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Michel_Billiau
Michel_BilliauKnown Participant
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Field truncated on Mobile iOS ?

I created an interface designer page of the type “list” and it show perfectly  on the desktop client. In this list there is only 1 field (= primary key field), about 30 characters wide. But on my iPhone, the field gets truncated, showing only the first 25 of it, following by 3 little points (...), although there is a lot more space ( I estimate around twice as much). Is there something I can do to prevent this truncation  ? Or is this a standard behavior of the mobile interface designer ?

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adrian0192New Participant
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Default Notification Setting for Comment Threads

Hi everyone, I’ve searched the community but only found some older threads on this topic, so I wanted to bring it up again. Are there tricks/workarounds that do not including setting up rules within mail-inboxes to just delete the notifications? Right now, I can follow or unfollow comment threads manually, but it’s tedious to manage this every time. I’d really love the option to set a default notification preference—specifically, to only be notified when I’m mentioned. Having a global setting like “Notify only when mentioned” would make the interface much more manageable, especially in bases with a lot of activity.

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n0r1New Participant
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How to add linked record using an interface?

I have a table, Calls, that will soon have lots of records and lots of data.  I would like to provide the user with a simple interface to add a new call.  Each call contains linked records to other tables -- e.g. “Liturgical Date,” “Prelude,” etc.I would like the user to be able to select from a list of existing linked records , or to enter information for a new record for that field if it doesn’t already exist.It’s very straightforward how to allow the user to select an existing linked record.  However, I can’t figure out if there’s a way to let them add a new one on the fly. Does this exist?  I’m really hoping so, since if not, the data entry will be very tedious at first, if the user has to go to one interface to input all the liturgical dates and music, and then to another one to select them.Thank you!

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LimiKnown Participant
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Dashboard with data from different bases

I want to create a dashboard that will combine data from tables that are in two different bases. I know that an interface can only pull from one base, so is there a way for me to create a synced view that will pull data from both bases into one table and then i will create a dashboard that will combine them? what is the best way to do this?

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adehaan86Inspiring
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Unable to search name

I made a interface and it shows peoples full name. When I do a filter by full name it shows zero results. Is this a bug? So my goal here is to be able to report on certain users and the issues they encounter. So is there a different way to filter by users name?  

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goldengirlNew Participant
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Management Insights Dashboard in Project Management Interface not filtering

Hello, I used the PM Template as a guide to build out a PM base and interface, copying all data exactly as shown. The only issue I'm having is that when you select Assignee, only the first pie chart updates to reflect the Assignee selected. The rest of the widgets do not update. I have both open (the template, and my version) and when I toggle an owner in the Template, those widgets update, but mine does not, Again, I copied everything exactly as shown in the Template so this really shouldn't be happening. Any ideas?

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JimmyOBrien
JimmyOBrienNew Participant
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Data Interface

I’m trying to move a tool my organization uses from excel to airtable.Previously, we would update a data sheet in excel with components, and their individual unit costs. On another sheet, someone could enter the component name (ie, “widget”) and they’d excel would calculate the average cost of that component across the data set OR let someone know it’s not a component we’ve ever used. I’m okay with the “widget” query also returning results that include widget, such as “long widget.”Is there a good way to do this in Airtable? Am I wrong to think an interface is the best bet?

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kylevenberg
kylevenbergNew Participant
asked in Interface Designer
Can't download attachment from an interface?

Hello!Does anyone know why I can’t simply download a file from my interface? I have an audio file and can’t locate a button to download the file to my local device. It feels like this should be simple - am I missing something?Can’t locate a download button for an interface attachment fileThanks!

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Alex_Lerma1Inspiring
posted in Interface Designer
Dropdown - Allow users to add new options

Hello Everyone,I have observed that a limited number of my dropdown fields in the interface designer allow for the enabling or disabling of adding new options; currently, only about 40% have this feature enabled. How can I enable the feature to be available on all remaining dropdown fields?  

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aanders50New Participant
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In an Interface, how to show just the Total column on a Pivot Table

I am having an issue where I have a table that calculates a sum Total. I figured I could easily just show a user’s name + total on the interface but it seems very hard for some reason.Right now, I get the sum with a user’s name, but it then adds all of these columns for each unique sum there is within the data set.Example Image: And here is what the data l​​​​​ooks likeSo I am just trying to make a table on the interface (as we will share that view) that simply shows Name + Total.I have a bar chart showing this, which kind of works, but just having 2 columns with plain text would be nice too in the interface.Thank you!

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Brian_ScottParticipating Frequently
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Interface Charts: Multiseries and Dual y-axis charts

according to the What's New page found at https://www.airtable.com/whatsnew , it says that Interface Charts now support Multiseries and dual y-axis charts and it includes pictures.I don't see these anywhere in the Interface Charts interfaces?  Where are these charts and how do you access them to add to an interface?Much appreciated!

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patbrNew Participant
asked in Interface Designer
"viewport too small to display the gallery element"

Hi!I used to embed a regular gallery view in my WordPress web site but I did not like how the title of each card (primary field) where always cut off. I tried creating an interface design of the same gallery, embed it, and I really liked the result. Titles were visualized in its complete form and the whole thing looked better and cleaner.The thing is that for some reason, the mobile version of the embed gallery interface came out grayed with a message saying "viewport too small to display the gallery element". I checked out the embed code and it was basically the same for both for the regular gallery view and the gallery interface. Nontheless, the regular gallery view showed in the mobile version of the website and the gallery interface not. If anyone has an idea or suggestion on what is causing this and how to solve it I'd appreaciate it.  The iFrame code:<iframe class="airtable-embed" src="https://airtable.com/embed/appPRfMipHQgdzhMu/shrJYeU4ylrN3M1v8" frameborder="0" onmousewheel

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BM101New Participant
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Subtasks in timeline/gantt view

What is the best way to show subtasks in the timeline view?I use Airtable to manage projects. Currently they don’t show any kind of relationship and often end up moving across the page because of the default time sort. Ideally they’d group together from the parent. All of the tasks are in one table, labelled either task or subtask, and the subtasks are in a connected to the parent in a linked field.

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cvoith
cvoithKnown Participant
posted in Interface Designer
Record Detail "This record was hidden"

Hey guys,I have someone on my team getting a weird issue when trying to open a record detail in an interface. It's a timeline view interface where users can click into the record to view fields including a linked field to the project that when click opens a record detail of the whole project. The issue we are having is that when a person tries to open the project record detail they get the error "This record was hidden. The record might have been edited or your access might have changed."   They have full editor permission on the interface page and I can't find any other filters on the record detail page that might be causing this issue. I am also unable to replicate this bug on my end even when viewing as the user. Has anyone run into this bug before? Does anyone know why my user is unable to open the project record detail? And anyone know of a fix?Thanks!

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Databaser
DatabaserBrainy
posted in Interface Designer
Request: smaller element sizes

It would be great if we could, in my case, get the elements smaller than what’s possible today. Eg, the “number” element: I can only get 4 in a row and it takes to much space in their smallest form. Being able to use the full width of the page (like eg you can do with a “gridd” element) and being able to get it smaller, would maybe result in a row of 10 (?) “number” elements. User case: displaying an interface on a tv screen in clients workplace.

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mulgaNew Participant
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I can't scroll left or right using the keyboard arrow keys in the "interface".

I can't move left or right within the rows using the keyboard arrow keys in the "interface". I've been experiencing this issue since yesterday. Also, I'm unable to copy the data within the rows using Ctrl+C.

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Ben_Crouch
Ben_CrouchKnown Participant
posted in Interface Designer
HR Interface with permissions

Hi,I am reading this article by Airtable https://blog.airtable.com/interface-designer-permissions/ and where it talks about the use case for building a HR base so managers can see their team, people can see their own records etc. I don't know how to make this work in Airtable. Does anyone have any experience of doing this. I am on pro plan."For example, let’s say your HR department wants to create an app for performance reviews and calibrations. Only managers should be able to access their team’s reviews, while individual employees will still need access to their own review.  Instead of creating multiple bases, share views, or interfaces, you can create a single interface with a few filters." 

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david_zlatoNew Participant
asked in Interface Designer
In list view, it is not possible to add/delete records inline on the mobile app.

Hello, these are two screenshots, one from a web browser and the second from the mobile app. The problem is that there is a missing “Add order” on the mobile app.   

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emdub
emdubNew Participant
asked in Interface Designer
Grouping not preserved when publishing interface

I have an interface for managing tasks with two pages. On the first page, I am using grouping and sorting, which works as intended… For the second page, I had tried to duplicate this same grouping and sorting… When I click away to the previous page, or when I publish the interface however, the sorting is preserved but not the grouping… How can I fix this issue so the interface preserves this grouping when after publishing?Thank you in advance!

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Brian_LWANew Participant
posted in Interface Designer
Feature Request: Interface Grid View Default to collapse certain groups

Is there a way in interface designer to make a GRID VIEW that is GROUPED have certain fields that are auto collapsed? USE CASE: I have all my tasks grouped by Complete vs Incomplete, Then by “responsible party”. every time I open my project, I see ALL TASKS. I want to have access to quickly view what is completed which is why I don’t filter it out altogether. But I want it to show up with the completed tasks group being collapsed as a default.

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Jennifer_Zinnia
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Rollup of Text Fields

I’m trying to rollup a text field within an AT interface. I’ve created a Lookup field which is correctly showing duplicate results. However, I want to rollup the duplicates so the result only shows once.Results of my look up are the following:Transactions Policy PolicyThe two “Policy” records are identical and I’d like to roll those up. I’ve tried the rollup up functions, but they seem to only work on values rather than text. 

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e2laurelNew Participant
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Mobile Interface - Forms Not Working

Did AirTable remove the ability to use forms on interfaces on mobile devices? We were previously able to submit forms on the mobile interface, but now we get the pop-up message that the page is not supported on mobile. Can we get this feature back?

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YodaJonesNew Participant
asked in Interface Designer
Record picker can create new records… but not pick existing ones.

Hello,Quick question: when I use a record picker in an Interface, why can I create a new linked record… but not pick an existing one?It is called a “picker”, right? 😅Context: I’m building a CRM to manage photography projects. A project can have multiple venues. I’ve got a field linking to my “Venues” table, and yes — the field allows multiple links.But in the Interface: I can only select one item at a time, I can’t pick multiple existing venues, But weirdly, I can create a new venue every time. Which… leads to dozens of duplicates, breaks the logic of relational design, and honestly makes me want to go back to Google Sheets and sticky notes.You used to have this working (RIP Record Lists and side panels). It was beautiful. It made sense.Now, even for simple things like choosing two people for a project or adding a venue that already exists, I need to invent workarounds that feel more 1998 than 2025.Or it is just me that don’t really understand the new logic of the interface and re

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Jill_HollandParticipating Frequently
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Using interface with barcode field for stocktaking

I am hoping to use a cutdown “form” or interface designer method to enable stocktakes of our database items via mobile phone and the airtable app. I have created an interface with a barcode field to be used as a key to all the items and an associated display of the fields for each record that can be changed - location, number of items etc. As others have mentioned I was surprised ot see that sharing the interface also shares the entire base but this doesn’t worry me as its only for internal use. When I look at the barcode field for the base/table on the phone app, I can see the camera/scan option and can scan in a barcode. But when I launch the interface and see the barcode field, I can’t see a camera option. If I select the barcode field it just shows a screen keyboard and I can’t see how to enable the camera. I want to use the camera/barcode to find the item in a record list then manually enter the associated data. Also there doesn’t see to be a way to access the interface from the m

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Celeste_Bancos
Celeste_BancosInspiring
asked in Interface Designer
How to Right-Align Numeric Values in an Interface List View

I set up an interface for reviewing and managing customer credit limits and I can’t figure out how to set a field to display with the numbers right-aligned.It would look so much better and be more readable with the currency values right-aligned the way they should be! 

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