Automations

I am new to Airtable. I have created an interface, but I am struggling to figure out how to display alerts or message boxes to the user in the interface if they are open and not taking any actions for a certain interval (like five minutes). Ideally, I would like to display a help dialog where they can search for or see a link to another page. I don't know if this is possible, but I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could guide me.

Hi all,I've found a script that I've used as a script app to compress all of the images in my tables. Now I would like to turn that into an automation, so when I upload a new image it will use my tinypng account's api to compress the image. I've changed the script a bit in order for it to work as an automation but I don't know how to fix this error. My code: // Modify these to your own values. let tinyPngApiKey = '00000'; let airtableAttachmentSource = 'Billeder'; let airtableAttachmentDestination = 'Billeder'; let airtableColumnToLog = 'Billeder'; // Don't change these unless you know what you're doing. let table = base.getTable("Anlæg"); let view = table.getView("Alle anlæg"); let queryResult = await view.selectRecordsAsync(); for (let record of queryResult.records) { let attachments = record.getCellValue(airtableAttachmentSource); let compressedImageUrls = []; if (attachments && attachments.length > 0) { // Iterate

HelloTrying to do something very basic.I have created an automation where all the steps confirmed as working except the trigger which is a button trigger. My understanding is to connect a button to the trigger I have to select it in the interface.So I go to the interface, add button but under Choose Automation no automations are showing. Quick Loom here.Any help much appreciated!

I am attempting to find a formula that will create a continual weekly release date when I create a new topic for a podcast.  For example, if I were to have a release today and I were to open a new row, it would automatically populate a week from now in the date, so on and so forth.

Hello everyone,I am currently working on a database in Airtable where I need to automatically generate a random number from a specific list of numbers for each new entry in my table named "Article". The list of possible numbers is as follows: [1448, 800, 140, 105, 106]. I want each time a new record is created, one of these numbers is randomly selected and inserted into a column named "Nombre".I tried using built-in formulas in Airtable, but they don't seem to work as I wish. I also tried writing a script in Airtable's Scripting app, but I haven't been able to get the desired behavior.I wonder if anyone has encountered a similar issue or if anyone knows how I could achieve this, either with formulas or with a script.

Hello! I would like to set-up an automation using "Run a script" that checks the text in the primary field [Name] for a matching value in a multi-select field [Topic] and then populates the field with the matching value. Would greatly appreciate any help with creating a script and automation that can accomplish this as I am unfamiliar with scripting. Included sample data screenshot for visual. The real dataset has ~ 20 selection options.The process should look something like this:1) Record is created2) Script runs3) Record UpdatedThank you!

What's a good way to copy data from one field to another in the same table?Currently, I have data in Field A that I want to copy to Field B because I want to deactivate Field A (probably hide it.) Then, going forward current processes where data was entered via a form to Field A would instead be entered into Field B.So, this is a one-time need but there may be other changes in the data structure where having an automation in place that performs this task would be handy.If this is an automation, I'm not sure what to use as a trigger.Any ideas are welcome.

Dear Community,I do have a table with a formula field, which tells you how many times a row has to be copied.I did set up an automation which tells you to copy the row, when formula field is bigger than 0.What I can't figure out is how to tell the automation to stop copying once the desired number is reached. Is there a way to achieve this?Thank you.

Hi guys,Simple question really:If I change the name of a field that has been referenced by a script in an automation, will the script break or will it update automatically?I daren't test it and unfortunately I don't know how to script to create a test one.Thanks

Hi! I think this is simple, but can't figure it out...I have a base where I have a “Sales“ tab, here I have the date, client, and price sold. This tab has all the sales for the entire month. I can make a new “Daily view“ and filter by date, so now I can see only the current date. I can see totals here...I need to have an automation send me the total sales for the DAY. I can get(find records) the “Daily View“ from the sales tab, but I can only see a list/grid with numbers for each sale... i want to see a TOTAL DAILY SALES.Help! 

Hello All,I have an automation that uses a for loop to create a new record based on input from a form. When the automation is tested in "run as configured" mode the new records are created as expected. However, when testing live the automation fails to create the record. However other aspects of the automation completed correctly so I know the automation is triggering as it should. The fact that the tests are working correctly makes me think that the issue lies with something on the Airtable side and not the automation side. Could this be the case? Thanks!

I have set up automations to send messages to Slack channels when specific conditions are met. These automations function correctly, displaying the intended bot name and bot icon. However, I've noticed an issue over the past few weeks. After an unpredictable amount of time, usually about an hour, Airtable sends a duplicate message with "Airtable" as the bot name and the Airtable icon as the bot icon. I'm unable to find a way to prevent or deactivate this secondary notification.Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I like this reminder feature I tapped into sometime last year.  I am using it to monitor subscriptions based on their "Expiry Date".The triggers have worked so far, but I just noticed that obviously the Expiry date needs to be updated each time the date passes so that the reminder is triggered yearly/monthly recurrently, until I set the subscription to "Disabled".  What is the best way to do this?Sorry if this has been covered.Many thanks 

Is it possible to share Airtable automations between other users or bases? I’m interested in the following depending on the situation: Create an Airtable Automation and then share it with another user Create an Airtable Automation and then share it with another base Share a Base and allow another user to copy the base with it preloaded with automations Thanks!

Hi! I'm trying to create an automation to assign a due dates to tasks that all have a due date of Thursday, and the tasks vary by how many weeks out they should be completed. For example, our "Final Paperwork Due" task always needs to be due the Thursday 2 weeks out from the event date.I've been able to make a formula that can automate the deadline to a certain number of days out from the event, but I can't pin down how to always make the due date a certain day of the week. Any help appreciated!

I am trying to create an automation that will update a record. I want to add a linked record from one field (Field A) to a different field (Field b). Field A will have only one linked record in it. Field B allows multiple linked records. Right now, whenever i update the record with the info from Field A, it either overwrites everything that was in Field B or it creates a new linked record that merges the info that was in Field A with the info that was previously in Field B. Is it possible to automate this kind of update? thanks for any help! is this possible?

Hello My department is trying to decide whether to move forward with Airtable or not and the feasibility of the items below would help us decide. Is it possible to do the following in a native airtable form? If so, could someone please tell me the specific steps I should take? I’m currently using the trial version. Unfortunately I can’t use any third party integration but I can use the extensions currently offered within airtable.1/ Can Airtable auto populates fields whenever a selection is made in another field?I thought “link to another record” was it but apparently it isn’t.There are project IDs that the form submitter will choose from a drop-down that are linked to specific tasks, owner names and other values that need to be auto-populated whenever said project ID is selected 2/ Is there a way to create an automation between my form and main excel spreadsheet in Airtable

Hello, Can someone help me if this is possible or not?You may watch this loom for more information.So we have this view called "HitList" which came from the sheet of "Client Briefs" This hitlist has our client list that is waiting for some properties that we need to buy for them. We also have another view called "Rejected" which is under the sheet of "Properties" What I'm trying to achieve is that,Is it possible to gather all of the Rejected properties and group them to specific clients from the Hitlist?Do you think this is possible, if yes could you pl

Hi. I am trying to use the "Find Many Records (With Line Item Support) in Airtable" in Zapier and keep getting zero results. My goal is to attempt to return all records that had a specific column modified that day.Airtable:Zapier:      

I have an expense base.It has two tables - All Expenses and Budget.The All Expenses table contains a form that is filled out by anyone submitting an expense. It will categorize based on program, sub-program, and category within that program.The Budget table contains every category of budget items. The overall program, then the hierarchy of sub-program and category within the program.The automation I created triggers upon the creation of a record in the All Expenses table via the form. It is set to find records that match in program, sub-program, and category. Once found, it will update the budget item record in the Budget Table. Specifically, it will update one field titled "All Expenses" in the Budget table. This field is a lookup field to the All Expenses table. There is a connected lookup field that will show the value connected to the title of the expense attached. So, the theory is that as expenses are submitted via the expense form, the automation w

Images to make it easier to understand. When a record gets the single select category “Investment from private”, this automation triggers. This is synced directly from my business bank account every day. This is the record i want to update: Thought i had it covered with this automation: Buuuuut the automation overwrites the linked records instead of adding to the end of it. Is there any simpler way to deal with this? Do i have to use a script instead? This is for a client that deals with tons of transactions and i have to make a separate table categorizing cashflow.

I received this message " The Zapier third-party integration's access to your Airtable account has been automatically revoked by Airtable"  I cannot find where in Airtable to fix this.

HII'd like to update my current job submission form to collect extra details on certain projects.  I only want this new field to appear if Job Type "XYZ" is selected (I know how to do that part!)Part I need help with:I need the submitter to answer a few questions pertaining to the job. I'd rather the answers all sit in 1 field rather than have a separate field for each question.  How do I get a Long Text field to be pre-populated with this text, so that when it is triggered to show on the form, all they do is add their answers?• Question one goes here?• Question two would be here?• Question three would be next?(Note: This answer will help us blah blah blah) Fingers crossed it's possible.Thanks!

Hi There,I have an issue using the Send email Automation,I have created an automation to send an email that embeds a table that results from a query.It works well except that my table embedded in the email include dates that are not sorted, and it is required that my table is sorted by dates.ThanksArnaud

FolksI am getting this error now, after thousands of emails sent through several automations along the time, using only one email."Google reported an error while processing this action:You've temporarily hit Google's rate limit for sending emails."How can I prevent to get this error?What is the google limit?Will a professional google account prevent this from happening?I am trying to get these answers from the net, and nothing yet has showed up.Did someone already got one of these?Thanks in advance for the help