Automations

So I just purchased Airtable for our business use case. I am devastated to understand there is no support for creating new tables automatically. The only way to do this is to have a custom app script, however this would need to be triggered manually and will not run in the background… Why does the automation scripting not contain the required functionality that the blocks SDK does? Why is this feature limited to only reading table metadata, if blocks SDK can do it - why can’t the automation scripts? This is so disappointing… I CANNOT BELIEVE the standard API does not have a create table endpoint, where you can define the fields automatically. How are we supposed to develop an automated solution if we constantly have to manually press buttons to create new tables… And upon searching the community pages - there is not one response from the airtables team that shows they will work on this feature or when. What a waste of money upgrading to the

It would be incredibly useful if the Slack integration could send a message to a person pulled from a field in a table.As it stands, when using the Slack integration in an automation you have to choose (hardcode) the person(s) or channel(s) you want to send the message to.Use case: I have a table that syncs issues from a ticketing system. Each record has an "assignee" field. When a new record enters a view I want a Slack message sent to the person in the assignee field.

I have a table with a date field, an I want to link these dates to another table, but group them by month. This is so I can create rollups for monthly financial figures. I have tried to create an automation to auto fill in another field, using the date as its source and then converting the format to mmmm yyyy, from the usual dd/mm/yy. I then linked this field to the other table, but now the automation does not update it even if it runs successfully.Can anyone help solve this issue?

Hello! I am attempting to assign employees to presentation times and have the automation create the event and invite them to it via Outlook. I've established everything necessary but cannot assign the public calendar in the Outlook: Create Event automation. I also cannot adjust the "From" email. I need to do so because we want the invites to come from a shell email address and not from an individual, and utilizing the Public Folder Calendar in outlook instead of a personal outlook calendar that is shared so that we don't have any interruptions if the owner leaves the company. Can anyone advise a workaround or if this is a feature that Airtable is working on?Thanks!

I want to create look up field for only apartment details in a row that I have in a table called lease tracker in a base The row has 50 columns and lets say I just want 20 columns data to atomically go to the other tables in my base when updated to the specific unit number of a rental building. My current tables in my base are called, listings, building, apartment rented, calendly interaction,  and lease tracker.I want the tables to look up the data in my lease tracker table and put only the apartment details in the other bases.  I have multiple buildings and multiple apartment number listed in two different columns of the table with the other columns so not sure how to look only the specific unit number of a specific building. I already have look up on these other tables to look up the building table and put it on the other tables automatically What is the best option to do this so I can share the individual apartment details with a building with the ot

I know this is impossible as far as basic automation behavior, so I'm mostly looking for ideas on what I could do.I have a form for requesting time slots. Because of the way my department works, only a certain time frame should be open at any given time for these requests, and it's in six month chunks. I'm using the range limit on my Event Start/End fields to do this, and it works as expected.At this present moment, let's say we're only able to select a time slot from January - June. But in June, I'd need to change the range limit for both fields on the form to reflect that selections can be made from July - December. While I could do this manually, I won't be an admin on this once it's live, so I'd like to make the range limit change automatic if possible.Any chance I can alter form configuration on an automatic schedule? Code-heavy solutions are very welcome.

Hello! Ive been looking all over youtube and the forums to find something that matches the automation I have in mind but to no avail unfortunately. Im attempting to create an inventory list that pulls from an item master list.Currently every detail of items being stored on shelves is being manually typed out, I would like to improve the process but typing in the details once into the item master and whenever a part is being put away the PN is typed in, the remaining data would be pulled from a separate table and auto populate in their respective fields. With the possibility in the future integrating into an RFID system

Hi all,I'm new to airtable and I'm trying to take first steps using automations.I'm setting up notifications about a new tasks: an email is sent every time a task with to-do status is assigned to a user. The emails are sent fine, this part works like a charm. But here is the difficult part: I'd like to include in the email the link for the new task and I cannot find the variable I can use in the email text. Like "if task x is assigned to a user send an email to the users email address with the link to x in the email text".I've checked the resources here and couldn't find anything.Can anyone help me with this link/variable?Thank you in advace!

Hello, I am looking to get help automatically updating records. I have an airtable setup that pulls in companies that visit our website from a lead tracking system. I manually select an option to tag the company as "Sales Target, Client, Employee". There are instances where the same company/person will come to the website and show up as a new line item in my airtable.Is there an automation that I can setup that will automatically update the record to match the previous line where I tagged them? Said differently, If I manually tag Apple as a "sales target" in row 7, I'd like to have airtag automatically mark them as a "sales target" when they show up again in row 101.Thank you

I'm having trouble getting past the Update record in an automation:I was able to:- get the trigger to catch a new email in a table (pic #1)- filter out the matching email and corresponding row (pic #2)In the Update action, I used the Airtable record ID from the first step (pic #3). The field of interest I want to import from the donor table, for example, is What year and school did you graduate from (pic #4) but it doesn't work (pic #5) and I also dont see where in the receiving table I can choose where the donor information I want to collect to insert. Thanks so much!

I'm trying to set up an Airtable automation that's not working as expected.Here are the details:Current Setup1. Trigger: When a record matches conditions- Quote_Date_String is not empty- Axonaut_Status is "accepted"2. Action: Find records- Where Quote_ID matches Quote_ID from trigger3. Action: Update record (in a "Repeat for each" loop)- Table: Landing_Table- Update Quote_Date_String fieldError:Getting "Received invalid inputs" when testing the automation, even though the test step shows valid data in the trigger record.Screenshots of the automation and test results are attached.Any help identifying why the update action is failing would be greatly appreciated.Regards,Hugo

I have an automation that is set to run when a record is updated. The problem is that as the user types in one of the fields being monitored, the automation is called with every character entered or deleted. I want it to run when the user is finished editing - maybe when they hit "Enter" or when they click off the field for the record in question. Is there any way to do this? Seems unusable as is?

Hopefully this is an easy ask, but I just can't figure it out.I have my interface as public, showing records in a gallery view. I have automation which emails the user to tell them that their request is live on the dashboard and to provide them a link to it. If I use "Page Record Url" in the email automation, it does create a link, but only for me, ie only logged in people. The only way I can get a public link to that record, is view the record in the interface, open it up, click the chain link to copy the url and use that. That URL is much longer than the other ones and I have no idea how I can pull in that URL in the email automation to give the customer.Here are the links, I've modified them for privacy, but its just to give you a flavour of the difference. These links will not work for you.

Hi all,I have an automations question that I hope someone can help me with.My company provides a programming service for clients. As we process the information received, Airtable sends an automatic email to the client letting them know what information we have and what we still need.When record is updated, send email to client.This is fairly simple and works well, however, we have employees who work at night or over weekends and do not  want emails going out to clients at funny times. Setting up the automation to trigger at a schedule time does not work because then I do not have the option of formatting the email based on specific record conditions. I would love to be able to have something check if it's during regular work hours, if so send the email, and if not, wait until the next regular business day and then send the email.Any advice on how to implement this?

I would like to update a date field in a record, with the last time the automation executed. Is this possible in an automation, in the Update Record Action?If you choose static, you have to enter the field manually. If you choose a dynamic value, you are only allowed to choose from an existing field or data.  

Hi everyone,I've been struggling with counting all records from table A in table, B. I've read multiple forum posts and watched videos, but something is still not working ... so I've come here to ask for any insights. My understanding is that  I need to put all records from Table A into a single linked field in Table B, and then use a Count field to count them.  So I set this up, like in the imageThen, I went to Automations and set up two steps: Step one: look for any records and table that are not empty. (Table A is called "Entries" in my base)Step Two: Add an "update record" where the "Table" is the Table B ("

I have an Hours table that records for each member (identified by email address) the number of hours they participate in an organization event.  The table consists of email address, event category, #hours, date, and two optional fields, event name and event id.  When members go to input their hours, they typically have more than one activity to report.  I want to create a form such that the member inputs their email address only once and then can input multiple instances of {event category, hours, date}.   I saw one possible solution that added another table linked to the hours table and allowing multiple records, but I'd prefer to not have to create another table for just this purpose.  Any help, guidance, direction would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Airtable Community....I'm new to Airtable so please bare with me.I have a Softr application, in demo state - Where a user (logging in on their backend portal) can log in and upload some content...I also have a form that is public facing for clients to fill out...I am okay with the user table capturing the user's: name, password, email, magiclink, attachments.I also okay with the client table capturing the client's: first name, last name, phone, email, organization.I want to preface - that I want to use these two tables for multiple users who will have their own custom built application as well as anyone who fills out the form specific on the user's application...Here is the issue/problem:1. How do I link a client who fills out the form for a specific user and then automatically get the attachments (via airtable email automation)?2. Can I use the same two tables for multiple users? Say I have 100 unique users - I don't wa

Hi Airtable Community...I have a table called 'Request-Table that is linked to a user table called 'User-Table'...In Request-Table, when a new entry is added (i.e Requestor-Name, Requestor-EmaiI) it pulls specific User information (fields) for that User from the User-Table (e.g. Name, E-mail, and Attachment fields)I want to send the attachment the Request-Table pulls in from User-Table TO the Requestor-Email...My question is - How do I add the attachment or attachments the automated email? I'm stuck hereCan someone show me the steps, please.  I'm 90% there, just need the other 10% 😃DesertLotus 

So close to getting the whole base working the way I want I can see the light at the end. I think the final hold up is getting the "Find Records" step working properly.My automation triggers when a new record is created in "Trainings". The "Trainings" table has the following fields:Training Type (Single Linked Record to Another Table Called Training Types)Date (date field)Attendees (Multiple Linked Record to Another Table Called Employees)Expiration Period (Roll-Up from Training Type Table)Expiration Status (Formula Based on Date Field and Expiration Period Roll-Up)Expiration Date (Formula Based on Date Field and Expiration Period Roll-Up)The other table "Training Assignments" has the following fields:Employee (Single Linked Record To Employees)Training Type (Single Linked Record to Training Type)Assigned (Checkbox)Trainings (Single Linked Record to Training Type)

Hi all, I have set up an auxiliary table that has values in columns based on condition (the column name). I have a main table in which I am trying to pull data for items based on the condition of that item. So, I am trying to get Airtable to go to the auxiliary table, look up the requisite item from the main table, and find the value based on the condition that is noted in a field in the main table (please see screenshot attached). There is a field on the Inventory tab that notates the condition and a bunch of columns on the DB tab that have values for each condition. I need to write an automation or formula that tells Airtable to look up the condition of the item on the Inventory table, go to the DB table find the appropriate item, and look up the value based on the condition in the Inventory table.  Thanks for any assistance you can give me.

I want to create rent payment schedule to send to someone after they sign leases for an apartment using the data that I have in airtable. The rent payable is typically the same price every month but sometime if they start not on the 1st of the month the 2nd month is pro-rated. Also a few times are free month rent is given so that month no rent is due. Always paid at lease signing is 1st month rent and one month security deposit. The 1st Month they will always pay the entire amount even if the lease doesn't start on the 1st. The 2nd month is always pro-rated if there is pro-rated rent. I was things about having each month as a column (Sept 2024, Oct 2024, nov 2024 etc) then we can use ai and formula to look up the start date, end date, rent amount to put the data below in a table to send out in an email in automation or I can set up via Zapier. In Zapier I can probably also set up this type of automation but

Oh, this one has me stuck!I have a table of 'Individuals' with an email address and a unique ID on one table, and on another 'Audit' table, I have audit line items with the linked ID. I would like to use a checkbox of 'publish' in the Individual tab to trigger an email that sends a table of relevant data to the right individual. Right now, I have a trigger or 'when records match' showing a few conditions including publish. then Find Records, then Repeat for each List of records, with a send email and appropriate grid in the email. Problem is, I can't convince the automation to sort these, so person A only get their results ,and Person B get theirs. It's a mash of results, not getting split per individual. Because the list of individuals will continue to grow, I can't create a view per individual.Can anyone see what I am missing here?

Hi! I'm trying to set up a conditional automation and the "Otherwise" condition is giving me an error.Trigger: A record enters a view. The view relies on the field {1 week} not being empty. The two possible values are "1 week late" and "2 weeks late" First condition:If {1 week} contains 1Condition 2 should be either:Otherwise, or1 week contains 2 (or equals "2 weeks late")I get success after the first condition but the second condition failsIt feels like i'm missing something obvious! Thanks!

Are the record's previous values available in the "when record is updated" trigger?  I'd like to be able to compare the previous values with the current values and act accordingly.  Does this require a code step instead?