Legacy Product Ideas

What is the proposed idea/solution?I want to be able to group all bases relating to a particular client in a folderI want to be able to sort the bases - at least alphabeticallyHow does is solve the user problems?Easier to locate a base, saves time

Found myself accidentally deleting something, then went to undo the delete and realized there is no undo on iOS, or at least I couldn’t figure it out

What is the proposed idea/solution?Make revision history in the comments field available in all interface types. I have a couple record review interfaces that I can't get revision history to show in the comments fields. How does is solve the user problems?Gives the same access in all interfaces rather than having to change interfaces when Im in a record to see the revision history. Should only be a few minutes of programming to accomplish and make a big impact.  

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What is the proposed idea/solution?On Interfaces, I would love for a user to be able to hover over an element and see the set of conditions/filters that are acting on the element. How does is solve the user problems?I often create dashboards that summarize data for my colleagues. My colleagues are not comfortable going into edit mode to see how an element was configured. Nonetheless, they may be interested in understanding what data a number element, for example, is drawing from. This would allow them to learn that without having to enter edit mode.   How was this validated?Haven't validated it at scale, but I see this as a hurdle for my team regularly. The person who constructed the interface dashboard is the only one who really understands what the various elements meanWho is the target audience?Users of interfaces...

What is the proposed idea/solution?Add setting ability to sort linked records in the item details view in interfaces (perhaps in the Appearances section?).How does is solve the user problems?Allows users to present information in a coherent way based on the decided sort function. 

What is the proposed idea/solution?Formula fields have recently gained the ability to be formatted as single selects and checkboxes.I propose that formula fields also have the ability to be formatted as users and rich text.How does is solve the user problems?User fields are very useful for filtering records in interfaces, especially for filtering on the "current user". However, currently, the filter only works on actual user fields, but sometimes the user should be a calculated value. For example, a record might have a different assignee, depending on the stage of the record. It would be useful to have a formula field calculate the current assignee so that the interface page can then show all of the records where the user is a current assignee.For rich text fields, I currently have a formula field that serves as a template to build paragraphs in markdown, combined with an automation that copies the formula result to a rich text field. If the formula field could be formatted directly as

What is the proposed idea/solution? When presented with an SSO/SAML Error, in the UI, offer a re-direct or place a link to https://airtable.com/forgot as this may solve the issue. Presently, there is very little done to help remediate the issue on the users' side. ...How does this solve the user problems?Users may receive SSO/SAML errors even when Single Sign On is not-in-use....How was this validated?It worked for multiple users who had SSO/SIML errors when logging in in an org that did not utilize SSO....Who is the target audience?All users, as an issue that can fixed with a password reset is an issue that can fixed without escalating....

I would really love a feature to mass unfollow records. Some things I am automatically following from when I worked on them 2 iterations ago and I’m still receiving notifications about them. It’s just a burden to go through everything and unfollow it one by one.

It would be great to have a way to switch tables to display from right-to-left for Arabic for example.

What is the proposed idea/solution?For date or time-dependent charts such as n over time (for example, sales over time), it's useful to have an option to compare the chart for a specific range. Similar to how Shopify's analytics chart works:Either Airtable has a toggle option to show/hide a comparison preset, or interface users can customize the comparison range on their own.For example:there's a line chart for tracking website sessions (y-axis, sum) over time (x-axis, month)the data records from January 2022 to October 2023At the moment, the Airtable interface can only show a flat line from January 2022 to October 2023, but it would be simpler to only show January to December 2023 (the line ends in October since there's no data yet for November and December 2023) and toggle a comparison overlay on top of the chart by showing data from January to December 2022.How does this solve the user problems?At the moment, the best way to do this is to have multiple aligned charts and compare the

In the "New " Interface layout, it would be great to "Add elements" like you are able to in the "older" interface layout. It is very helpful when needed to add a list or grid from a different table. It also helps with tasks list or being able to see all the linked records. 

It appears that interface dashboard charts now allow you to put additional y-axis data (side by side bar charts), however, if you add a second data, the ability to 'show record count on charts' goes away as an option.  I would like to keep this option even when using the multiple data on y-axis.  It would also be great to have record counts for 'breakdown' data.  See attached for example. 

I understand from this post that I can hover over the header of revisions (but not comments, it seems) to see the exact date it was posted. However it would be much more useful to be able to see the specific dates and times at a glance, for both revisions and comments.

What is the proposed idea/solution?Set user seat type via one of the following methods:- SAML attribute- SCIM attribute- mapping to a SCIM groupHow does is solve the user problems?Currently Seat type needs to be adjusted manually in Airtable Admin Panel. It is not possible to set Seat type via SSO (SAML) nor SCIM. This is documented in this article: https://support.airtable.com/docs/configuring-sso-in-the-admin-panel. It would help us to manage our licenses more efficiently.Who is the target audience?Any company using SCIM to manage users.

I am trying to convert from Asana to Airtable using Kanban cards. But the Kanban cards, even with the recent improvements hiding fields if they are empty, are still too chunky. Using a non Kanban view on Asana. I can see 15 tasks without having to scroll down, and their Kanban view will show around 5 tasks. But with Airtable, the cards are so huge, I can only see 2 or 3 cards before I have to scroll down. If there was an option on each card to show a compact view or a standard view, it would greatly improve the usability of Kanban cards with airtable. The compact view only needs to show the title, and if you want to see more of the card you can toggle the standard view. This would greatly increase the usability and help me move everything off of Asana.

What is the proposed idea/solution?A text search bar that filters the list of automations in any given base. Search by automation name, name of modules within automations and automation descriptions.How does is solve the user problems?Allows for faster searching of automations when a base has a large number of them.How was this validated?...Who is the target audience? 

What is the proposed idea/solution?Choosing a field to sort graphs other than the name of the field you are trying to show.How does is solve the user problems?It allows the user to sort and rearrange their interface graphs to represent the order wanted instead of alphabetical/numerical order ascending/descending. How was this validated?Any time I am trying to sort by months of the year. Needing to add numbers in the front of each month to keep the order. Who is the target audience?Any creator trying to create a dashboard.

We have an interface for our project management Airtable base, which shows project data filtered by a record list. As our base grows, the page has grown with it and is quite long, split into useful sections.I would like a way to hyperlink to different sections within the interface, like using div IDs and # hyperlinks in html. This could tie in to a standard button, as currently used for navigation to external URLs. 

What is the proposed idea/solution?Create a field type that automatically populates the "Most Recent Comment" made on the record.How does is solve the user problems?Competitive feature of smartsheet. This also allows me to eliminate clicks to understand the "next actions" from the comments, but I can always go see the full running feed view when needed.

Snapshots would be much much more useful it they could be named (like Google Drive does) and “pinned” so that they wouldn’t be overwritten by automatic snapshots.

I was surprised to find that if I deleted a linked record from the ‘Parent’ side of a relationship that the child record was still present in the other table - but orphaned. I can see how this behaviour is desirable if the link is set up to allow links to multiple records but in a one to many I would expect the record to be deleted rather than Orphaned. This is even more the case if the ‘parent record’ is deleted - and I note that in this case the record is orphaned as well. This leads to a messy database and can be very confusing for users. Could we have options in the link definition to enable cascade delete and also delete record when link deleted?

What is the proposed idea/solution?Make Interface (Dashboard) information available in IOS Widgets.How does is solve the user problems?Users can have Data right at their fingertips, be confronted with the most important data at all times.How was this validated?We use Interfaces to bring together the most important business information. with widgets we could make this data even more accessible. Who is the target audience?All Users

I'm trying to suggest something simple (hopefully). I attached a screenshot of my google chrome using tab groups.It would be great to be able group tables especially when I'm in the pro version and working with many records in a base with my team. The table names are very long and I have many tables as well. It'd be nice if it can be like a chrome tab group, that way it won't take away from the spreadsheet layout idea.Thanks!

Not all the functionalities of charts starting from a blank Interface page are available for charts on dashboard pages. One feature I have been missing is the "group by" option under y-axis for a Bar Chart that allows for categorization of the plotted data. It would be great if this could be added to charts on Interfaces! I have been impressed by some of the power and features enabled in "dashboard" interfaces (pivot tables, easily clicking on a chart to view underlying records, etc.) but then frustrated when some of the previous functionality from charts on a blank interface page isn't available (adding group by in plotting, editing underlying records, etc.).