Builders Board

Hello Airtable Community!I'm excited to share a project that's been around since 2020, but I realized we hadn't directly shared it on this forum yet. It's called BaseQL, and it's a tool that I think could be really useful for Airtable users who are looking to build more complex applications or integrate Airtable data into their existing systems. Essentially, BaseQL provides a GraphQL API for Airtable to simplify the process of building custom applications and integrations using Airtable as your database.For those unfamiliar with GraphQL, it's a query language for APIs that allows you to request exactly the data you need, nothing more and nothing less. This can be particularly powerful when working with complex data structures like those we often create in Airtable.Here are some key features of BaseQL:Automatic schema generation: BaseQL creates a GraphQL schema based on your Airtable base structureSeamless integration: Allows you to leverage GraphQL's benefits without changing your Airt

Hi, How can I make that when a new user signs up he gets a unique ID in the Accounts table and every time he adds a new record in other tables his ID shows in the column?

Hello!When I open the extension Page Designer, I cannot edit the preferences, i cannot do anything but close it.Any ideas?

We are experimenting with Airtable as a project management tool for our Graphic Design Firm. Working well so far, until we get to expense tracking. It’s easy enough to create a table to track individual expenses and link them to any open job in our “jobs” table, but when it comes to billing, we need a single document that captures ALL the expenses related to a job and presents them together in a report much like the attached “Cost Sheet”, which we currently produce manually for each job in Excel. Here’s what we need. I’d like to automate the Cost Sheet data entry process so that, at a push of a button, any member of my team can generate a pdf with this same info, and with data pulled from Airtable records. All the user would have to do is select a “job” and all expense records linked to that job would be gathered up and processed. Each expense record would be listed as a row in the table (like the highlighted rows shown in the example). In addition, header info (like that shown in rows

So, forms just got the option “Collect respondent email addresses automatically (sign-in required)”. When this option is checked and people open the form URL, they will be prompted to sign in with Airtable or make an account. After that, they can fill in the form and the email address they used to sign in or to create a new account with, will be stored in a auto created “created by” field in your table. This opens up the possibility to let people change their data, using their email address as a unique identifier. When a record, let’s say a client record, contains an email address, you can crosscheck this with the auto filled in email address in the “created by” field mentioned above, by prefilling and hiding it in an email field in the form. Via automations you can access the underlying email address from the “created by” field and check it against the one in the existing record. As you cannot create an Airtable account without having to activate your account from the inbox from the

Airtable work needed for ongoing development of various platforms communicating with Airtable. The below is one of many projects we are developing. BACKGROUND: We are using Airtable to track delays in time-sensitive projects with legal ramifications for time overruns. Each new record (documenting a delay caused by other outside collaborators) is currently being sent out via Zapier/Gmail with URLs in the body of the email to the entire table (via private link) and to the record itself. This is a good first step for notifying our clients and documenting the delays. But since this line of work has the potential to go legal if the projects go past their contracted completion dates, we need the emails to serve as proper documentation of the delays. The problem: Emailing URLs that point to dynamic data that can always be altered by us (as the Airtable database owners) wouldn’t give us a strong legal leg to stand on should contracts ever go to court. NEEDS: What we need is for these same rec

Posting this here for anyone else who might find it helpful. While there are some great extensions for geocoding, I needed to simply convert an address into latitude and longitude and had a hard time finding a script to do it in Airtable + Google Maps API. I found this awesome script but had to modify it to only run on a particular view so that it didn't hit the automation / script limits. Here's my version for anyone looking for a way to geocode the record once it hits a particular view: Create number fields called Lat and Lng, get a Google Maps API key, create a view of records that have Address, but not Lat that can trigger an automation. let table = base.getTable('<TABLE NAME GOES HERE>');let view = table.getView('<VIEW NAME GOES HERE>');let result = await view.selectRecordsAsync({sorts: [{ field: 'Lat', direction: 'asc' },{ field: 'Address', direction: 'asc' },{ field: 'Lng', direction: 'asc' }]});const GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY = '<API KEY GOES HERE&g

 One of my clients, an American production company, was spending a lot of time on invoices to the detriment of their high-value work – the production of corporate videos and ads. Consequently, to help them refocus on their core mission, I created for them a set of automations that streamline their invoice management system: data entry for inbound invoices, document generation and sending for outbound invoices. Those automations helped them reclaim around 10 hours of work per week. You can see what I built in 👉 this Loom video 👈. For data protection purposes, please note that the product you’ll see in it is only the MVP I built for the client, not the final product, and that I made up all the data. For this project, I have to say that setting up the loop mechanism in Documint for retrieving the line items stored in Airtable was the biggest technical obstacle to me. But if you guys ever consider using this tool, I have to say Documint’s support te

Hi! I am brand new to Airtable (and admittedly, brand new to the tech world in general), so I wanted to share my first project and get some feedback/suggestions. Some background on the project: My dad’s company is built almost entirely out of google drive and he is wanting to start transitioning over to Airtable to automate some processes that are currently being done tediously by his HR team. One of these tasks is keeping employees’ contact info updated regularly. Right now, this is being done by HR reaching out to employees individually to see if their info has changed and then manually updating in google sheets. Current Project: Import current employee info into new Airtable base and set up a form to be emailed quarterly to all employees which will allow them to change any information and update their record automatically once this form has been submitted. Step 1: I imported data straight from google sheets into Airtable to create my Employee Info base. This google sheet had a lot o

Hey there 👋Anyone using Airtable and Asana?We’re slowly launching our new tool, Syncgrip, and we could really use some feedback from folks who are already using these platforms.Syncgrip lets you sync data between Airtable and Asana in real time, and we’re planning to add more services soon.If that sounds useful, check out this quick demo to see how it works.The Beta is open to everyone, so feel free to try it out at Syncgrip. We’d love to hear what you think!Cheers!

Hello, we are a small music festival non-profit organization. We've been using Airtable for a few months. We are looking for a consultant to help boost our use of Airtable,Here are a few things we need Airtable to do:. Base design and management. Workflow automation. Assist in building a project management/planning tool in AirTable.We are based in South Brisbane Australia. We need you to physically come to the office for 4 weeks. Please respond with your experience/background and rates if you are able to help with this.ThanksBreeze

Hello, we are a very small non-profit and we've been using Airtable for very basic functioning for the past few years. We are looking for a consultant to help boost our use of Airtable, including tracking inventory, purchases and programming information.Here are a few things we need Airtable to do:Track project status/project management/to do tasks by employeeFeed assigned tasks from one base into another baseAuto-input purchases from our Jotform order formTrack used and unused inventory based on purchasesCreate contacts for participants based on purchase order historyPlease respond with your experience/background and rates if you are able to help with this.Many thanks,Christine

Hi everyone! For those of you that were in attendance for Airtable’s New Feature spotlight last week, you may have heard Howie’s announcement that Airtable Academy, our e-learning and certification program, will be universally available and rolled out to EVERYONE this October.  As Howie stated in the webinar: "Our goal is to make this the go-to resource to understand how to build an app—the data modeling concepts, the automation and logic concepts, the interfaces—and to further our mission of empowering a whole new generation of builders to create really useful apps that ultimately transform their operations and create awesome impact for their businesses." If you are a member of one of the 1,000+ Enterprises who’ve registered for the Academy, enrolled in a course, completed a learning path, or achieved the Airtable Builder certification since we launched last month, we appreciate your support and feedback thus far.  And for those interested but unable to access Academy—we've

This article shows how to generate a PDF based on one of the DynamicDocs JSON to PDF templates from Airtable. PDF generation is done by setting up a script which can be prompted with a button. The script creates a JSON with underlying data from Airtable and uses DynamicDocs API to generate the PDF. The PDF is then downloaded and put into the Airtable attachment field. What is DynamicDocs API?DynamicDocs API is JSON to PDF API based on LaTeX that allows users to generate dynamic PDF documents in a matter of seconds. PDF generation happens with LaTeX, a mark-up style language that separates formatting and content. LaTeX consistently applies a user-defined style throughout the documents and has become very popular in academic circles due to its ability to create high-quality, complex documents. The templates utilise special commands that can create dynamic text with logic statements, tables spanning multiple pages, great-looking headers & footer

If you are looking for a way to convert a shared Airtable view to CSV then we have now added this to our service at csvgetter.com. This 2 minute video demonstrates how it works:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xyUP5LAJnM

Hey all! Ryan here, I created a tool that lets you customize and embed Airtable data on any website.I've implemented the feedback I got from here (Thanks again!) and am excited to share our new Calendar template.This template is a perfect way to showcase upcoming events on your website all whilst managing them in Airtable.The Template comes with a bunch of customisation options:The Calendar comes with 4 views (Day, Week, Month, Agenda)You can toggle which views you want to have on your template Choose a Default Calendar view for the Calendar.This is the view that the template starts with when the template first loads on your website. You can combine this with toggling off views you don't want to have only 1 view on the Calendar. Popup Event ModalsWhen you click into an event a modal will pop up with more information. Here you can also add custom fields and more. (I am investigating adding the modal functionality across existing templates too, stay tuned!) Custom Event Co

How to group rows by date so that groups are formed by day, without taking into account time. To get a group of October 4 with 2 rows and October 5 with 2 rows. I understand that the question is in the time display, but if you make a separate column with the formula DATETIME_FORMAT({Posting Time}, 'DD MM YY') and then group by it, then the program takes the date for text and sorts without taking into account the month, only by day.

Have trouble with your age-old ERP that's visually horrible and takes you so much time every week? Well, we've got just what you need. We're building a streamlined and visually appealing ERP on Airtable and Make for a client, allowing them to leave soon the horrible Dolibarr. It's estimated that our client will thus save 4 to 10 hours of tedious repetitive tasks a week. Plus, they already enjoy the polished look of this new tool. Thank you, @airtable44 team, for giving us the means to have our clients go from 'Aaargh' to 'Wooow' ! Here's what the first step of this massive project, namely integrating Dolibarr and Airtable, looks like:👉https://bit.ly/demo-erp-airtable 👈

We are a small consulting firm and would like to use Airtable to store and track product data including KPIs, financials, and basic project information. We would like to hire someone to help building the database and user interface. We would also like our database to communicate with a couple of other applications that we use for project management and financial analysis. Please respond if you are interested and a highly capable Airtable developer who can integrate with other apps via APIs.

Hello! We are a small startup that produces hardware for quantum physics experiments. Our designs are used by academic labs and other tech companies within the emergent quantum computing industry. We are seeking a motivated & experienced Airtable consultant who has experience automating common workflows related to design documentation, quotes, POs, serial numbers, BOMs, inventory management, etc in a physical hardware setting. Feel free to reach out with a resume / portfolio and we can start discussing the projects. Thank you! -Ziggy

I've gotten a lot of help from the community, and I'd like to offer something in return.  I was able to author a script that autonumbers a counter field for my detail records based on the group field of the parent record.  This is my first working script and I'm sure it has issues, so use carefully.  I'm sure better versions of this exist on marketplace or someplace, but I couldn't find.  I've submitted it to the marketplace, not sure if it's worthy of them listing it though.  It was a painful learning process to get working, but it does do what I need now. 🙂PS, I know airtable doesn't have a concept of "secondary key" (as in subject), but I think people like me that come from a SQL background might search on thatThe high level of this use case is I have a board meeting each month (Meeting is primary key of parent record). People can submit new agenda items for that meeting, and as they do, the "Agenda Item" counter will number them 1,2,3, etc based on

Airtable’s Script Editor is great, but one flaw that’s bothered me for a long time is how much space the side panels take up, especially on small screens. There’s no way to collapse them, and no way to resize them. Soooo, I spent a few hours writing a userscript with some absolutely insane CSS rules to fix this. Now, the side panels in the Script Editor are collapsed by default, and can be shown by hovering over the handlbars to the right and left. The script is designed to work in both the Scripting Extension, and in the Automations editor. I haven’t released the script publicly yet, as it’s currently written using some experimental CSS properties which allow the CSS rules to be less complex. However, I already figured out a version of the code previously that doesn’t use these experimental properties and is compatible with current browsers, so it would just take a little time to fix up the code before I can share it. If you’re interested in getting ahold of this userscript, please le

This video guide shows you how easy it is with our tool, csvgetter.com:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHMmYXBTbv0 

Hey all, I'm looking to chat with people who are currently embedding Airtable on their websiteI've been working on something that can give you more customisation options to embeds and would love to see if it's useful.

In order to assist a community member in accessing expiring URLs for their attachments, I've developed a new extension! Now, you can effortlessly retrieve the URLs of your attachments with just a click.Just a heads up, the Airtable makes the URLs expire for security reasons. As a result, the provided URL will only remain active for ~2 hours. Please make a note of this while using the extension.And here is the code to paste into your script extension!  const settings = input.config({ title: "Get temporary attachment URL", items: [ input.config.table("table", { label: "Table" }), input.config.field("attachmentField", { parentTable: "table", label: "Attachments field" }), input.config.field("temporaryAttachmentURLsField", { parentTable: "table", label: "Field to put URLs" }), ], }); let { table, attachmentField, temporaryAttachmentURLsField } = settings; if(attachmentField.type !== "multipleAttachments") { throw new Error("Attachmen