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Is there a way for Record IDs to be visible after a user completes a form? Maybe in the message that appears after hitting the submit button to act as a “confirmation code” that can be copied and pasted elsewhere?

Current state: 

Team member completes airtable form. 

After completing the form, team member is redirected to message thanking them for the submission. 

Goal:

After completing the form, a record ID is generated from the completed response and the user is able to copy and paste that record ID number to be shared/associated. 

 

To my knowledge, the record ID is generated after the form is completed and is visible in the Data is there anyway to make this visible sooner and so the user doesn’t need to view the data to pull record ID info? 

Hey ​@joey6,

I don’t think that is possible unfortunately. However, what you can easily do is create an automation that will get triggered as soon as the form gets submitted or as soon as the record get’s created, and send the record id via email (action on the automation).

If you need any help setting this up, or further context, just let me know (or gab a slot using this link).

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
YouTube Channel

Also, you might want to submit this as a feature request using this form. Airtable forms are really limited (vs. Fillout or others).

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
YouTube Channel

​@joey6 

You can’t display the Record ID on the screen after the form is submitted, but you can automatically redirect the user to their newly-created record by using {record_id} as the placeholder for the Record ID in your redirect URL.

(Ironically, that WILL actually display the Record ID onscreen as part of the redirect message, but then it will disappear in a few seconds as it automatically redirects.)

Alternatively, you could setup an automation to email the user their Record ID after the form is submitted. (Or send them a Slack message or something like that.)

Hope this helps!

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Hm are you on a Teams plan?  If so, you could try redirecting them to a form where you’ve prefilled a field with the record ID:

I’ve set it up here for you to check out, and this is what I put in my redirect:

 

https://airtable.com/app4N8rQx8anjXJUF/shrPXxvxExrn8lZL0?prefill_Record%20ID={record_id}

 

 

Hey All, 

Thank you so much for the input and guidance! 

I ended up using an Automation to send an email after the form is completed that includes both the Record ID and the link to the next step in their journey. 

Glad to hear that ​@joey6.

Feel free to reach out as needed if you have any other question, or else you can grab a slot using this link if needed :D

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
YouTube Channel 

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