Automations

How can I have an automation (or formula) return only the first record in a manually sorted table or view? I have clients submitting tasks and manually sorting the tasks according to the order in which they would like them completed, and we only work on one task at a time. I'm trying to build an automation that changes the status of the next task ("next" is determined by the manual sort field) to "in progress" when there are no longer any tasks for that client in progress. How can I do this without creating views for every client? 

Hi guys, I current have a button that opens a url that is a Make Web Hook, I was wondering is there anyway for the same button to also update the record.My plan is to open url to send email in sengrid, aswell as update status from Open > Sent. Has anyone done this before? Any assistance would be really helpful Thank you!  

I'm building a project management platform. In my current configuration, there is a table for Projects, and another for Tasks. When a Project is created, an automation runs to add corresponding Tasks. The Project table has a "Status" field, with options for In Progress, On Hold, Canceled, and Done.When a Project status is changed from In Progress to On Hold, I added an automation that also changes the status of the underlying Tasks to On Hold (so the individuals to whom those tasks are assigned now to pause work on them).But how would I create an automation to switch that Task status back to In Progress if the parent Project status is changed back?If I set the trigger to be "when record in Project matches conditions (status = In Progress), it's going to update a lot of tasks that should be updated.Is there a scripting solution for "if a project was On Hold and now is In Progress, change all underlying Tasks statuses that were On Ho

Hi all,I have a really simple script as part of an automation, that is supposed to open the URL of an interface page item that was created earlier in the same automation.I'm aware there's a button to open a URL in the interface designer, but then i can't have that button run the automation... function NewTab() {            window.open(            "https://google.com_blank");        }

I have a table Formation 1 in Airtable that contains various information, including a field named Status with values such as "refused", "accepted", and "pack". I also have another table, Formation 2, which contains different information and is synchronized with the first table. I would like to set up an automation such that if an email in Formation 1 has a status of "refused", it should be added to Formation 2 with the status set to "pack solo". How can I achieve this?

Hi i recorded a quick loom to explain my goal and problem: https://www.loom.com/share/984f3cc405a54ebb93cac3d861843570Here is the corresponding database:https://airtable.com/invite/l?inviteId=invBQZLlFEVSONEXd&inviteToken=e4487b2eb45a328e2e997098f1a864d581e116c9a89364c5754478aa6e8aed69&utm_medium=email&utm_source=product_team&utm_content=transactional-alertsWhat is the automation please?

Hi all,I've been running into an issue with an automation that I just can't seem to figure out; basically, I have one table which contains a date column (Reachout Tracking), along with a linked field to another table which contains contacts to whom I'm sending an email (Contact List).I'm trying to set up an automation where when I update the Date Sent column, it automatically updates another date column called Date of Last Reachout in the linked table: I know that something in the automation chain here is messed up, but here's the chain I have so far. It doesn't give me errors when testing but it also doesn't achieve the desired results:

Hi, i want to read pdfs via the open api and fill the data into predefined tables.Im not so experienced with JS, but with chatGPt I managed to receive already the correct data. Now I get an error that doesn't help me any further. I checked all fields have correct names. The pdf data get correctly extracted.  Now im running in circles, I think the scripts tires to update Column 0 ("Bestellnummer") but shouldn't, I only want to update the fields with "AB". If anyone can help here I would be very happy. peace this is the code:// Retrieve all input variables in a single input.config() calllet { pdfFile, lief

Is there a way to use automation to automatically store a document in the newly created data record for every newly created data record

Hello- I’m looking for some help with an automation/formula in airtable.I have a table called Inventory that has all of my products in it. I have a view that contains priority level of what needs to be produced next and the amount of space it takes up during production by product.I have another table with kiln loads (production) that I need to link all of these records to automatically by priority level and not have the kiln space exceed 90% (I have a rollup field that sums the space taken by each product). Essentially, I need the automation to start linking the products to be produced on the first record, once that reaches a max of 90% space, start linking them on the second record, and so on until all of the products to be made on the first table are linked to a kiln load.

Hello!!I have an automation I'm creating where I need it to do a "find record" based on email address. In table A, the email address is a lookup field so I created a formula field titled "email for automation" and simply told the formula to populate the information from the lookup field (as lookup fields cannot be used in the conditional setup of automations). However, when I go to validate my find record, I get "Invalid Input Error"Here are the details.Table A "Bonus Delivery"  Table B: "Webinar Registrants"I'd like the automation to do the following: When a new record is created in Bonus Delivery, find record in Webinar Registrants, and IF FOUND, Update Bonus Delivery Record with a check

Hi,I have an automation that looks at a view and adds every record in that view to the email and then sends it at 3pm every day.How do I stop the email from sending if there are no records in that view?

Hello ,I have two tables: "Formation 1" and "Formation 2." In "Formation 1," you have fields such as name, surname, email, status, and phone number. In "Formation 2," you have fields like name, surname, order date, email, title, funding, and coach. The two tables are not linked.You would like to automatically transfer the same information from "Formation 1" to "Formation 2" when the status is "Refused" in "Formation 1." How can you do this using Airtable alone?

I created a form in Fillout to update fields but now when I share the unique URLs with those who want to update their information, it says that they do not have access to this base.  I'm not seeing how I can update settings without giving each person access to the entire base.  Thanks in advance!

I am looping through a list of people in a table and adding them to a multiselect linked field in another. I have found andimplemented the following code to update multiselects without deleting the records existing values.I have found that this only works IF the record contains a value. I get the following error:TypeError: record.getCellValue(...) is nullOnce I push a value into the record manually and then run the script it works great.I need to be able to push the FIRST instance into that field and then also add on top of that.Thanks in advance.// This script only works if there is already a value in People Link. In my loop I might need to updateadd up to 3 people into this record. How can I push the first one in and then run this after?What would my if look like? // table.updateRecordAsync(

I would like to create an automation that reminds me by email 1 month before a date from a formula field. Unfortunately I can't change the value of a formula field to dynamic or say the date is within 1 month like I can with a real date field. that doesn't work.

UPDATE: found out this was due to a formula error, which left the deadline date field in #ERROR for the affected records. SORRY not to have noticed it before posting.rgds,Björn---------------------------------------------------------------------Hi,Sending out personalised e-mails with repeating group automation. Out of a bunch of 96, some 5 just failed with a quite unhelpful ""Subject" could not be converted to a string" message.The e-mail subject field uses a variable to fetch a deadline date. For 95% of the e-mails it works like when tested, for 5% it doesn't.Any ideas how to troubleshoot? How on earth does it work for some, but not for others? It's the same data that is retrieved for all.Rgds,Björn

Hi,I created a script which takes data  in a project financial table and updates special table with payments report.I'm going to setup it to run daily or weekly automation, and add it to many projects in different bases.Problem with updating a single-select field 'Type' (of operation), when new Types appear.here is the issue, automation can't do that (script extension works ok):thinking about workaround - use preparation script, compare and check whether new types available, output them in variable 'newtypes', find any random record in destination, loop Update it's 'Type' through the list of 'newtypes', then return the old value.Then run main script.More clean solution, to avoid affecting Modified Date of existing record could be - Create new record, Loop update it with all new types, then delete it (by script).

I would like to set up and automation that "At 9 AM every Monday, Airtable will automatically send a Slack message to a user if a certain condition is met (e.g., "Task1" is set to "Pending Activation"). The Slack message will have an actionable button (e.g., "activated"), and when clicked, it will update a specific field " Task 1" in Airtable (e.g., changing "Pending Activation" to "Activation"). But the test result is negative and showed received invalid inputs.    

Does anybody have a good workaround for delaying email automations for (example) 10 minutes? Our situation: When a project goes over budget, an email is sent to the project manager But: the email will go immediately, which is a problem, because the project manager might simply be in the process of updating the record, and once he’s finished with his updates, the project might not actually be over budget. Therefore, we are getting tons of false notifications. What’s needed: Some sort of pause before the notification is sent out, where Airtable checks to see if the situation is still true for that record, before sending the notification.

Hi! On my table I have three fields, "Start Date", "End Date", and "Week Number". I am trying to make an automation that extrapolates the week number from the date range. I know there is a formula that does this but I'm looking to have the field be a single-select color-coded field. I have an automation that is working out well but I can't figure out how to do the automation so that it would automate multiple weeks if the start and end date spans multiple weeks. Current automation: If start date is 1/1/25 and end date is 1/3/25, return week 1. Where I want to get: If start date is 1/1/25 and end date is 1/9/25, return week 1 and week 2. Is there an easy way to do this? 

I have a table <TableA> whose records <TableARecord> have a field <LinkedRecordB> which is linked to records of a second table <TableB>.I am try to use that field <LinkedRecordB> for automations and I don't see how.If I try to use it in a Condition Group, when defining the condition I can only use the record ID and Name.If, as a workaround, I try to find the corresponding record in <TableB> using a "Find records" action with "Find records based on" when trying to defined the condition I am not even able to select that field <LinkedRecordB> and get an error message when hovering stating: "No valid nested options"The only solution I have found is using adding another field of type "Formula" in <TableA> an getting the Name of that linked record <LinkedRecordB> and then using it in the condition in option 2.

I want to automate the synchronization between two fields in Make and Airtable. I have a “date” field and a “selection” field that contain the same information. I would like the “selection” field to be automatically updated with the same value as soon as the “date” field is filled. How can I achieve this?

I would like to set up an automation to send an email when a condition is met...and I'd like it to run every 2 weeks or every xx weeks or xx months. Is this possible?

I need to copy a URL from one field and not just paste it into another field, but paste it into the “Get Image URL” style field … and then UPLOAD IT. If you’ve used the “get image URL” type of field you know you can drop files into it or past a URL into it so that it uploads the file to AIrTable and gives you an AIrTable URL. The difficulty here is that you can’t just paste a URL into that field. You have to (a) CLICK the filed first and a menu appears. (b) Within that menu you must select he URL link icon to make another field appear. (c) Then you past your URL into THAT field (d) Press upload (f) a small image of your uploaded file appears in the field which you can THEN click on and get an AIrTable URL for. **How do I automate this? I’ve created a small loom.com video below to show the stapes in my database I need to automate. ** [