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Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong thread. New to airtable and would appreciate help on:

- How to view/sort by frequency (i.e. Field A has single-lined text that varies for each record, i.e. GreenMarbles)

- I'd like to view/sort it to look something like this:
GreenMarbles 14
BlueMarbles 12
RedMarbles 3

- is there a formula/rollup/automation/etc that can count frequency of a word in Column A and show the frequency sum for each word somewhere (another field, table footer etc doesnt matter as long as it' in the same view/page). Preferably free, but not required.

- and then how do I sort records by highest to lowest word frequency in Column A? Many thanks!

Hi,

It's quite easy. Duplicate the field and then turn copy into Linked field. When selecting the table to link, choose new table and give it a name. 

The same effect you got, if you create new Linked field (linked to a new table) and then copy-paste whole column with values into it. For each value, Airtable searches same in a primary field of a linked table, and if not found, creates new record with that value.

Now move to a linked table, it has 2 columns: first is unique list of your values, second is links (one or many). Create new field 'Count'. It's a computed field that will contain frequency. Return to your main table and add this "Count' as lookup.

It's rather single-run action, so you can turn this Count lookup into usual text/number to break connection with linked table, and then remove second table and link to it. Now sort and do anything you want.

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