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ashley_24
ashley_24Inspiring
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Ability to like comments

What is the proposed idea/solution?Create the ability for users to like one anothers' comments on records.How does is solve the user problems?Allows the user who left a comment to know that the another user(s) saw and acknowledged the comment without the receiving user needing to leave a comment indicating so.How was this validated?...Who is the target audience?All users.

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g4knr99New Participant
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Timeline view "latest end date"

We need a way to choose a dynamic latest end date by each record, ideally an optional date field that goes into the timeline settings and does not allow records to be scheduled past that.I've explored using colors but there are two issues:We can't use dynamic values in the color conditionsEven if we could, I'd like to combine the conditional coloring with auto-coloring from selects

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Ricardo_da_CostNew Participant
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Interface Button to Trigger an Automation

What is the proposed idea/solution?...An interface button that can trigger an automation but doesn't need a source.How does is solve the user problems?...Client wants to reset a field in all records.How was this validated?...N/AWho is the target audience?...All

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fallenphoenixNew Participant
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Search should include Comments

I've been organizing my lessons on airtable. Multiple picture attachments and comments for explanation. I just realized that there's no way to search for a particular comment. I'm lost here after a couple of months into the project.Idea: Search should include commentsCritical to collaboration & finding the right attachment. 

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JensNew Participant
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Interface List: remove "Add Record" for lower levels in the blue "+" button

Remove the possibility to add records with the blue +-button for lower levels The blue "+" button does NOT make any sense for lower levels, as the record will disappear and will not be added to a higher level.It only makes sense to add a record to the top level by means of the blue button. For lower records, you have the "+Add record" button on the right hand side.Why is the change necessary:usability, ease of use, no frustration for user (cause record will not disappear)

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JensNew Participant
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Interface Timeline: toggle "change timescale" on / off

What is the proposed idea/solution?In an interface timeline view, the user can chose to change the timescale (from days to 5 years). So far so good.However, very often you do not want the user to be able to change the timescale. Why? Because you set your planning to be done daily, weekly or monthly. E.g. if you do it monthly, a daily view just does not make sense and confuses the user.I.e. the interface builder must be able to chose if their user is allowed to change the timescale (i.e. the user must be able to toggle it on or off). How does is solve the user problems?The interface will be loved better as there will be no confusion for the user.How was this validated?By many users that are confused.Who is the target audience?All user that work with timeline, e.g. resource planning companies, project management companies from all different kind of industries.

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Matthew_BilliodKnown Participant
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OCR like evernote WITH text search for attacments

Please add an OCR engine for images and files along WITH ability to search text of attachments. Normal search engine should be able to find text in files such as *.xls, *.doc, *.txt evernote like OCR engine should be similar to evernote’s. evernote like OCR engine should be able to search through image and PDF attachments User should be able to UPLOAD/CREATE files that can be OCR’d by one (or both) of these methods: the ability to upload multiple images to one record and have every image in that record OCR’ed. Said upload should be able to be done from both a camera and a file picker. the ability to upload multiple images into a single file (ie create a pdf or something similar). Said upload should be able to be done from both the camera and from a file picker. Said pdf-like-file should be able to be searched with the evernote like OCR engine. Use cases: Airtable would make an AMAZING receipt scanner app IF it had an OCR engine like evernote. Also, it would make a great

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seanpmgallagherNew Participant
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Autofill Address Lookup

What is the proposed idea/solution?Create a single lookup field that a user can enter a company name or address and the autofill starts searching, similar to what is populated when you start typing an address into Google maps. Once selected, the company name, address 1, address 2, zip/postal, state/province and country are populated into the fields listed.How does is solve the user problems?This would provide address standardization and prevent users from having to search on google for an address and then enter that field either individually into each field or copy and paste the entire address.How was this validated?Not sure what this is askingWho is the target audience?Any company including addresses in their data fields. We include it in our CRM system for contacts and companies as well as in our project management bases for listing locations for projects.

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h_cibaNew Participant
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Outbound Emails support different senders

What is the proposed idea/solution?Currently when you send an email from Airtable, it automatically defaults it "Airtable Automations" as the sender. It would be great for this to be customizable.How does is solve the user problems?Clients likely will not recognize an email from my business if it is under Airtable's nameHow was this validated?I noticed during testing all the emails I was getting were from "Airtable Automations". Connected with chat support and it simply said "changing it is not available at this time"Who is the target audience?General

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Ringthebells86New Participant
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Color records based on a formula

What is the proposed idea/solution?I want to be able to add a color based on a formula. For example I have a bunch of subtasks under a parent task. I want to color the records where due date is greater than the parent task end date because this is a task I need to be flagged since the whole task should be done before it is currently planned. Ideally the formula would be,  IF({parent task end date} - {due date} < 0) and then I can set the color to yellow.

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Tomas_CaklosNew Participant
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Records mentions in the (more article-like) long text field type

Hello! Airtable provides an incredible base for information. Sometimes, we need to use them, combine them and work over them creativelly – for example in a text, using that information freely.I would grately appreciate a posssibility to:Mention specific records (of any tables of a base) freely in the long text field type – to tag them by @ anywhere in the text and get active links.Display a long text field in a better-arranged, more article-like view, meaning it to be (optionally for the column) larger and more writing-and-reading-oriented (in the full-record view), not only as tiny as other field types.Enjoy richer text formatting in the long text field type, such as simple text coloring.That could take Airtable to a whole new level, in case of using stored information not only in bulk ways, but also such creatively. Now, for example, I have a table of books, table of authors, table of articles and table of their concepts, but I can’t use Airtable for developing these concepts and wri

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alginbthomasNew Participant
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Lack of Storage Facility for Attachments

What is the proposed idea/solution?Permit an integration with Google Drive for Cloud Storage or any other platform as such for attachments because when there are attachments included within in a Form, the database cannot handle the capacity which airtable provides. How does is solve the user problems?The user can now view critical documents through Google Drive from the airtable once the user clicks on any cell which has an attachment, or you could use an API to Pull that data and show it in some interface within airtable itself to make it easier for the user to visualise, but the data is stored in GDrive.How was this validated?After I tried showcasing Airtable to the Senior Management who had already invested in Microsoft Suite, they found it ridiculously expensive for only having 1GB of cloud storage for attachments when you could simply connect to your Google Drive or Dropbox and avail extra storage which is not an available feature. Who is the target audience?Anyone who r

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zieddaly1Participating Frequently
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find a solution for duplicates

in the interface you have to find a solution for the duplicates either by adding a new record (at the form level)or at the interface level in the form of a table it is necessary to distinguish the duplicates

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Andrew_EnrightKnown Participant
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Dark Mode for Embeds (If Not Elsewhere)

I would LOVE to see a black/gray “Dark Mode” option, at least for web-embedded tables. While Airtable’s super-friendly and happy UI is a HUGE selling point and greatly appreciated by our desktop users, we’re working on deploying a 4K TV-based Status Board, and in such a context, the brightness of the native Ui is jarring. I could also see a Dark Mode being useful on iOS, if for no other reason than battery-preservation. And of course, “Pro Users” always like a dark option. Specifically in regard to embed views, might there be a way to style the colors via CSS? Thanks for your consideration, A.

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Andy_BulkaNew Participant
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Editing images to rotate and re-crop

I’d like to be able to edit images in order to re-crop and rotate them. There is a airtable help article saying this is not supported and asking users to re-upload images. This is a pretty annoying workaround. Whilst the web app at least allows cropping and rotation of images during initial upload, the iOS apps do not. And you never know the orientation of an image coming from an iphone - there is even an unresolved issue I found in this forum about this. So users who want quality photographs in their databases, who therefore use iphones to take photos - cannot crop, cannot rotate, cannot edit later and are never 100% sure of the orientation of their images.

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Jessica_Pena
Jessica_PenaKnown Participant
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Add a "Collapse All Views" option

What is the proposed idea/solution? In the Views menu, there are currently collapse and expand options for each view, but it would be GREAT to have an option to collapse or expand ALL views at once....How does is solve the user problems? Once tables become robust and contain a lot of info, navigating the views can be cumbersome. A collapse all views option would help....How was this validated? By getting frustrated several times, wishing I could collapse all views 😄 ...Who is the target audience? Airtable users...

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Carlos_M_CastilParticipating Frequently
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Update Last Modified Time when Lookup Fields or linked records change

I feel this should be an option (toggle) on Last Modified Time fields. Like “Modify time when lookup fields change”. Something like that. How does it work right now?Currently when a lookup field changes, last modified time fields don’t change on the linked record. This makes sense since you’re not actually changing the record. How would this be even better?Add a toggle to also update LMT fields when lookup fields change. There are use cases with automations and above all syncing and updating with zapier that you could want to trigger a modified field. There are workarounds on this. I usually do it with automations in airtable. For example bringing the Last modified time from the linked record as a lookup field, and then using a function with DATETIME_DIFF to check for differences. Whenever there’s a difference, you trigger a small change on any of the other cells. But that seems overkill (three new cells just to perform this check). I think a toggle would solve a lot and be a lot clean

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Jasmine_Ruth1Known Participant
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Auto Sort option under "Hidden Fields" button

We use Airtable quite extensively and the most often used tab has a whopping 65 columns. We make use of many views and love Airtable! A small frustration is that when trying to organize columns from the "Hide Fields" dropdown you have to grab each visible column one by one and drag it to the top if you want the visible columns to be first... which we usually do. It seems like this would be something very easy for the developers to add a "Move hidden fields to bottom" or "move visible fields to top" button and it would save a lot of time on a very automatable task. Thank you for your consideration.

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Matthew_Carrano
Matthew_CarranoKnown Participant
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Interfaces Should Be Specific to Workspaces, Not Bases

I often find myself needing to incorporate data from various databases into a single interface. While synchronizing data is an option, it often leads to cluttered databases filled with syncs that serve no other purpose than to support the interface.The goal of interfaces in Airtable is to offer an experience akin to using an app: seamless and integrated. However, the inability to draw data directly from multiple databases undermines this objective. The need to create multiple interfaces or syncs detracts from the system's cohesiveness.Furthermore, enhancing the left pane navigation with additional layering options would be highly beneficial. It would complement the capability to integrate data from various sources, further improving the system's functionality and user experience.

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dk82734Known Participant
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Disposable Views

Many times, I need to create a view for someone else to consume.  It's usually a short-term request.  Over weeks or months or years, we end up with a ton of "stale" views -- views that are never used by anyone ever again.  It's a pain to go through a manually purge those views.  Instead, what if...* When you create a view, you're given the option to set an EXPIRATION TIMESTAMP (sort of like a time-to-live TTL) on a view?* Then, when the TTL expires, Airtable automatically *deletes/purges* the view?* As a bonus, maybe perhaps 1 week before the TTL expires, send a REMINDER EMAIL to anyone who has accessed the view in the past?* If some DOES access the view within that 1 week, then Airtable automatically EXTENDS the TTL out like another 30 days?* Of course, provide creators with an option to turn OFF the TTL if need be, but allow them to keep it in place for views that are rarely accessed (if ever).* Lastly, if a view gets accessed via an API call, then by default the

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dk82734Known Participant
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Disposable Tables/Bases

What is the proposed idea/solution?Provide a mechanism to identify and flag STALE tables/bases within a given Airtable workspace. Stale tables/bases are those where the data has NEVER been accessed within the last 30/60/90/180 days. Consider allowing base creators to set an OPTIONAL time-to-live (TTL) timestamps either on a per table or per base.  If data has not been accessed either by a user or by an API after that time, then auto-delete the table/base.How does is solve the user problems?In many environments, there is "data sprawl" where users may randomly create "test" tables/bases for short-term purposes.  It would be nice to identify and flag where stale data exists, so that it can be purged as needed.  This can be a compliance requirement for many industries, depending on the type of data stored within Airtable.How was this validated?Teams can spend DAYS or WEEKS per month trying to figure this out.  Having a mechanism like this would save countless hours of m

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dk82734Known Participant
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Disposable Fields

What is the proposed idea/solution?Provide a mechanism to make it easy for content builders to create temporary fields/columns in an Airtable base, that can expire (be automatically deleted) after a timestamp expires (sort of like a time-to-live or TTL).How does is solve the user problems?Many builders will create "temporary" fields in an Airtable base for temporary testing/validation.  Sometimes, it can be very difficult for *other* builders to figure out *which* of these fields were used for that purpose.  This mechanism helps keep temporary fields more manageable, accordingly.How was this validated?I've personally spent DAYS trying to figure out which fields are temporary versus production.  Having this mechanism would save WEEKS of headache for me and my team per month.Who is the target audience?Content builders.Notes:* When a field is created, have an optional setting to allow the creator to specify a time-to-live TTL as a future date/timestamp.* If TTL is set and o

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Pedro_MiszewskiNew Participant
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Current Time in Calendar View - Horizontal Line

Just a suggestion to add a horizontal line that represents the current time when displaying any of the week, day views.Apple calendar has it and it’s just great! It helps me to keep track what to do next and not worry about the time

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rlehnertzNew Participant
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Filter look up field records by a separate view, not just select records

What is the proposed idea/solution?Create the ability to only include records in a look-up field that are filtered by conditions or a view. Right now, you can only select records based on filtered conditions or a view. It is a strenuous and long process to have to find or copy and paste multiple records into a field when they are already filtered in a separate view in the linked table...How does it solve the user problems?This would give us the ability to generate reports for our partners much quicker with linked information and manage our projects more efficiently...How was this validated?I have tried workarounds like filtering conditions in a rollup field, automation script writing, Automation triggering with no solution...Who is the target audience?Companies that need a more efficient way to report marketing campaigns to partners based to accomodate the limitations of Page Designer...

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Rick_HubbardNew Participant
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Keep Pop Up Calendars The Same Size

Can you please arrange for the pop up calendars to stay the same size as you scroll through the months. When it changes size, I often click on an empty space and have to start over.Thanks.

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