Automations

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

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.

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

Hi,It seems that the Google Calendar: Create Event requires a hard coded (chosen) calendar to place an event in. We have used a shared calendar for this, but it gets somewhat messy.Hence, would it somehow be possible to have the event placed in a dynamically chosen calendar? Either <current user> or somehow derived based on a variable (e-mail addresse for example)?Rgds,Björn

I’m trying to configure a log-style table in Airtable where, when a new record is created, certain fields are automatically populated using values from the most recent existing record.The problem I’m running into:Using Automations → Find records, I can filter and sort records so that the correct prior record is identified However, Automations treat the result of Find records as a list, even when sorted and limited to one record Because of this, I can’t reliably reference a single previous record’s field value when updating the newly created record I’m using the Airtable free tier, so scripting and paid features are not availableWhat I’m trying to understand:Is there a supported way on the free plan to carry values forward from the most recent existing record into a new record using automations? If this isn’t directly possible, what table design or workaround is required to achieve this behavior wit

Hello, I would like to write a script that will move this project from “Active Projects” table to “Completed Projects” table when the status is changed to “Completed”. Can anyone help? Thanks!  

Bonjour, Je cherche désespérément à créer une automatisation dans ma base sans succès et sans réellement en comprendre la raison. J’ai une table Détails Facture qui intègre les lignes de factures de mes partenaires. Cette table a un lien avec un ma table Prix (qui regroupe tous mes produits). Je précise que les deux tables sont liés par un code produit interne. J’aimerais que lorsqu’une nouvelle ligne est créée dans ma base Détails Facture, le prix renseigné soit comparé avec le prix renseigné dans ma base Prix. Si le prix est inférieur, j’aimerais que la base Prix soit mise à jour avec le nouveau prix. Sinon, un email m’est envoyé (l’automatisation pour cette dernière étape est ok).Dans la base Détails Facture, j’ai crée une view avec un tri sur un champ de Sélection si ce champ est renseigné en “Attente de validation”. Dans l’automatisation que j’ai crée un trigger : Quand une entrée est crée dans la vue… Ici je remonte bien mes lignes “En

 Hello everybody I have been working on some AirTable Automation scripts and I figured people might need some help on working with Dates and Times using Javascript on the platform so I am here to share with the community a little guide on both working with AirTable records with Dates along with how to convert them over to JSONs and access/modify them. I specifically cover how to get Ordinal values from the day of the month along with getting the name of the month from the numeric value of the month! Setting Up Your ScriptThe first thing you will want to do is click the Automation Tab → Create your Trigger → under actions  create an action that says “Run a script”.Creating The Script AutomationNext you will

Background:I’m keeping records of applicants in my Airtable base. I wanted the applicants to be able to review the information I entered into Airtable and make any changes to them if needed. I already created the form and a separate table to do so, and I created a link (in a formula field) to their own pre-filled form using the Airtable extension. I also already created the automation to update any changes made with their pre-filled form. All of that works great but only when you click or copy and paste directly from the link in the Airtable formula field. Problem:I wanted to set up an automation that would send an email based on a trigger field to these applicants with their pre-filled form and confirm their info. I tested it out with a fake applicant record but the link in the email is not showing any of the pre-filled fields when you copy and paste (for some reason its also not showing the link fully underlined). I’ve attached a photo of what the pre-f

Hello,My name is Luke Rosencrans and I operate Chain Reaction Motorcycle School.I am looking to work with an experienced AI automation specialist or small team to build a comprehensive AI-driven operations system that can automate a large portion of my business workflow, including communication with customers, scheduling, payments, enrollment tracking, and administrative tasks across multiple platforms.The goal is to create a centralized system that acts like a digital front office and significantly reduce the amount of manual administrative work currently required to operate the business.I already have many message templates created that can be used to communicate with students, including templates for:• scheduling confirmations• follow-ups• payment reminders• enrollment instructions• class preparation instructions• frequently asked questions• links directing students to the correct signup pages on the website

Hello! I have an automation that runs once a week (so scheduled time trigger) that generates a list of names, email addresses, and tasks based on certain conditions (so Find Records action). I need this email to be sent to the addresses in that list. How can I get this information into the To field?I was able to do this with a “record updated” trigger, but I need it to be a scheduled email.

Current Table Current Interface ViewCurrent “Start Tracking” button AutomationCurrent “Stop Tracking button Automation step two … unsuccessfulThis is my current table, interface and automation set up to try and create a time tracking interface. I am stuck on the “Stop Tracking” button automation. I can’t seem to be able to update the

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With all the new features within the last 2 year sure there is a better way for clients to update their own records. Although it works it is still clunky and would be great to streamline this process.  Context: I have been using fill out, where I send clients their unique URL and they fill info like dietary restrictions and it auto-populates/updates their row in Airtable. Is there a way to do it natively inside Airtable?Is there a simple way to say, like if they don’t fill the information in 5 days it sends them a reminder? Thanks everyone,Sonia

The precision of this error is completely useless…Google reported an error while processing this action: An error occurred while creating the Google DocIt happens +/- 10% of the time, always the same error, on different automation workflows.When I rerun, it passes every time, and doesn’t waste space to tell me it passed because it passed. I read it could be that it gets triggered while not all fields are filled, so I changed the trigger condition to “is not empty” for each of the relevant fields. I’m now out of clue, frustrated by this error description.On this community, I see other having “Mail service not enabled” or “Calendar usage limits exceeded” or “You’ve temporarily hit Google’s rate limit” Those are useful.But to report me an error for the reason that an error occurred.First time I see this.

I am very new to airtable so excuse me if I misunderstand some things.I am trying to use airtable to create a calendar of my bookings.I have two types of bookings. One that lasts exactly 30 minutes and one that lasts several days and start and end time are customizable.Because its a chore to pick a date and time exactly 30 minutes past the start time for my short bookings Im trying to run an automation so that anytime I create a record with no end date it will set the end date field to exactly 30 minutes past the start date.Is this possible?  

Hello everyone,I am currently developing a base which will allow one of our departments to plan employee trainings (which will be conducted via Microsoft Teams).  Tranings can be planned and employees can be linked to events (via a Employee_Training table).Part of this solution should be, that after the event has happened, the business department wants to track, which of the invited collegues took part in the Teams meeting.So I would need a way to get the attendance list of a Teams meeting, cross reference this list with employee list in Airtable (propably via email) and then mark them as “show-up” if a match is found.Has anyone ever done something like this or has an idea how to achieve this? I appreciate all the support I can get. Thank you in advance. Best regardsChristopher 

Hi all I have an automation set-up, that changes the status of a record. This is performed via interface/record picker view. As owner/admin I am able to run this automation when clicking the button, however my colleague who is also an admin, is unable to click this button. It’s greyed out.  I understand there are some limitations if the record is coming from a different base. Does anyone know a workaround please?  Hope I’m making sense here… Thanks!

Hello !We have a list of contacts for each entity that we work with. Within this list of people, there are 1-3 people who are designated as authority contacts.I am trying to automate an email to send out periodic reminders to review their information. With a single auth contact, I have a working automation with links personalized to each person.This becomes harder when there are multiple auth contacts. I need the email to be sent to the group of people rather than individually. If I use a token to pull the URL value for the record, it’ll show duplicates of the URL in the email body. Anyone know of a way I can rework this or add to it to make sure that only one of the records’ values displays?

Hello, I have built a table with links to spotify, Instagram, twitter and tik tok and I also include the number of followers of each of the artists in the table. I update this data by hand and I would like to know if there is a way to automate this update or to do it on demand for a previously selected group of artists. Thank you!

Hi everyone,I’m looking for some help setting up an automation in Airtable for my booking agency workflow. Here’s the use case:Every time I send a contract to a client, I update a single select field in my table to “SENT.” What I’d like is to receive a reminder email after 72 hours only if the contract hasn’t been signed yet, and I didn’t change the single select field status. Current workflow: I send the contract and set the status to “SENT” If the client signs it, I manually update the status to “SIGNED” (so no reminders needed) If the client does not sign within 72 hours, I want to receive an email reminder so I can follow up directly (I know Airtable can send an email to the client, but I would like to send it instead) The key requirement is that the reminder should not be sent if the status has already been changed to “SIGNED” within that time frame.

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 am setting up an airtable database that functions like a preventive maintenance module (scheduled events with a start date and scheduled frequency create individual records/tickets based on the due date). I have an automation with a script meant to run daily to create anything due within 12 months, however, I keep getting duplicate records. I've been using omni to troubleshoot but have hit a wall.

Hi,I’m trying to use linked records in a “When record is created” automation to create records in a repeating group, but I don’t understand how to get it to work.I googled and reviewed Airtable’s support documentation (https://support.airtable.com/docs/repeating-groups-of-automation-actions), but that was less than helpful. It confirms linked records can be used, but doesn’t open up how to do that.The background is that I want to create Invoice Header and Invoice Line Item records in separate tables based on one order record with products as linked records. First a new order triggers creating a new Invoice Header record, then this triggers creating a new line item record for each of the linked product records.(I first tried to create both the header and the line item records in one automation, but that didn’t work b

Hi everyone,I have an automation that matches keywords to a record. In this case it’s a person and their biography, e.g. I want to tag Neil Armstrong with Astronaut — chosen from a fixed list. NB. I have tried the deep match and it’s too slow for the volume I’m working with.Table A: ProfilesTable B: KeywordsIt compares the two and selects very well, but sometimes it invents new keywords. If I don’t allow the keywords field to be edited by automations, I get nothing. Does anyone have any bright ideas? Would this be better as a script (I had a script a year ago but can’t remember why I changed)Screenshot attached so you can see how I set it up.