nested IF formula and came up with:  IF(AND({type of deal} = ”A”, {Payment amount} *0.15,))IF(AND({type of deal} = “B”, {Payment amount} *0.10,))IF(AND({type of deal} = “C”, {Payment amount} *0))But there's clearly something bigger wrong there that I can't see because it says it's not a valid formula. Any suggestions would be hugely appreciated, thank you

Greetings! Wondering if any of you have come across something similar.How do I make two filter components in an Airtable interface work together? I have a simple list view with two filters at the top, but I want to improve how clients select options. I tried linking the filters, but they don’t cascade. The only workaround I can think of is defining the relationships in another table and using linked records. Any other suggestions?

Good day.The idea is this.  Someone fills out a form, to request a certificate/license and by the end, they are automatically assigned a certificate #.I have two tables, one "Recipient" where the form exists, and another table that will have uploaded certificate numbers provided by someone else.I have the two tables linked so that when that record is generated by the form, it will automatically pull from the second table, the certificate table, a certificate number.  As each form is received, a certificate number is applied, not generated, as they are 'hard' coded in the second table :). Does that make sense?