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New field suggestion: Rate

  • July 13, 2023
  • 1 reply
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What is the proposed idea/solution?

Add a new field called Rate—a number/currency column that can add a suffix (custom field) such as a unit. Same as how the Currency field works, where we can add a custom prefix, but this one adds a custom suffix. Additionally, we should still be able to format them (integer, decimal, currency).

For example:

  • 5 grams
  • 9.81 m/s
  • $9.99 /bundle
How does this solve the user problems?

This would remove the need to create a field for the unit and concatenate it using a formula field, allowing two fewer fields in a view.

Who is the target audience?

Everyone, most especially those who use Airtable for information, research, retail, and inventory.

1 reply

Karlstens
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  • Brainy
  • July 23, 2023

Great idea. Or if the Number field could simply be updated to support a units measure, would be excellent.