Create a new linked records directly through a form

Hey ​@madmills123,

You cannot do that natively using Airtable forms. You’ll want to (a) setup some automations to handle the record creation and linking on the back after submission, or (b) use Fillout forms which allow for linked record creation and have a simple Airtable integration (and their free plan is super generous). 
 

The latter would be cleaner in my opinion!

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation

Hey there!

Unfortunately, Airtable forms are very limited when it comes to linked record fields. I’d recommend checking out the miniExtensions Form for a fully-featured alternative! You can allow your users to create, edit, link, unlink or even delete linked records, preview and display them in different ways and a lot more! It also has full support for all field types in Airtable, including formulas, rollups and lookups. Definitely worth a look!

If you’re open to third party solutions I’d say just use Fillout and call it a day (https://www.fillout.com/), their free plan has 1k submissions a month

If you want to keep it within Airtable, my usual go to is to provide a link to another form within that form, and I’ve set it up here for you to check out.  That way users have the option of initially selecting a linked record if it’s available and creating one if not

Use a separate form to capture new contact details and then automate linking the submitted contact to the company using Airtable Automations.