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Hi everyone,I’m building a List Interface in Airtable and would like to know if it’s possible to freeze (or lock) the first column, similar to how you can freeze columns in grid views.When scrolling horizontally through fields in the List layout, the first column (which usually contains key identifiers like names or IDs) scrolls out of view, making it difficult to track which record I’m looking at.Is there a built-in way to freeze the first column in a List Interface, or any workaround that others have found helpful?Thanks in advance for any insights or suggestions!— Sean

Our team has failed to access Airtable through the app but seems fine through desktop/browser. Has anyone run into the same issue? We are based in London, UK. 

my organization does trainings and after each training, we send participants a post-survey to fill out. each training covers slightly different topics, so the questions we want feedback on change slightly with each training as well. right now, i have one table called post-surveys where each field corresponds to the questions we ask, and the field names are shortened versions of the questions. then we build the form for each post-survey based on which questions we’d like to include. the downside is that it means that table has a huge number of fields and it’s hard to see if the question you want to include already exists as a field or you need to create a new one. (e.g. “S3 FSOW: Challenges” means in session 3, we had a question about challenges that related to the reasons we did the session, you can see how that makes it hard to keep track of the actual question)

Hello, I’ve finished testing my automations in the sandbox and have deployed the changes to production. Everything is working correctly, but I would now like to sync my test data from the sandbox to production. What is the best way to do this?

Hello, I have a workflow which includes repetitive data input. Simple copy-paste have some drawbacks.I have a table called Orders. Each row is one order which includes product, quantity etc. Each order requires multiple tasks to complete and there is a linked table for that called Order tasks. Orders come in patches with different products but every product tasks are very similar. I would like to configure first order tasks and then copy it to the rest of the orders. The problem is that then there are only first few tasks which are linked to ALL of the orders. Each order should have their own set of rows in Order tasks table.I have tried multiple workarounds but I haven’t found working solution. For example, duplicating rows in Order tasks table makes it very tedious to relink to correct row in Order table. I have also configured “allow linking to multiple records” but it seems to have no effect when copying and still links to multiple records even

I’ve tried almost every workaround I can think of. As a temporary solution, I can force “Deep Match” to always return something (a "fallback" record), but I haven’t found a way to trigger an automation after “Deep Match” runs successfully and finds nothing. Does anyone know of a workaround, or can point out what I might be missing?

In an automation with multiple logic branches, I like to end the Otherwise step by sending an email to myself with details to be research to find out why things didn’t go as expected. I find that works well most of the time. It also prevents the automation from outright failing.But when things are busy and the automation runs frequently, it is harder to find the exact run that failed. Is there any way to include the automation runtime in that Send an email step? I don’t see any way to get at those details.

When I created my Airtable Community/Academy accounts forever ago, I set them up with my work email because that was my only Airtable login at the time. I’m now leaving this current position and want to transition my logins to an email account that will still be accessible (which is also tied to my personal Airtable account). I can’t seem to find a spot in the Settings or Profile where this can be changed--am I missing something, or do I need to go to Airtable support directly?

Hello,i want to know if is possible to copy automatically fields from a table New Books to anther table Books.They will have the same fields. The table Books contents all the existing books on a library and the table New books, all newly purchased books.  A form in softr will be filled with new books and it will be showed in table Books.   

I’m working with video timecodes using the DURATION field type, and am entering data in an HH.MM.SS.mmm format (H=hours, M=minutes, S=seconds, m=milliseconds). I need the data to reflect the values in the hours and minutes places even if those are zero. Right now, if I type in the data for one minute, three seconds, and 124 milliseconds, that data shows as 01:03:124 , but I need it to display as 00:01:03:124Similarly, if I type in the data as 15 seconds, 654 milliseconds, it shows as 15.654 , but I need it to display as 00:00:15.654 Anyone have a formula or workaround that will facilitate this?

Any plan to launch an Airtable MCP to allow us to manage AirTabLe from CLaude chats as efficiently as we’re currently able to manage Notion from CLaude?

Hello,I am new to junction tables and have pretty much zero scripting experience, so bear with me.I am trying to create a breakdown of call sheets for group shoots and create individual “shifts” in a junction table. The goal is to be able to adjust start and end times for those linked in the shoots and to be able to create a more comprehensive reporting interface to track hours and OT by multiple criteria.I cannot show the actual base, but have created a basic example of the structure and result of Airtable’s junction table extension.Client tab:Franchise: Franchises have assigned POCs for internal notification

Hi there is anyone familiar of a workaround so that the background colour of a record changes on calendar view when a field has been updated, when multiple dates are on one calendar?  using calendar to manage service user caseload - the programme service users enrolled on take part in 6 sessions, we have 6 date fields on the calendar.  when we complete progress notes for a service user on one week we want that record to change green… so we know who has had their progress notes completed. please let me know - thanks so much!

Hello.  From a Jira filter, I was able to sync time fields and then it stopped working yesterday. Anyone have any ideas why?  I have a ticket in with support but have not received a response.

Hello - I have a base with a parent table, Projects, and multiple child tables including a Milestones table. They are separated due to creating levels in a project update interface. When a teammate creates a new milestone, it does not pull into the Project table and when a new project is created, it is not pulling into the Milestone table. How do I correct this? 

We’re an embroidery company and We’ve been working on relaunching our website on Shopify and we were planning on using a third party warehouse management system but we’ve had a dreadful time with the supplier and we’ve decided to scrap that project as its delaying launching our website (already three months late) For at least this year, we’re looking to use Airtable as our operations system and set up with a two-way sync with Shopify.  Has anyone used Airtable as a :  lightweight WMS / production workflow layer alongside Shopify? Has anyone managed production workflows (e.g. batching, manufacturing, customisation) in Airtable?  Basically  we’llUse Shopify for: storefronts (each school has its own store) orders + payments Use Airtable as our operational system, to manage: order lines (each item in an order) supplier ordering

Hi, I’m trying to create a pivot table in Interfaces > Dashboards. I need two nested rows (Vertical and Region) to cross-reference values against one column (Quarter) for the table to be useful.However, I just don’t see the Add Row option in the configuration panel on the right. Multiple sources tell me this should be possible, but I’m not seeing how. Can anyone help?Not able to nest another field. 

I have a production base and a sandbox version of the same. I often accidentally mix the two if I don’t carefully look up to check that I’m in “ Sandbox”  mode when I’m working fast.  I’ve read you can change the color or base name e.g., “ Base (Sandbox)”  vs. “ Based (Prod)” from the home screen.  However when I try that I only see the main Prod base and it’s only allowing me to modify the name of the Prod base. I don’t see  a separate way to modify the name of sandbox itself.Has anyone been able to manage this? and how? Thank you. 

Hi there, It appears that there are a lot of threads but I can’t find an answer. I want to be able to add some images and font sizes and colours. I’ve tried connecting to GMail and setting up a signature but it doesn’t include the signature in the email body. I also have a field with the persons name in the airtable base, however that isn’t displaying for some reason.  This should be pretty straight forward. I’m open to paying someone to do this.  Thanks in advance. Jared.

Hello,I am using an Airtable form embedded on my website via an iframe. In the form settings, I enabled the option “Enter a URL to redirect to after the form is submitted” and added the URL of my thank-you landing page.However, after submitting the form, the page redirects back to the form instead of redirecting to the landing page I specified.The form is embedded on my website using an iframe, and I suspect that this might be affecting the redirect behavior.Could you please help me understand why the redirect is not working and how I can fix it?Thank you in advance for your support.Best regards,

I just want to highlight or select 20 views or more at a time and delete them when we move from one school term to the next or one year to the next. Is there now a way to do this? There are some posts about this from years ago ...

Hello,i want to know if is possible to copy automatically fields from a table New Books to anther table Books.They will have the same fields. The table Books contents all the existing books on a library and the table New books, all newly purchased books.  A form in softr will be filled with new books and it will be showed in table Books.   

I’ve been banging my head against a wall trying to get this to work and at this point I’ve come to the conclusion this might not be possible. I’m hoping that there is a wizard out there that may be able to help with this issue.  So context:My base contains 3 tables. An inventory, a customer table, and an orders table. There are linked fields in both my Inventory and my Orders table that link to the customers table. Within my Inventory table there is also a linked field that links to the inventory. What I want to do is whenever I add a piece of inventory to a record in the Order table, that it adds the customers name to the item within the Inventory table.  I’ve tried getting Omni to help me set it up, I’ve tried getting the support chatbot to help, and I’ve even tried Claude to help me with no results. If someone could share the correct setup I’d be eternally grateful. If I’m knocking on a door that doesn’t exist

Hello team, Is there a way to set up an automated outlook email(event) to be sent from a shared inbox and not my personal inbox in airtable?

I currently have a sign-up form that collects both a name and email address. When the person signs up, I have an automation set up to send a confirmation email. I have a bizarre situation where one person somehow keeps submitting their name and email address in what I assume is unicode bold, sometimes courier, and sometimes in a type of cursive. Whenever this happens, the confirmation email fails. The person who signs up on this form is older, and has no idea what she’s doing. I am hoping to be able to somehow convert all the unicode fonts into something that is readable so it can send emails.Some more context, the font also doesn’t get picked up if I do a Ctrl+F on the back end of the form. It’s as if the text isn’t there. If I copy and paste the text somewhere else online, it keeps the formatting, which makes me think it’s some kind of unicode that is still readable, but obviously not in this email situation. Can I fix this on the back end of AirTable so anytime she