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Hi - Our warehouse is a third-party service provider. Whenever they receive our product, we’d like to have them log one field within a single view. However, much of the Airtable is confidential information that the warehouse frankly does not need to see. Is there a way we can restrict or provide viewing/editing permissions for a specific table or specific view within a table? If not, what’s a good workaround? Thank you.

Is there any way today when filtering to have a dropdown or typeahead interface when selecting values on a column that is a link to another record? It’s a bad UX to only be able to type and string match on those values, especially when it might be populated by a small list of items that could work simply like a dropdown.

My work account suddenly came up deactivated. Our admin did not deactivate it. When they try to send me a new invite, it says there is an active account already in use with my email. I cannot create a new account for the same reason. When I try to reset the password, it says my account is deactivated. This has been DAYS of lost work for the University of Ca. No one on my end knows what to do. And there is no way to get ahold of a support human. Please help.

Hi All. I believe I know the answer to this, but I wouldn’t be doing my due diligence if I didn’t ask the community. User wants to have a form that will provide entry into multiple records. FORM would look like this; Date: 20180410 Name: Joe Bloe Product: Banana, Apple, Pears OUTPUT INTO TABLE would look like this; Date/Name/Product 20180410 / Joe Bloe / Banana 20180410 / Joe Bloe / Apple 20180410 / Joe Bloe / Pears Can this be replicated?

Hello! I am trying to link records with the same ID and I can’t figure out how to do it in buik - only one by one which is impractical for my purposes. Essentially, I have a table (“Forms”) that contains student usernames and the forms they submitted, and I’m using the username as the record ID, so multiple, identical record IDs exist for all the different forms a particular student submitted (i.e. Username1 - Form A, and Username 1 - Form B are listed in different rows). The ideal result I am picturing is that, in my main table, I could use a ‘link to another record’ field that links to the Forms table, I would paste the usernames in this field, and then I’d have a lookup field which would display all the forms that correspond to that username (i.e. for Username1’s linked record, the lookup field would display “Form A, Form B”). However, when I set this up, it’s only displaying the first form that exists in the Forms table, and it only works the way I want it to if I one by one add re

Hi, do you know what this issue is about? “Clipboard state overwritten before data transfer policy arrived”

Adam_TheTimeSav helped me with a script using Tampermonkey. See Solved: Re: How to make a colorful kanban board - Airtable Community// ==UserScript==// @name Airtable - Change Kanban background// @author Adam - The Time Saving Company// @match https://airtable.com/*// @grant GM_addStyle// ==/UserScript==GM_addStyle('#kanbanView > div.white { background-color: aliceblue !important; }');I'm trying to understand what's happening behind the scenes. Here's what I see.1. Tampermonkey enables scripts to "hook into" the code for a particular web site that is coded in Tampermonkey for a given script. @match tells Tampermonkey which web site to use.2. I'm not quite sure what "@grant GM_addStyle" does. I'm guessing it links or includes a library of code?3. I guess #kanbanview tells addstyle what part of the web page to manipulate.4. div.white further refines what part of the web site code inside kanbanview to manipulate.5. background-color is a parameter that sets background color.6.

We normally do copy & paste between airtable bases. Today I star to receive this message : “clipboard state overwritten before data transfer policy arrived” The problem only happen when I do, other users don’t receive the message. This problem start today, because I do that every day, and I did not receive this message. I tried to do with less cells copy, and worked. I think this happen only with cells that content file attached. I tried to do the same with another computer, and happen again. Thank you Dagoberto

Hi everyone,I need to show people on a map but for privacy concerns I would like to change the exact position randomly. I found a ruby script that is doing exactly what I need : do you think it could be possible to turn it into an airtable script or with formulas ?I don't have any experience with scripts or coding yet so I don't know if it's something that Airtable can do.Here's the ruby script :lat = (point[0] * Math::PI / 180).to_d lon = (point[1] * Math::PI / 180).to_d max_distance = 200.to_d min_distance = 100.to_d earth_radius = 6_371_000.to_d distance = Math.sqrt(rand * (max_distance ** 2 - min_distance ** 2) + min_distance ** 2) delta_lat = Math.cos(rand * Math::PI) * distance / earth_radius sign = rand(2) * 2 - 1 delta_lon = sign * Math.acos( ((Math.cos(distance/earth_radius) - Math.cos(delta_lat)) / (Math.cos(lat) * Math.cos(delta_lat + lat))) + 1) [(lat + delta_lat) * 180 / Math::PI, (lon + delta_lon) * 180 / Math::PI]Do you have an idea how to transcript this ?Thank

When I try to enter a new record or new view, I get an error message. Below are a message from trying to enter a new record, and below that is from trying to enter a new view. If I enter anything before I refresh the view, it disappears when I refresh.  I've been working happily in Airtable for a year and a half; this is the first major issue. I've rebooted the computer (Windows 10); no luck. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!Gordon  An error has occurredRefresh the pageIf you continue to experience this error, please contact us.Error: pglEy92xruMLjJnd2 An error has occurredRefresh the pageIf you continue to experience this error, please contact us.Error: pglZfpFHUwJKZRSSO

I encounter an error whenever I add a new column or row. We have a free account. My base currently has 13 columns and 6 rows. Please help.

Hello,I have a table that is a BOM that contains about 66 fields.  In the fields I have material description and qty.  Since I am using this form to allow me to group and do a total count of material needed across all products, each column is a unique material category with dropdown of color to choose from.  Now I wanted to be able to print the BOM for each product.  I have created a page designer which contains all the material and quantity fields in the template.  The problem is not all fields contain data, so there are a lot of random blank fields when printing each product.  It is not quite user friendly in manufacturing environment.Is there anyway or an extension that can populate fields that only contains data?  Without manually selecting to hide a field?  Thanks in advance!Annie

Hi allIs there a way to only show a certain Extension Dashboard dependent on the current Table view selected? For example, if I'm in Table A, I only want to see the extension dashboard that is relevant to Table A without having to select and change the Extension Dashboard every time.The reason being I have a lot of Tables and a lot of Extension Dashboards that are highly specific to each Table.Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Stephen

Due to the change in the tools being used as a community forum, I cannot edit my posts anymore.Is there a solution for this?

We have 3 bases.1. Complete database -  Where we keep and use final data2. Onboarding data and cleaning base - Where scraped data is uploaded and prepped to be pushed to complete database. Here we catch missing data points and where data doesn't match existing records in complete database. 3. External data cleaning / filling base - This is where onboarding records from 2. that have missing fields or fields that don't match complete database are pushed to for a team of scrapers to fill or replace with the accurate data. This is currently done through synced views. Ideally once cleaned data can get pushed back into 2. the onboarding data base once complete. The issue is getting data to be fixed or updated in 3 through the synced views. Another issues is the search fields don't appear in the synced views.Is there any work arounds for this or happy to for suggestions for another solution for the same use case. Note we have the separate base for 3 as we don't want to give access t

I'm helping with a local food pantry and shifting their data mgmt from google sheets to airtable. They register clients in a 1-time data entry task, then each time that client visits, they record that visit. So I have a Clients table and ClientVisits table. One client can obviously visit many times. Sometimes twice in a month.I am feeding this data into interfaces for the users.Each month the food pantry needs to run a report for:Number of visitsNumber of unique clientsSome other demographic infoNumber of visits is quite easy of course. How do I get the number of unique clients counted? In MySQL or SQL Server this is what I would want to do: SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT clientid) FROM ClientVisitsWHERE VisitDate >= '12/1/2022'AND VisitDate <= '12/31/2022'; 

It appears to me that Airtable can only report on a single table at a time (via a View). Yes, tables can have link fields (link, lookup, rollup,ect) from another table, but I do not want to have to add link fields to my table just so I can do reporting. I want to be able to create a report across multiple tables,as I can do with just about every other database on the market… Does anyone (especially if you work at Airtable) know if Airtable are working on this functionality ? Thank you Jim

Hello, today all my airtable bases are having a bug, when I upload any media, as soon as it fully uploads, I see a Green border on the cell and my avatar and it deletes the media, just as if I was logged in another computer and deleted it myself.It's happening in all my bases and I have no Automations/Scripts/Extensions/Filters/Groups running.See the video for more details: https://watch.screencastify.com/v/u294YkcGcuysELewlPnPIt's the first time it happens to me in 3 years since I started using Airtable.Anyone can help?

Hi, I'm trying to build a project cost tracker but I'm reasonably new to airtable. The issue I'm having is that as the project evolves, the costs change (as requirements change etc.). The business wants to be able to see that variance. Currently, when costs change, a new cost estimate record is created. All are linked back to the opportunity (our proposal to the client). However, I can't think of how to calculate the cost variance by cost centre automatically.  An example of what I'm trying to achieve is below:  Opportunity (LINKED TO RECORD WITH PRICE TO CLIENT)COST CENTRE 1COST CENTRE 2COST CENTRE 1 CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS ESTIMATECOST 2 CENTRE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS ESTIMATECost Estimate V1 – Deal 1DEAL1£500£100N/AN/ACost Estimate V2 – Deal 1DEAL1£600£50£100-£50Cost Estimate V1 – Deal 2DEAL2£200£200N/AN/ACost Estimate V2 – Deal 2DEAL2£300£200£100£0

I have multiple tables - one is the master table, the other tables are child tables. Records from the master table should be automatically linked to the child tables when they are created, based on a field that contains a matching value for the child table.For example, I have tables:Master, Project 1, Project 2, Project 3.Master project contains a list of companies and field that lists their projects.Project 1's table is supposed to contain *only* companies that are associated with Project 1Within the master table there is a field labeled "Projects", which contains zero, one or more of "Project 1", "Project 2", "Project 3".If the field contains "Project 1", it should be linked to the table named "Project 1"If the field contains "Project 1" and "Project 2", it should be linked to both "Project 1" and "Project 2" tables.Hoping to do this within Airtable Scripting, so that it is dynamic and able to update based on the table names.My current code looks like this (using a button to create a

I'm currently running a script button that will copy the 'Reservation Requested By' value to 'Reserved for'  value. let table = base.getTable("Status Report"); let record = await input.recordAsync('Reservation Requested By', table);if (record) {   let oldValue = record.getCellValueAsString("Reservation Requested By");      let newValue = oldValue;   output.text(newValue);      await table.updateRecordAsync(record,{"Reserved for": newValue});} else {    output.text('');} I want to add a condition to this button so that if the 'reserved for' value is not empty, or exceeds certain days then remove the value. Can I do that?

Hi there,I embedded my Airtable into a Webflow website. Every time I want to "Add Condition" to filter my data, the page automatically scrolls down and hides the top taskbar. This is only an issue when I set the Airtable height to be larger than the window height. Please see video for the visuals. Can someone please help me? 

I'm feeling like I may have more OCD tendencies than I thought. It's driving me nuts that I can't set a field width for the columns in Airtable. Usually in Excel, I would make columns that contain like data the same width, not being able to do that in Airtable is making me crazy. I don't really know about scripts and I was wondering if it's possible to make one so I can input a field width for columns. I just need to know that they are the 

Hi everyone, Today is an important deadline day for us, and we are collecting client deliverables through Airtable forms. We have a large influx of form submissions today, and everything was working as expected until about 10:30am MT this morning. I received a correct form submission at 10:25am MT, and then the next form submission at 10:33am MT had been edited by an "anonymous" user. Every form we've received after that has also been edited by an "anonymous" user, and any files that our clients included in an attachment field on their form had disappeared / been deleted from the records.The only other post I can find like this is this one, but it doesn't seem to have a resolution. Our team is also unable to upload attachments to records ourselves.Does anyone have any insight on this issue? We really don't want to have to reach back out to all of the clients that are submitting deliverables today for the deadline to ask for them again.Let me know if any other information woul

I’m using Airtable to organize an annual event, and something we do is track people. I made a set of bases last year that track what each person does and links to many other tables, but the problem lies in trying to make this abstract for every year. I’d like to have a “contacts database” that is outside of each year’s airtable, and syncs contacts with “2023” status into the 2023 base, and same for other years. We need different bases for each year because a lot of what we do gets “reset” every year. I need to start with a blank slate and be able to easily copy people in. The problem is that I also need to add new contacts every year. By setting up a sync, we can’t edit the basic info on each Contact in the 2023 Base – I can no longer have forms (either with Airtable or Miniextensions) which populate Contact info, which is a mix of the info synced from the Contacts database and year-specific info. The closest I got is by having separate contacts tables for each year and using Multi-so