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JWalkerParticipating Frequently
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Filtering/organising Info from forms

Hello,I have created 3 forms connected to the same page (they need to be) and I was wondering if there is anyway to filter them on an Interface to only show those submitted on the same form.Thanks. 😊

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foxjohnstonNew Participant
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AirBNB Interface Design - Property Availability

Hi all; I am currently in the process of designing an AirBNB-like booking system for a company that leases multiple rental units. I have designed an interface where potential tenants can review the units they can choose from, however I'm running into a snag when it comes to being able to allow them to select their desired move-in and move-out dates (interfaces won't allow for filtering by date fields, apparently) to result in showing them properties that would be available during those times. I have read about using scripting to make this happen but have not been able to develop a script/formula combination that works, and the company doesn't want the responsibility of having to approve booking requests based on a manual check of whether or not that unit is available. Does anyone have guidance on how I can accomplish this? At this point I don't even know where to start as far as experimenting or testing to see what the best option would be, and most of the solutions I've foun

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cvoithKnown Participant
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Interface Element Groups Movement Improvement

Hey guys,I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for moving elements around more smoothly? At the moment when I try to move record elements in grids they rearrange everything in ways I wasn't intending.For example: I have a section on my interface for Important Links that are pulled from different fields that I want to lay out in a particular way. And when moving them into positions from this : To attempting to get all the elements aligned it does this:Does anyone now of a way to maybe lock locations of elements or grid or something to just make moving things around smoother? 

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JessicaMcMullenNew Participant
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Interface: Button field to Page Designer - grayed out

In my data I have a column that is a button. This button opens the page designer ext. to the record it lives on.When I bring that button-field onto the interface, the button is grayed out and not clickable.  (See below. It should be a bright orange color and clickable.) Does anyone know why? Is there anything I can do?  

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Megan_PrattNew Participant
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Staff schedule approvals

We need to assign staff to shifts. I have a calendar of shifts and can put two staff members on a shift. I want to have the staff confirm that they will do the shift, sort of like inviting them for an event on Google Calendars. I think Interface might be the place to do it. I was looking at using Button and having it change the staff person's name from "Sue?" to "Sue Yes" or something like that. However, with the Set option, I can't have the staff person change just their name but rather changes the whole field. I need to get permission from both assigned staff.Is there a way to make this work?Thanks.

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Ricardo_da_CostNew Participant
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Airtable Support -> Add Record in Record Picker of the Interface Designer

Hi Airtable Dev team.You've royally screwed us freelancers with the latest update to the Interface! 🙎I understand that the idea is that there are now templates but first we had to toggle the permissions to expose the create button. Now! Fields that were mandatory are no longer and many other fields have suddenly appeared.We convince people to use Airtable and now sit with egg on our faces with questions like - "Why is this field no longer there?", "Why can I now see XYZ?", etc.Better QA!

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Jean-Philippe_EKnown Participant
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Embed HTML or WebView into Interface Designer

Hello,I'd like to embed a WebView or iFrame into Interface Designer (passing some fields as URL argument). An other option is to display HTML content (not MarkedDown stored in a field).I wondering where / if there is a documentation to code custom Interface Designer components ?I don't want to buy a third party plugin ... As a workaround, I'm considering coding a ChromeExtension to hack that but it's very kludgeMy usecase is VERY basic ... seeing a field containing HTML or previviewing an URL. I don"t understand why AirTable prevent that feature? (or I might missed it ?)Thanks !

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alisedollyNew Participant
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How to make shared Interface view editable for those without a licence

Hi team ~ I've created a tracker in grid view to track graphics workflow at our company. I'm wondering if there is a way that I can share the base and have editable cells within (mainly dropdowns, similar to the function in form view) so those without a licence can edit/update? We don't have a huge budget for a licence so can't afford to have everyone as editors. My only other thought is to create a generic login for our staff to use as editors and update as needed. Happy to take on any suggestions! Thanks!

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DataGuruInspiring
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The CREATE button is missing from the interface’s ADD RECORD Form

Beginning on 8/7/2023, when entering a new record in my application’s Interfaces, I noticed that the CREATE button has disappeared from the ADD RECORD Form.  Verified that all of my Interfaces are impacted as well.  Also, all databases.  I have submitted an Issue Ticket to Airtable Support.Any ideas as to the cause?  Am I overlooking something?  Is this a bug introduced with Airtable’s latest release?  Any recommendations?

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Ricardo_da_CostNew Participant
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Create Record Issue

Good day.There's an issue across the board when it comes to creating new records. It used to be that a person would fill the details and then click on the "x", which would create a record. This no longer works.Now it shows a 'create' button when the Interface is in the Edit Mode but doesn't appear when published? This is a big problem since no-one can create records via the Interface Designer!    

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LWeldingNew Participant
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How to use a button to create a printable form in interfaces?

I am trying to setup our production tracker using Interfaces.  I am running into one very big issue though.  I have forms (currently in page designer) that need to be printed at certain times throughout the progress of each record.  I know I can add a URL to the button but we currently have the button setup to open that specific record in page designer and would like it to stay that way.  The button does not have to open to page designer if there is another solution that would pull data from that record and put it on a page that can be printed.  I am unsure if a script or API would accomplish this but would appreciate any help.

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Johanna_Riggle_New Participant
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Obsidian-like extension?

Okay, this is another one that I feel weird asking. I can't imagine I'm truly the first person asking... I've poked around here, Reddit, etc. and I haven't seen a direct answer so I'm asking— and apologizing if I'm being a goober who missed the super-clear response in some other post/exchange.  Sooooo, Obsidian! Know it? Part of my problem is that I don't quite know how to phrase my question....Short and direct: is there an extension that will allow me to visualize my table/base like the graph view of Obsidian? I already have a big base where I keep notes, ideas, etc. It goes like this (roughly):Notes Tablenotetype (multi-select)topic (linked field)connections (linked field)creators (linked field)Topics tableincludes connectionsCreators Table(I'm not baking out the whole base here because I'm not sure it's needed, but I'm happy to share more as needed to help me figure this out.)I'm hoping there's an extension that will allow me to see the spaces and connection visu

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Rebecca_StevensNew Participant
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Editable fields in Interface Header

We're trying to increase adoption of using our interfaces to update project status - it would be great if we could have our status field anchored in the interface header and be editable!Even having it in the first section isn't working for the team - they need it in their face 🙂

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Joseph_Roza
Joseph_RozaInspiring
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Help: 'Open URL in record' always refreshes page, even if URL is the same interface page

After figuring out how to get the URL for individual sidesheets, and attaching that URL to a button and using the 'Open URL in record' action, the correct sidesheet is opened, but only after refreshing the page.I realize this is something of a hack to get sidesheets that aren't on the page to open, but has anyone had any luck preventing the page from refreshing, but rather just open the requested sidesheet as usual?Open url in new tab is unchecked. 

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Jeremie_LamboleNew Participant
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Navigate between Airtable interfaces - How to generate dynamic record pickers?

Hello the Airtable Community! I’m working on a series of Airtable interfaces to handle different aspects of projects. It’s a kind of top-down structure, with interfaces drilling down into linked records e.g. clients > projects > invoices. The typical interfaces structure looks like this: Client A (Interface I) – Project A (Interface II) — Invoice A (Interface III) Client B (Interface I) – Project B (Interface II) — Invoice B (Interface III) To navigate between interfaces in the same client / project context, I’m using record pickers. At the moment, I manually pick the relevant record with the record picker and copy the URL parameters generated by Airtable back to my Airtable base. With such hardcoded URL parameters, I can repeatedly achieve the navigation flow that I’m eventually aiming for. Is there a way to do this “properly” dynamic, with a native Airtable function (such as RECORD_ID()) or similar? Is there an existing documentation that I missed? Is it not yet possible and

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pantostadaNew Participant
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Changing Interface Color with Update

Hi there,Last week I was able to change the color of each interface, as desired. I have searched high and low and can't find how to change the color in the new design, so I'm stuck with boring grey. Please send help... Thanks 🙂

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Yaron_AvramovInspiring
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Using record details layout in interfaces as a page for new records

Since the forms layout in the interface is so limited (no ability to add new records in a linked table, no options for lists, grids, etc...), I'm basically using the record details layout as a form for new records entry. The problem is that the solution isn't very elegant. My users have to add a record to a list, and then open the blank record to get into the details. Any idea how to implement a page that would act as a record details form without getting there from a list or grid?

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Devan_KreitzerInspiring
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Removing the X-Axis Values in a Bar Chart

Hello! I am creating a bar chart and am running into a confusing issue. I am trying to basically remove the x-axis values from a chart but cannot do so. I am thinking it a difference in how Airtable stores the fields being used in charts? I am not sure. Any thoughts are helpful!I am basically trying to recreate this table using a different table: But this is the result I am getting: 

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Ashley_JacksonInspiring
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URGENT List Interface page has stopped filtering

I need urgent help, yall - all of a sudden a List-based Interface page won't filter.  Here's the deal:I created the List layout in Interface, set my table to Tasks, configured all the visible fields and sorting options.  I want to add a dropdown for the Project Category field which is a lookup field in my tasks table.  The base structure looks like this:Projects > Milestones > TasksSo I lookup the project via the milestone in the task table and use that for the dropdown in the layout.This has worked for the last 10 days I've been using it.  Today it doesn't work.  Choosing an option in the dropdown doesn't affect my list at all.I have also used the built-in filter option to do the same filter and it doesn't work either.Filtering in the base itself works exactly as expected and the other Interface page filter options all work as expected.I created a brand new page with the same settings and it doesn't work either.Is anyone else seeing this?  How do I

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Owen_SmithParticipating Frequently
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Update a calculated field within an Interface or Form

I want to populate a calculated field using data input into other fields.Example: Q1 = XYZQ2 = ABCCalculated Field = Q1&Q2 = XYZABCIs this possible to achieve in either an interface or a form?Thanks!   

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Jim_GrazianoKnown Participant
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Display Interface Page From Currently Selected Record

Is there a way to jump directly to an interface page from the record currently selected in the data table.IE, when you select an interface, it displays the data from the currently selected record.

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TRBSKnown Participant
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Adding line items on an invoice

I am working on an invoice in the Page Designer extension and having trouble adding multiple line items. Company A has multiple line items in by Base. The unique identifier is the Company Name "Company A". In Quarter 1, 2023, Company A used 3 different hotels, and has 3 different revenues. I'd like to list on the invoice each of the hotels and their coordinating revenues.Company A, Hotel A, Cost ACompany A, Hotel B, Cost BCompany A, Hotel C, Cost CI'd like to add all of these to my invoice, but right now, only the 1st line is pulling into the invoice.Help! And thank you! 

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Tobias_LGKRKnown Participant
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Interface Editor can not create new records

I have a collaborator on an interface with editor permissions. He can not create a new record (get's a message he does not have permission). Editors should be able to create records. What could be the issue?Thank you for your help.

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Joseph_Roza
Joseph_RozaInspiring
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Airtable is planning to remove elements-based interfaces

I was just checking out the docs page of airtable interfaces, and this was at the top, updated July 6. “While elements-based interface layouts are still currently available, we invite you to try the newer. These layouts offer a more streamlined building process that ensures consistency and efficiency throughout your organization.”Does that mean they’re completely removing the customizable, drag-and-drop interfaces? Is this the plan? Because that would completely kill my interfaces.

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JbryancoopNew Participant
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Limit users to viewing only one interface

How/Can you limit the viewing of particular interfaces?  I have created three, but I only want them to be seen by particular people: For instance, can I set it that Lessie can see her's below but not Caramia's? 

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