Automations

I have an automation that handles bulk uploaded PDF-files, with logic that extracts an ID-number and date from the filename. It then copies the attachment to a record with matching ID in another table. It also checks a checkbox on the original record of the uploaded PDF to mark it as complete and avoid multiple runs.The automation runs fine, with just one weird "bug": The filename of the copied attachment changes to a random string "XxxxXxxxXXXx". However, if I now delete the copied attachment and go back to the uploaded file record and uncheck the "completed" checkbox to trigger the automation again, the file is copied with its original filename kept!I suspect the reason is related to the automation starting to work before the file has been fully processed by Airtable, and some kind of temporary name is used. But this is also contradicted by the fact that the automation relies on data from the filename to be extracted before it can run...My first idea was to ad

I'm not sure how I can delimit a "Find Records" to update multiple records all at once.I know when it plugs them in as a list, it's trying to do "A,B,C" and obviously airtable isn't getting a match on the ID because of the string of text.Does anyone have a script I can modify to break that out so my Find Records can input a single value, into multiple records at once?Thank you!  

Hi everyone! I'm designing a UXR base and would love advice on how to design an automation that allows me to connect two tables and two bases together. My current base design consists of the following:Table 1: Intake and PlanningPrimary field: study type and study descriptionPotential users: linked to another base (all users table)Type of study: interview, focus group, survey, usability testStudy descriptionGoals Hypothesis Study guideNotes Study owner UXR Notes by Study: look up from Table 2 The view is grouped by week Table 2: UXR Notes by Study/User Primary field: user name - study type - study description User name:Study type study description User status: contacted, not participating, participating Interv

Seems like an easy automation - would love some help! I would like to send a notification when a status field changes - whenever it changes regardless of the status.  There is no option for "when" a status changes. I am sure someone out here in this amazing community has done this. Would love some direction, thanks!

Hello, I'm using Airtable to trigger a series of onboarding emails to our new users. For now, I have no idea whether the person actually gets the email, let alone open it and click it. Does anyone have an idea about how make this kind of reporting possible? Many thanks!

I am running a very basic automation where a record is triggered based on conditions and the second and only step is that a script runs. The script is posting data to a webhook, the data is the record ID of the record that triggered the automation. and a static value of one. Please see the video here.https://www.loom.com/share/77225654d8a9407586269db58c96684f

Hello!I'm using a daily "find records" automation to send out digest emails to my team. I display the records in a list or grid in the email, including their Start and End fields (the records are tasks).In my base, I've formatted both the Start and End fields to display in the same timezone (EST) for all collaborators. However, in my automation, the timezone is displayed in UTC, and I don't see a way to edit it. Is there a way to ensure that the date/time in the "find records" automation matches what is in my base? Thank you in advance!

I have an automation that moves information from one table to another when a date field is entered. The problem is that the date field also has a time associated to it which is an important part of the dataset. The automation fires right as you click a day without allowing time to be entered accurately. Is there a way to only have the automation fire when a time is inputed as well?

Hi all, I am an airtable enthusiast and recently started using automations.I am trying to report data from an airtable table to a google sheet using an automation.I am not getting the desired result, either using the list format or using the table format.Am I doing something wrong or is this a malfunction?I attach the screenshot of the airtable table, the screenshot of the automation and the screenshot of the results on google sheet.I hope someone can help me to solve it without the need to activate paid plugins.Thanks for any support you can give me

I'm trying to create an automation that sets a User field to the "Created by" user as an initial state when a new record is created. The idea is that I want users to be able to reassign it later, but not leave it blank when a record is created.However, it appears the only way I can reference the Created By user is if the field is present in the table, which I would rather not have. Clearly Airtable knows the user who is creating the record, is there any way to reference that value without putting the Created By field in the table? 🙏

Hi!I'm trying to create an automation where, when a record is created in one table, a record is created in another. I want one field's data to populate from the first table into the primary field in the second. The automation to create the record is working great, but I'm having trouble populating the primary field. I've tried a variety of combinations of actions, and it works in preview, but when activated, does not work.This is the automation in preview. You can see that the "Name" field is populated (primary field).However, in once it's in place, the "Name" field (primary field) does not populate.The current version of my automation has two actions:* create record* update record

I have a field that has stuff in it like this" 2023-02-09 Jeff Alexander Website"I'm using a formula to extract the date and the name so then I have fields that look like" 2023-02-09" and "Jeff Alexander Website"I want to make a calendar view of this table. It's asking for a date field. Even though i have a field that isolates the date ( 2023-02-09 ) it isn't a field type of date, so airtable doesn't recognize it. my thinking is that i need a date field and i need to autopopulate it and i don't know how. I'm open to other ideas for how to put " 2023-02-09 Jeff Alexander Website" into a calendar view

Goal:Create an automation that adds all items with a specific labels to another table so that I dont have to connect them manually.Struggling with:I have a table of items that I label manually via a single selection. 
Then, I have a second table where I link specific items based on their label, and use a lookup (in a different column) to retrieve all the values for selection. Then, on the third column, I have a  formula that SUM all the values.I want to create an automation that adds items automatically to the second table every time condition (selected label) is met, so that I dont have to manually link the items that have the label I want to the second table. 

This sounds possible to do, but after many tries, I wasnt able to do it and decided to request your help in making it happen 🙂

Thank you

Hi, I am trying to populate a a single select field with the result of a formula. The current trigger is that when the formula field is not empty the single select field will become populated with the value of the formula field. When I created the automation the preview worked, as did the test run. However, when I add new records the automation fails in the action. 

Hi everybodi I whish you all the best for 2023,I have a problem to configure  an email automation : In "show more option" "From" I speciefed Shared-C team. It's works when I run the test the from name is : Shared-C team (see image below) But when the automation is run I received an email fromFrom : Airtable Automations <noreply+automations@airtableemail.com>15:30 (il y a 8 minutes)To : me, csolenteDear Guillaume,I am happy to hear... 

How can I setup airtable using QR codes or barcodes generated through a QR / barcode generator with Airtable to track the movement of items between different areas in the same store?This is mostly to prevent manually updating the location of the scanned item, and automatically detect and update its new location.Is this possible? If yes, what API could be used and how complicated is this to do for someone that's not a programmer or IT professional?Thank you!! 

I am attempting to setup a webhook to ping a URL on my app any time a record in my Contact table is updated. Upon research I have found the following URL:https://support.airtable.com/docs/airtable-webhooks-api-overviewspecifically this section:https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/create-a-webhookMy challenge is in configuring the request, specifically confusion about the URL which is:https://api.airtable.com/v0/bases/{baseId}/webhooksAnd wondering if I could narrow that to a table and alsowhat the 'recordChangeScope' means and how to configure it for my goal of Contact webhook pings:{"notificationUrl":

Hello Folks,Hope you all are doing good. My Task - There are 2 tables. "Client Briefing Form" and "Master tracker". Both these tables have some fields in common. For example lets take a field named "Billing Information".My task is to write a Java Script where, when we run that script the values inserted under "Billing Information" in the "Client Briefing Form" should automatically update the value under "Billing Information" in "Master tracker" table as well. So whenever someone enters a new record in the client table the master tracker will get updated as well.As there are many fields i will need to hard code those values and create a loop.I am very new to Air table so some help or hints will be highly appreciated.Thanks in Advance.

I have been using the "Create records for multiple templates" script because I could not get it to work via an automation. I am currently getting more interface focused and the base button I had running the script does not work in the Interface. I am trying to close that gap with an automation and I can not seem to get it to work. I get the result I want with the first run, but every time the linked record (based on type of task) is the same as a previous project, it does not create a new list of items it just links the projects to the same items. This is an issue because any update to a task linked to more than 1 project updates both projects. I have tried formula fields and rollups separating results by commas, but it still links everything together instead of making a new list. 

Hello,We are on the enterprise version and we are wondering if it is possible to pull in a revision into an automated email.For example, we want to be able to show a change in dates and would like to be able to show the old vs. new date within an email.Not all of our users are in Airtable and we would love to be able to be transparent with our teams on what something was to what it is now for a change in dates. Thanks!

Hello, I would really appreciate if someone could help me to solve my puzzle)I have a table "Schedule" where we input addresses, every address goes into 3 separate fields, "Street Name", "City" and "Zip Code"So I created an automation (check images attached) where "Zip Code" field is auto filled with preset zip code when a "City" is chosen. Everything works fine, but automation works with one city only and my question is, is there a chance to modify automation where I can add options to fill zip codes for other cities in the same automation, not just one or I need something else and I chose the wrong path to do it.I tried to create a separate automation for every city we have in the "City" field, but very quickly I was told by Airtable that my plan allows me to have only 40 automations and I have around 100 cities in the "City" fieldThank you in advance for those willing to help. 

Hello Everyone , I am new to airtable scripting.I have a Pretty Basic Question - I am trying to capture records of 1 row using input variables.here is my code below.let inputConfig = input.config();/*my table name*/let Sourcetable = base.getTable("Facebook")/*Airtable Id of row*/let aid = inputConfig.AirtableID/*This is a linked record*/let cname = inputConfig.client console.log(cname)Cname is a linked record from another table.When i run cosole.log(cname) it gives me a empty array.My Question is How do I get the airtable ID of linked records via input config? Thanks in advance.   

Hey Everyone, Quick explanation of what I'm trying to do is: I created a couple fields to look at the number of items in a particular category, count those items, add 1 to the count, merge a few string fields together to create a unique identifier "YP Internal Code" (see 'write to cell' image) when a record is created via form.I'm passing an input variable to the script shown (see 'push to table' image), but can't figure out what the next step is to push the changes in the script to the table itself after the assignment of the new internal code to the old one. Thanks for the help, Peter

I am working on an automation with the purpose of sending an email to a person who took a training. The automation is triggered when I add a training type (this is a multiselect option field in my table). On the subject and message of the email, I would like to show the name and training type. However, whenever I add the training type on the message, it shows the entire list of training. I only want to show the one that person just recently took, in this case, it should be the last item of the list of trainings.Can you please help with this? Any workaround?

I have unsuccessfully tried automations, extensions, and Zaps and haven't been able to work out an error free  approach to my challenge. I'm hoping for guidance on how to achieve the following:Import contacts from .csv files and update the linked source field so that the new source is added (and not replace) existing linked records. Contacts Table 1 - email - fname, lname, org, source<linked Table 2>Sources Table 2 - list_name, emails<link to Table 1>  In descriptive language, I go to events where I get lists of people who came by my booth. I want to enter them into a database (contact info) while keeping track of the various times I've interacted with them (source info). I suspected that this was a simple task but I've spent an embarrassingly long time trying to figure it out. Guidance (or a straight up answer) is appreciated.