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JKONew Participant
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Mobile Access to Interfaces went away

Yesterday I was all of a sudden able to access interfaces from my ipad. This morning I saw an email confirming the feature. But when I went back in this morning the interfaces were gone. Can someone help here?

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LimiKnown Participant
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"submit" button on interface

Hi all!I'm using an interface to create and update records and allowed to create a new record. My team has been using it for a while and love it, but suddenly the "submit" button disappeared and they can no longer create a record through this interface. It's showing as "deleted field" but it was never a field (it was the setting to allow for creation of the record) in the table and i didn't delete anything... I'm going crazy- how do i fix this? (see attached picture)

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avaniNew Participant
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See values from multiple columns in dropdown (like a card) while linking a record

I have 3 tables - Gift Hamper, Products, BOM Gift hamper - has list of gift hamper ids/namesProducts - have list of productsIn BOM we assign products & quantity to Gift Hamper (one gift hamper can have multiple products)While linking a product in BOM, I would like to see some values from Product columns (eg stock available). I would like to do this in grid format & not add each row individually using form.How do I do so? 

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Stoney_MaiNew Participant
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Embedding a MathJax Renderer in Interfaces

Hey Hey, Would anyone happen to know if it's possible to embed a MathJax rendering into an airtable interface? The idea is that the rendered displays the text of math expressions or equations when that text is wrapped in $$ $$. 

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inno-markNew Participant
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Use Interface Designer or Forms to pull records (conditionally) and send to customers to approve.

Thanks in advance everyone - Tried searching but couldn't find anything recent/relevant Currently we are using email automations to conditionally send first articles to our customers to approve, which works - but I'd like a more elegant solution. In an ideal situation, once a record matches certain conditions, it sends a form (interface or other) pulling the image from our base, and the customer can use a check box / comment section to send approval back to us - and updates our records with the checkbox selected and or comments sent.Thanks again - If I missed anything in my search, another advanced thank you for pointing me in the right direction.                                                                   

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CoupsInspiring
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Utilization tool for individual team members Vs. team

Hi all,The Utilization function is pretty great for visualising workloads and capacity, but when adding in the 'Time Off' part of the tool, I'm struggling to get exactly what I'd like.My Capacity planner is a timeline view of tasks grouped by team with all team members' capacity rolled up to the team level. This is great as I can see an entire Team's capacity when adding in new jobs.  However when I assign time off into the 'Account for time off' section it just blocks out the entire team as PTO for those dates on the planner. I don't think it can just subtract member X's time off from the total team capacity. Does the Account for time off functionality only really work when you are viewing capacity at the Team member level?Any ideas much appreciated!

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mweisNew Participant
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New Filter / Record Duplication Behavior (Error)

Hi there,My company has several different interfaces that have more or less the same table in them, just filtered by a different project name. In the past, users (editors on the interface but no database access) have been able to duplicate these records without problem.It seems like there has been a change with how Airtable now handles filters, access, and record duplication. Now, when the user duplicates the record, they get a permission error that tells them that they don't have access to that record. If a user with database permissions (e.g., db creator) duplicates it, there is no problem. It's almost like the filter is being applied before the duplication is complete.A couple other observations: this only happens if the field used for filtering is not included in the table itself. Again, historically this has not been an issue, and it has duplicated without problems. If I add the field not to the table but just as a grouping value, this also mitigates the problem.Has anyone else en

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CoupsInspiring
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Display the list of records being counted when hovering over a number card

This would be really useful for transparency when dealing with large lists / dashboardsSimply pop up a list of what records are being counted. 

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lh201New Participant
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Pulling form data into another interface or base and commenting on answers

Hi! I'm not sure which location to post this in but hopefully someone can help out. I have an interface form which will be collecting question answers prior to a client call. During the call we then want to be able to access and comment on each answer individually as we get clarification from the client. We can obviously have a "notes" column but that would be for the whole record, whereas we need a notes section for each answer (so for each column in the table basically, and it would be incredibly clunky if there was one notes column added after each question column). We then want another 1 or 2 interfaces or tables (or whatever) which again pull in question answers plus our clarifying notes to put next to some other info on post-call actions.I'm new to interfaces for anything other than form creation, so I tried creating one from scratch which had a record selector at the top then all the answers down the left hand side, then I added a "text" element next to each - not realising that

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AB_PRNew Participant
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Editorial Calendar Import Question

My team's work involves tracking and acting on various publication editorial calendars. For example, if a publication is covering [topic x] in January, we like to be able to see that in a spreadsheet and act on it. Currently we collect hundreds of these kits and enter them into Google Sheets separated by month tabs for a full year for each publication. My question is whether an Airtable interface or forms could be set up to make that entry a little easier? Plus maybe make for a more pleasant viewing / sorting experience? I don't have much experience with Airtable interfaces and I couldn't find a similar solution when I searched around.Essential elements: -Ability to enter editorial calendars which include month and associated topic, deadlines associated with each month, and publication name. Ideally also the ability to link publications with specific clients to indicate relevance. Additionally ideal to import editor and other relevant contact info and link it to the publication.-Abilit

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AhmetNew Participant
posted in Interface Designer
Legacy Interface button doesn't recognize automations

Hi awesome Airtable users, Recenlty came across an issue where existing button fields in Interface designer (legacy one) stopped recognizing existing automations in the Automations list. Doesn't recognize any. It was working fine until today morning. Has any come across the same issue? 

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Mouser-IB-AdminInspiring
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Grouping unique values into buckets for interface pie chart

I'm really hoping this can be accomplished without needing to create yet another formula field, so I'll give details below and see where I get. 🙂I have fields for start and end dates and then a formula that calculates the duration between them, including when the end date is blank and then it just keeps counting from the start. I want to have a chart show this data on an interface, but I don't want every single value showing uniquely on the chart if possible.Instead, I'd like to have it group them into buckets for things like 0-30 Days, 31-90 days, 90+ days, but I can't see any way to do that intelligently within the interface. My fear is that I'm going to need a formula field that gathers this at the table level and then point the pie chart to that field instead of the duration field.Anyone have a suggestion for the best way to accomplish this kind of reporting? Thanks!

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HeidiFogleNew Participant
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"Field X was changed and can no longer be selected" error in Interface

Earlier today, I deleted some value options from one of my single-select fields (Team Type) in one of my tables - I did not do anything else like delete the field, change its type, or change any field permissions. Now in the Interface builder, a Grid element linked to that table is grayed out with the error message "Field "Team Type" was changed and can no longer be selected". I have hidden and unhidden Team Type from the grid Fields list, and gone into Edit it and then Saved it without making further changes, but nothing I've tried is working. I made this change a while ago, so it is impossible to go back and literally undo the actual option deletion action I did, and the change is necessary for our data so I don't want to return the data to its previous state anyway. Does anyone know what is happening here and how I can restore my grid? Thank you for anything you can offer!

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WayneMNew Participant
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Prefilled Records And Interface Hit and Miss

Hey there, I have a automation setup in a client database that is triggered by me changing the status and then sending a calculation to a customer with a link to a reference check interface form, because there are so many people who need their references checked with this form we need to put in the name of the candidate and the reference prefilled in the form. (due to privacy issues we cant have them searching up their name btw)I created a claculation that has the form link and then the url prefilled instructions for the names for the ref and candidate. It brings up the candidate most of the time but the reference not really, Im not sure if its because the reference is in a different table but Ive used the 'prefill_Reference%20Name=Reference Name' and ' prefill_Reference%20Name=Reference RECORD ID' (In the appropriate code ofc) and it works some of the time. I find that when I clear cookies in my browsers it works but I was wondering what the real issue is because I need the Names

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LauLopezFNew Participant
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Traking user productivy

Hi Friends! Can someone please help me with this? I manage a small team of 3 members. Let's say I have 3 tables: 1. Projects, 2.Tasks and 3.Subtasks (linked with one another).So I have an interface where each user can see everyday the projects, tasks and subtasks asigned or due for that certain day.I want a way to track productivity, or what have been done each day by each user, in someway that is simple and ideally automated.Do any of you have any idea of the structure I must follow to accomplish this?Thanks in advance

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BharathyInspiring
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Disabling Edit inline records also disable the Add or Delete record.

I have created an interface in Airtable. I want to disable the inline edit option and enable the add/delete record inline. Are there any possibilities to do this?I must enable inline edit records when a table value field is "Yes". Otherwise, it should be disabled. But I found that is not possible. Then When expanding the record from the interface edit form appears on the right side, hiding/showing the visibility of some fields based on condition.But disabling edit inline records in interface settings Add/delete inline option is automatically disabled. Please suggest any possibilities.Need an option to enable add/delete inline option and disable edit inline records.https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/video/29750457?key=fcf1499acd92927ea57120ba17a70835                                                         

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machulskaya_nstNew Participant
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Interface Designer. Charts. "Field summary" bug?

Hi! I have a problem with Interface Designer for 2 days. When I'm clicking "Field summary" In Charts Settings, nothing happens. Please see the loom: https://www.loom.com/share/3ed6c002e63b47fab76500a9264801ca?sid=b3e773c1-29b7-4398-b5da-4d0e2ce4acb9. It is applicable to all my charts in many different interfaces. 

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Ron_Daniel
Ron_DanielInspiring
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Interface to show multiple tables?

Longtime Airtable user, but limited experience with Interfaces.My regular workflow has three browser windows open at once:Window 1: Shows the fields of one record from Table AWindow 2: Shows a filtered view of the records in Table BWindow 3: Shows a filtered view of the records in Table CIs there a way to create a single interface to show these things?

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madisenbaldwinKnown Participant
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Interface Forms - Nested and expand linked records

I am building an interface to enter newly received seed inventory.The seed of the same variety of the same or different vendors can be received multiple times. So the variety field of the inventory form is a linked record to a sheet "variety". The person entering inventory must match the seed and the vendor in the linked record, but the form interface only shows the primary column "variety" not the vendor and there appears to be no option to show more fields  of linked records like in other interface options.Additionally, if it is a new seed, or from a new vendor, I would like users to be able to enter a new variety via another form, when entering inventory records. But it doesn't appear that on the inventory form, I cannot add another form in it for a new variety.My solution for now will be to use a list view and have users click into records. But its not as clean

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design-plumNew Participant
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Can you assign a colour to a user group?

We have recently switched our 'job allocated' column to a user group column so users get notified when they are tagged, however we would like the appearance to remain the same (coloured).Is this possible? Please help. It is very bland and difficult to differentiate without colour.

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Luis12New Participant
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Can I embed an external webpage in an interface page?

Hi,I'm trying to embed a dashboard that lives outside Airtable in an interface. I would love to be able to do this, so I have everything within Airtable, and not spread in different links. Is there any way to embed an external webpage in —for example— a blank layout as a page in my Interface?

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cshenoy86Inspiring
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Dynamic filters in airtable interfaces

Hi,Is it possible to add a dynamic value or a formula in an airtable interface as given below? ThanksChandrika  

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Cady_Smith1Participating Frequently
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Click on chart to show record list in Interface

When you’re using apps, you can click on a bar on a chart and it’ll pop up a window that shows all the records in that particular bar. How do I do this in interfaces? Am I missing a setting? Right now charts aren’t interactive at all.

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Ben_Crouch
Ben_CrouchKnown Participant
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Can't add new record in interface

Hi - I have this list view setup to allow for new records to be created in-line but for one level it seems to work and another it doesn't. I'm not sure why - screenshot is attached to explain. Very grateful for help

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georgelabsNew Participant
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dropdown to filter results in interface, where dropdown options change by user

About My Project:I have a database that captures notes for multiple users with hierarchical categories. I want individual users to have the ability to view their notes (and not the notes of others) by these different hierarchies (which are category, sub-category, type, and tags).Information is ultimately consolidated into a table called “Sub Categories,” which includes all of the hierarchies.Each note is an individual record and the columns are: id, last modified time, category, subcategory, types, entries (this is the note itself), tags, user, and title. I want to create an interface that allows users to view their notes (and only their notes) broken out by day, category, sub-category, type, and tags. I created an interface with a gallery view (in hopes that it would look like the apple notes gallery view), and I want 4 dropdowns that allow a user to filter their notes by these different hierarchies.Problem: When I add a filter, I have to choose the option that I want to filter by. Th

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