Automations

We utilize Airtable to keep record of barcoded assets located at 10 different locations. When we do a physical inventory we have to manually search the item by barcode number and use the checkbox field to check that it has been inventoried.  I'm looking for a way to set an automation to simply scan a barcode the item being inventoried and using automation Airtable will find the record and update the checkbox field.

I have automation where if number in employee table is above 6 trigger automation, If I manually select record and run automation it works as it should.. Just not sure why its not being triggered.So employee was at 7, I created another entry using interface, It moved to 8. Automation did not run.  

Hi everybody, as you can see I try to connect my airtable with my ghost CMS and I click “yes” on the field where it says “include file content, because it seems an existing problemn with Airtable. But whatever I do in zapier, it still an outdated URL. Is there any workaroudn to fix this?

Does anyone have a current script that is parsing any emails beiing received in the new “trigger when email received”. I am trying to parse the body, but I cannot figure out the inputs from the email received.I get errors on all of the inputs. My reason for the inputs, is that the receivedDate didn’t work.// Get inputs from the automationlet inputConfig = input.config();let subject = inputConfig.subject;let body = inputConfig.body;let receivedDateRaw = inputConfig.receivedDate;// Optional: log inputs (for testing)console.log("Raw receivedDate:", receivedDateRaw);console.log("Subject:", subject);console.log("Body:", body);// Parse date string into Date objectlet receivedDate = new Date(receivedDateRaw);// ✅ Function to get the next Tuesdayfunction getNextTuesday(date) { let day = date.getDay(); // Sunday = 0, Monday = 1, ..., Saturday = 6 let daysUntilTuesday = (9 - day) % 7; if (daysUntilTuesday === 0) daysUntilTuesday = 7; let nextTuesday = new Date(date); nextTuesday.s

Hi there, I’m trying to create an airtable automation script whereby it takes in the Full name of a record and changes only the first letter into uppercase (upper caps). This is my code, I can’t seem to get it to work, can anyone help me with this? let table = base.getTable("Training Masterlist"); // Use the correct field name that maps to the automation's Record IDlet recordId = input.config().AirtableRecordID;  // Correct this if it's named differently // Ensure that the recordId exists, if not, log an errorif (!recordId) {    throw new Error("Record ID is undefined.");} // Field namelet fullNameField = "Full Name (As in NRIC)"; // Fetch the record that triggered the automationlet record = await table.selectRecordAsync(recordId); // Get the current value of the "Full Name (As in NRIC)" fieldlet fullName = record.getCellValue(fullNameField); if (fullName) {    // Convert the full name to the desired format    let formattedName = fullName        .split(" ") // Split the name into words

Have automation to run when record is created, When record is created, It will set added_date, add_by(person email) and set record as active. It does 2 of 3… It doesnt add person email address. What could I be doing wrong?   

Scheduled trigger not working as expected 

OK someone please help! About 2 months ago the automation I had set up from Airtable to Google sheets simply stopped working. I have reconnected everything but get the follwing error message.Error message "This automation is no longer authorized to use the configured Google Sheets account. Please select a new Google Sheets account for this step. Please select a new Google Sheets account for this step."I have a similar automation working fine. Why not this one?

I need to rig up a button that can export a row of data and download it as en Excel file to a local computer.I assume I'll be able to use Make and Webhook for this. However, the Excel file should have a certain layout. Fx an image placed in a certain place as an image, and certain fields should be placed in different places in the Excel file. So a bit like the page designer, but instead of a printout or .pdf it should be an Excel file.Is this at all possible, and/or has anyone experience with something similar?

I'm working on a small Airtable automation to track monthly utility expenses by pulling data from a regional electricity provider’s site — the fesco online bill system. The challenge is that the site often loads slowly or becomes unresponsive, especially in the evenings.Has anyone dealt with similar issues when pulling data from sites that don’t have public APIs and aren't always stable? I’ve tried simple fetch scripts and automation tools, but they tend to fail unpredictably.Would appreciate suggestions on how to handle unreliable external sources in automations, or even alternative approaches like manual syncing that aren’t too time-consuming.Thanks in advance!

Hi! I wanted to ask, if there is an automation for following up on unanswered e-mails? We are tracking our leads with airtable, and if someone doesn’t respond to our first mail, that we send out an automatic follow up E-Mail? Looking forward to your help!

Hello, I would like to know if there is any option to schedule email in the Automations area. My idea is to schedule a follow up for a lead 2 days after I change it’s status to “In Negotiations”.

I am trying to run a script through a button triggered automation, but I am running into an error for exceeding the time limit of 30 seconds for execution. Is there a way that I can get around this so I can run the script?I have heard that people have been running the scripts in batches, however, I am not too sure how people are doing this as I cannot find an tutorials on how to work it into the automation. Any ideas?

I’m trying to identify where a record has an expiration date and send an email identifying that record.I can automate an email that recognizes the expired date but can’t find a way to attach/send the identity of that record. I have a log (record from a table) and the entries have a field “expiration date”.  My automation finds that record and sends an email that a record has expired.  I need a way for it to not only do that but identify what record that expired (separate field).  Is there a way to do that? 

I ran into Airtable’s row limits and pricing walls, so I built a free browser-based tool that lets you export full bases — including tables, links, and attachments — into a clean ZIP file.No data ever leaves your browser.No account required.You can try it here if you're curious: https://ar.konanx.comWould love any feedback or ideas for what to add next — especially if you’ve had similar Airtable pains.

I am trying to set up specific filters after a user clicks a button to visit an interface page. It seems that there is no native way to do this given the options airtable gives you,. It also seems like there is no way to add url parameters to an http address  but I thought it might be possible to just do this using url parameters and a http page.Maybe there is a way to do this with a script? I’d have to figure out what the parameter values for the filter are, and then also have some way to redirect to a new page which might not be possible in the airtable scripting environment.  

I have a script that is using a repeating group to batch process a couple of records sent through output.set() If one of the scripts fails it doesn’t seem to register that error in the overall automation. See image below, individual script failed, overall automation is giving me the green light. I noticed that the script wasn’t behaving correctly on some records but having the script not throw errors is potentially dangerous as problems stay hidden.  

Hello appreciate the community’s help here. I am uploading a CSV file on a weekly basis (the data is from application form submissions on google form). So every week I am getting new applications in. I uploaded last week matched the fields and all was good. I even started reviewing and syncing some applications on the airtable base. I had 10 applications last week. This week I got 17 more. So I downloaded CSV file (business as usual). I went to airtable and uploaded and suddenly i realize it created 27 new records. I proceed and on the base I find 10 old records + 17 new records (out of which 10 are duplicates from the old upload). How can I prevent this from happening, appreciate your support.

HI there - I’m about to pull my hair out and have been trying to figure this automation out for several hours now. I have a table called “Field Enrollment” where I am tracking “Producers” with their unique farm #, tract #, and field #. I have a concatenate formula to give me “Farm Key” which is Producer & Farm. I have a second table called “Producer Enrollment” that I want to be auto populated by the Farm Key. However, there are cases like in my example where there are duplicate Farm Keys and I only want the one. (A bit more context: In Field Enrollment we are required to track data related to the unique Farm/Tract/Field. In Producer Enrollment, we are required to track other types of data related to the TOTAL farm, so essentially a roll -up from Field Enrollment.) How do I create the unique record?!   Example Field Enrollment table: Example Producer Enrollment table:  Here’s the automation I thought would work and is saying is working (but it’s not)  

hi there. Ive been trying to setup automation emails and links were showing as hyperlinks in the beginning as I was testing, but now have stopped showing Please advise. 

Hello, I’m trying to add a link to my automation, but nothing appears when I add the field even when using parenthesis. Could the fact that the url field/column is a formula link be the reason why the link does not appear in the automation? Left is the column/url i’d like to pull in & the right window is the automation I am trying to set up. tyia!

I ran into a strange problem in an automation.I am using a script to gather some data from two tables and combine it into a rich-text field. In the next step, I send out an e-mail with the content of this field. Turns out the e-mail is sent before the script has updated the text field!Even adding a 3 second delay in the script does not solve the issue.Curious if someone has a solution in place?Thank you!

Hey guys,Is there any plans to make it so that when someone copies a base from a public share link, that the automations also get copied across?I create a bunch of systems and templates for people to try and get them in to using Airtable but this is big limitation when it comes to offering these types of solutions as the automations are really a big part of any system.Is this going to be possible at any point or is there a good workaround at all?

Hi all,Have been scouring the web, AirTable support and various AI platforms to get an answer to this, but no joy so far. I am trying to set up automation to sync changes between Google Calendar and Airtable, including updates and deletions. AirTable support instructed me to set up triggers for new events, updated events and cancelled events. I am doing this on an empty table at the moment just to test it out. However, I am hitting a bit of a brick wall with the Updated Events automation. I believe I have the Find records action set up OK, see screenshot below (although when I test the step at that stage, it says Found 0 Records but I guess this is because the table is empty currently...)My screenshot: Find records menu Where I’m really getting lost is with the Update record part. According to AirTable Support, “the ID of the action that gets the information to be used goes in Record ID, and should look like the below. “This is because this Integrated Trigger is not directly related to

Hello.My time zone is Israel.I defined the time zone of Israel in the Date and Time field. But when I run formulas or automation on it, it refers to the registered time, as if it were GMT/UTC and this disrupts all my automations.Is there a solution for this?