Capture number of times a record is opened

Airtable does not track record-level views for embedded bases. Embedded views are anonymous and read-only, so there is no built-in way to count how many times a record is opened.

Thanks M007!

Hey ​@Silvia, thanks for sharing your question.

If I understand correctly, you mean that you wanna track how many times a resource from your table (each resource being a record) is opened. I also assume you’re embedding a data layer view and not an interface. 

If my understanding is correct, I can se a few workarounds for this. In both cases you’ll want to store your files/resources on GDrive/OneDrive, and hold the url to those files.

1. Use Bit.ly, to mask the url of each file (this can be done automatically through Zapier or through scripting). Bit.ly monitors activity on the urls so you can see clicks over time for each file.
2. Another solution would be to create a button field. When clicked this runs an scripting extension and counts +1 towards that record and then opens the correspinding url.

Hey ​@Silvia,

As mentioned above:
1. There is no native way in which to achive this.
2. Similar to what Gaston suggested above under his option number 2, I would probably:

Create an n8n workflow (zapier or make should also work, more on these tools here).
Set the trigger to get fired on a webhook call.
Copy the webhook provided by such trigger.
Create a button that would read “Open Record”
This button should be a dynamic url (formula) which would use the basic webhook url AND the record ID as a url parameter.
Your automation (n8n or other) should have a webhook response node/module, to redirect the end user to the corresponding detail page of the record.
As next step, you can do +1 on any click counting table/field that you might have for such record.

I might be overthinging, but I think that is the way to go probably.

Please do grab a slot if you have any questions, or if you need any help. I’d be happy to show you around.

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
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