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Tito_Alverio
Tito_AlverioParticipating Frequently
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Know number of stations available and booked based on dates selected

We have a table syncing to our team's base that gives a summary of our workstations: like the user's name, start and end date, and the booking availability, (available, booked, on hold), station nameWe'd love a chart or report that allows us to look into the future by selecting a day or date range in the future, and get back the number of stations available and number booked on a given day or within the date range given.Is this possible? Trying to use the charts and filters in Interface designer but unsure how to get what I want. I think the issue is if a station's Booking Availability field is "Available", then the dates would be empty. So I think I'm realizing trying to use filters based on dates won't get me info on stations set to "Available"

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Jonathan_Elliot
Jonathan_ElliotParticipating Frequently
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Suggestion: Tabs/Pages for Record review

Airtable, Please consider adding tabs/pages to the Record review area. There are workflows were you do not want to be scrolling up and down. Tabs would allow “pages” for other fields, text descriptions, etc. This would be similar to using the Description app. Thanks, Jonathan

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Doug_GrauelParticipating Frequently
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Interface Toggles/Controls (collapse/uncollapse) other than sort & filter?

I have some interfaces where list views are grouped by client name.  I would like a "collapse all" or "expand all" function so that in those interfaces, it is possible to quickly expand all the lists or collapse them and then go one-by-one.  The only "global" controls that I see are filter and sort.  Are there others, or some way to do "collapse all" and "expand all" elsewhere?  Thanks.

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matt_stewart1
matt_stewart1Inspiring
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Interface Timeline View can not add records

I have a dashboard using a Timeline view. Add records is enabled. I can click on the plus button to add a record, but the dates are always odd and not reflective of where I am in the timeline. But if I try to do the click and drag to add the record directly in the timeline window it doesn't do anything. is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

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Willem_van_der_New Participant
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Limit the amount of records displayed in chart regardless of applied filters

Hi,I'm creating an interface where I want to present the development costs for my company. Regardless of the applied filters in the top, I want to limit the amount of records presented in a chart to 20. If I don't apply any filters, the graph looks like this:Is there a way to fix this?

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elie11New Participant
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Form don't show entries details from a linked source

Hi everyone,In an interface form, I have this field that is linked to another source.When clinking the "+ Add record", my end user will have the possibility to link a record from another table.Unfortunately, when I click on the "+ Add record" button, a new form open, with nothing but just the autonumber of the record, and no other details.As you can see on the picture above, just the autonumber, which is somewhat really tricky to know which record to select...Details for the form's parameters here :Can someone please explain how to show all the details from the other table on that form?Thank you a lot,Elie 

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RonniEloff_VKDe
RonniEloff_VKDeInspiring
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AT PM - Why did you take away the ability to customize layout for forms in Interface designer

I have a lot of different clients who are using internal data entry with customized forms through the interface designer.It's such a waste of space now.  And I'm stuck looking like it's external form when I just want a clean internal entry form for my clients for whatever they want to do.PLEASE bring back the internal form maker so I can position and resize the entry fields for internal forms. 

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cvoith
cvoithKnown Participant
posted in Interface Designer
Form Add Records to Multiple Tables

Hey guys,I am looking for a way to add records form a linked field using a form.Heres what I what I have right now:GFX Request Form to create a new dated request in the Requests table, I have a linked field to "Individual GFX"  to track the individual GFX for each request. Obviously on the interface forms that linked field shows up as a dropdown to choose existing records of individual GFX, I need to be able to make new records. I've seen some posts about this pointing to outside forms and I'd like to avoid using that unless you have a reliable secure form site.Let me know if there's some scripting or automation you know of to do this. OR! Is this something that can be implemented in the future oh airtable overlords? 

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cvoith
cvoithKnown Participant
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Timeline Summarize count off end date

Hey guys,I am trying to figure out how to use the Timeline Summarize to count the number of tasks with an end date field instead of the start field field from the timeline date settings. I use the timeline to lay out projects phases and milestones and have both displaying with milestones being tasks/records with only "due dates". Currently the count only counts the main date field for the timeline (start date field) when i need it to count the end date. I'm trying to figure out a way to maybe use a formula and sum to count the number of tasks for each day but can't seem to figure out a good way to do that. If anyone has any ideas let me know!Thanks!

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jaskaranNew Participant
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populate one record picker on selection of another in airtable interface

Tables1. 2023 schedule2. Summary dashboard1st pointI have a one table named 2023 schedule where i have two columns season and week , in these columns there are repitation  of values , i have to find the unique values with combination of these two columns and populate in record picker named week2nd point On the selection of week i have to filter the games which are in the same table "2023 schedule" on basis of week from the week recordpicker and populate in the another record picker names games.3rd point on selection of game from game record picker , i have to show the data in tiles view in interfaces , the data is in the another summary tablehow to link these tables and show data in consolidate form  is this possible in interface , i am not able to achieve as far as now , please respond as soon as possible 

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mweisNew Participant
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Difficulty with Clicking into Linked Records in List View

Hi there--I'm trying to setup a three-tiered list in the interface builder. Some of the tiers also leverage linked records. I have enabled click into linked record and even designed the card that should fly out when the record is double clicked, but it is not behaving as expected. Instead, it just reopens (click 1) and closes (click 2) the record when I double click on it. I'm experienced setting up interfaces with openable linked fields in general, but have not worked in the multi-tiered list format before. Does it behave differently here?Thank you 🙂

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js2222New Participant
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Duplicate an Interface page, but change the underlying data source / filter

I am trying to replicate something that I know I did previously, but cannot find the right options to do it now.I've created an Interface with a page layout that is designed exactly as it needs to be.  (Record Review, but I don't think that matters.)  It is drawing from Table X, with a filter for only records that match Y.I want to duplicate that page exactly, and then change the underlying filter.  So, this page should be identical except that it's drawing from Table X, and filtering for only records that match Z.  (I do not want to add a filtering element that can be toggled by the user of the Interface.)I did this easily about 9 months ago, but cannot figure out how to do it now.  I can duplicate a page, but cannot find where I change anything about the underlying data or filtering.  Anyone know how?  Thanks! 

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Kim_Trager1
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Why can't I summarise durations in a chart in a interface?

I've been scratching my head to why this is not possible, and I still have a feeling I'm doing something wrong but I can't figure out what.I have a bunch of time logs that has been logged over multiple years. Every log has an item linked to them which has a rollup that assign every time log into a category based on the item.My data looks like this: In the interface designer I want a bar chart that summarises all this data.The X-axis should be the years, then the Y-axis should be the amount of time spent.Each bar should be a total of time spend in that year. Then each bar should further be divide into the rollup categories.   However when I try to summarise the inputted times, every option except from distinct is greyed out - why can I not choose fx the Sum or the Average, which I find weird as a Time input surely is just a bunch of numbers, and its not being computed in a formular field?    

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MxRowanNew Participant
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Interface Element: Chart: Line graph not showing zero-values when grouped by single-select field?

Hi all,I'm using a line graph in an Interface to show number of virtual vs in-person attendees at events each semester, but it's not catching when there are 0 in-person attendees at our virtual-only events. I have the semester in the X-axis, and count of records in the Y, grouped by the "In person / virtual" single-select field, as shown here:This works, except it doesn't 0-count semesters that were virtual-only (no records with "In person" in that field). I underlined the months where we actually had in-person attendees. 2019 Winter had 120 in person attendees, 2020 Spring was virtual-only, and 2020 Winter had 33 in-person, but because there is no 2020 Spring data the graph makes it look like there were 76 rather than dropping down to 0 and coming back up.It's so hard to tell which semesters there is actual data. There's not even dots or anything to show the data points. Is there any way to get the interface chart element to catch zero-values for a single-select field? Or a different

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TheFreeStyleNew Participant
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Hide starting & ending hour in Interface calandrar views

Hello,Is there a way to hide te starting hour and ending hour in calandar view ? It's a information that I can already see due to his position in the time grid and I would love to remplace it with another field more usefull like notes.Best regards,Simon

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Brite_AdminInspiring
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Width of Interface record list

How can I make my record list in an interface narrower?  It takes up too much horizontal space and is much wider than the longest record name.

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HK-ConsultingNew Participant
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Record Review - Remove warning: Your changes will hide this record

I have created a dashboard with the Record Review Layout in my interface.On that i have used a specific filter for a view, including that a specific checkbox has to be unchecked.Now after the user has checked the record and adjusted some single select fields he should check the checkbox and the record should dissaper from the current view.This is working properly as of right now, BUT it is always showing this error messae:"Your chagnes will hide this record (called progam in my case). This record no longer matches your filters. It will be hidden when you select another record."Is there a way to remove or hide this warning message.Or is there another smooth way to remove the record out of this Filter view.

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brett-8149New Participant
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Limiting people which can be selected from a form based on group

Hi All,I am trying to restrict which people can be chosen from a dropdown list of people for a user signin/out system. The way the system is designed is such that each group leader can view everyone in their group and none of the other users in the system. A medic can view everyone with limited information and an organizer can view all information for all people.I have created a signin/out table to allow each user to sign in a person, however when selecting a person from the drop down list they are able to see all people, not just the people in their group. Is it possible to restrict which users they are able to select from to be limited to their group. An example can be seen belowI would like to make it so that the user can only see the entries shown below, limited to their group Is this something which is possible? Cheers,Brett

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Anthony_GualandKnown Participant
posted in Interface Designer
Opening a Record Edit Page using a URL in Interface

I’m wondering if there’s a way to open an edit record page within an Interface for a linked record field using a URL. We have several linked records fields for different resource types that get attached to our tasks, so that we can get further info about the resources associated with those tasks, but we’d prefer not to have to display on the edit page all the various linked record fields for every resource type since only one per task is actually linked. We’d used a synced table to unify the different resource types coming from different tables, but we have more than the allotted sync amount. Any idea or suggestions greatly appreciated!

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cshenoy86Inspiring
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Button from base to interface

Hello, I want to know if a button in a field in a base can open up an interface page (in list form) with pre-defined conditions? Like for example it shows only those results that satisfy certain criteria. Further any changes done on the interface should also be reflected back to the base through the click of a button. Is this possible through the script extension?

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Claudio_BrenniKnown Participant
posted in Interface Designer
Calendar Element in Form Interface

Dear All, for facilitating a workflow, I'd like to integrate an Calendar element in a form interface. From my understanding the new form editor is based on the interface designer, but when you are in the form builder, there is no option to add any other element. Does anyone had an Idea on how can I do that? Many thanks, Claudio

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BarnabyMarshall
BarnabyMarshallNew Participant
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Make fields in a sidesheet editable?

Hi, I've been struggling with this for an hour and I'm hoping someone might be able to help.I have a Timeline Interface that displays a series of tasks, and I want my users to be able to edit the task fields - changing the assignee or the status for instance. I would either like to be able to add additional fields here to the initial small modal that appears when you click a task:Or, I would like to make the fields in the sidesheet editable. Based on what it says on this documentation page that should be possible, i.e. Click into record details - This setting allows end users to expand a record to see more details. You can choose to show the details as a Sidesheet or a Full-screen. Once enabled, creators can design record detail pages showing specific fields — in any orientation to their end users. Additionally, individual fields can be set to be View-only or Editable.  

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Catmom2021New Participant
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Task view (with all tasks / my tasks) in Interface Designer

Hi! Does anyone know or have resources on how to setup the task view with "all tasks / my tasks" as show in the screenshot below and in this video (at 15:05)? Thanks so much!  

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Ashley_Jackson
Ashley_JacksonInspiring
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Show list results (in Interface widget) with a load more option

Hi all, I have a tracking base for our student organization.  It keeps records of each student involved as well as their involvement (ie attendance, rsvp's, even leases).I'm working to create Interfaces so the other staff members can have a more visually appealing way to view the information.  They are very overwhelmed by the data side of the base haha.  Here's what I'm hoping to do:I have a List Interface page for the students.  Each student record can be clicked into.  In the Record Detail screen, I want to include the fields that link to the various attendance, rsvp, etc records - these will be view-only, just for reference.  But some of these will have a LOT of records linked in them (for our more active members) and that would be overwhelming.  Is there a way to limit the number of records to, say, the last 5 attendances with a little button to load more if they want to?So far, I have tried viewing that field as a List which allows me to filter t

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Alex_Lerma1Inspiring
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Interface designer issue. Recent change.

Hello, this morning I noticed a change within a few of my interfaces. Certain elements aren't auto resizing, and I can't manually resize them either. This was a recent change. I tried deleting these elements and adding them back, but they seem to keep word wrapping on the value instead of the heading.    

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