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Hi, I use Airtable to track information for film and television production. I frequently need to sort a list of scenes by scene number, but scene numbers often have letters added to them, which screws up the sorting. Example list, which I would want to sort in this order would be: Sc. Number: 1 2 3 A4 4 5 A5 B5 C5 5 6 6A 6B 7pt1 7pt2 8 A9 9 10 The logic (for those unfamiliar with scene numbering) is that once a script is officially released to the crew, the scene numbers are locked. Then, when scenes are added, they add letters to indicate the scene. So if it’s a scene that comes before scene 6, it would be A6 (and if there are more than one scene added, it would be B6, C6, etc) If the scene is added after scene 6, it would be 6A, 6B, 6C, etc. And then sometimes a scene is split up for production. Often when there is a phone call happening it’s only written as one scene, but when filming, both sides of the call are filmed, so the scene gets split into parts. Ex: 7pt1, 7pt2. And it

Hello everyone? I there any way to merge cells and split cells in Airtable? Like in Word or Google Sheet? I want to combine two cells into one? What can I do?

I tried sharing a view to a group of co-workers, but they could not see live updates unless they refreshed the page. If I shared the entire Base - Read Only, would they see live updates to entries? Thanks!

Hi there, I have a pretty simple question. I have a database that includes some math defintions and in the long text field (rich text enabled) I would like to have for example pi*r^2 as a formula but using symbols. Can I do this in markdown in airtable? Thank you!

Hello community - I’m a week on form ‘Hello World’ as far as scripting (and coding in general) is concerned so apologies if this is basic - one of my issues is knowing correct terms and without them it’s hard to search for answers. I’m creating a script app that adds a record to a table called ‘Characters’. The new record will incorporate some info from other records on the same table so to feel my way I’ve done: dynastyNow = record.getCellValueAsString(“Dynasty”) motherNow = record.getCellValueAsString(“Name”) fatherNow = record.getCellValue(“Spouse”) countryNow = record.getCellValueAsString(“Country”) output.text(dynastyNow) output.text(motherNow) output.text(fatherNow) output.text(countryNow) It all works as expected except fatherNow - which returns: nothing if I use getCellValueAsString and ‘null’ if I use getCellValue. It must be because the spouse field is a linked record field (the others are either single selects or single line texts- how do I interogate the linked record to pr

Hello ! I am deactivating quite manually and inefficiently many forms that have been created on a base by clicking on each one of them and desabling their shared view link (share form menu) Is there a way do it in a faster or mass deactivate forms on a base ?

Hi there, First question in this forum , first of all thanks in advanced to the Community and Developers for such a tool. I have a table that has different rows according to the image I want to select from my links. The images are not directly uploaded but are in Google Drive so I get links such as https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1-6HRbJh-x_ivBbhO5hdanGnlD1K7XCL- I wanted a column to display a little thumbnail with this image loaded. Is that possible? I have tried with Gallery View but seems that I may not be understanding the point. Thank you

So new to this and posted some code in another thread - its’ been pointed out to me functions would save some repeats in my coding and make them easier to read and correct. But I’m missing a subtly - the let instruction within my function results in this error - yet the same instruction (commented out in the screenshot) seems to work just fine - what am I not grasping?

I created a base and shared it with someone trying to access it on a bank computer. Understandably, the bank’s IT infrastructure is highly locked down and as part of that, presumably in their firewall set up, this user is unable to view attachments. She shared her screen yesterday with me and I can see that when clicking on a PDF attachment she can see it for a second but then gets a pop up saying the content is blocked. She can otherwise access the base just fine, so it’s not that they have blocked Airtable.com altogether. And when I have an attachment loaded the URL is still an Airtable.com URL, so it seems there must be something embedded in the PDF viewer code or attachment server that is triggering the block. She’s going to ask her IT people about this but does anyone know if there a URL unique to my base serving the attachments, such that she could ask them about whitelisting just that URL? I’m going to give her the base URL and and see if their firewall can whitelist PDFs fro

I have added 3 collaborator accounts, I have also received a bill and have paid the bill. but I accidentally deleted the 3 collaborators, if I am invited back to be a collaborator in the same workspace, do the 3 collaborators have to pay back?

I have a table full of records. The records are added each week and stamped with the date they are added in a column. When I chart this, I get the total number added each date that is listed; but I want to show an aggregated chart which has the full number of records and how much each week has ADDED to it. I’ve seen a few linked reports with rollups that seems confusing and a bit overkill. In Excel charts there’s simply a “show aggregate” button on the graph… is this not a thing people do in AT?

I think this is a long shot, but I hope the community can come through. I operate a service business that requires me to travel to client’s homes. I currently have a client table that includes names, addresses, etc. that table has the Google Maps App installed as well and locations are shown on the map. In the same base I have a table of upcoming jobs which pulls in client names and addresses from the client table and a manually entered “sequence” field that numbers the sequence of jobs for the day. That table also has a checkbox field for when a job is completed. I’d love to find a way to create a public view that will show customer first names, maybe a house number (redacting other address info for security), and use the map app to calculate an ETA to the next job based upon when the previous job is marked complete and the distance to the next destination. I’m aware if isn’t a simple ask, but I’m not even sure it’s possible with airtable’s capabilities. Thanks in advance for helping

Hi all – Is there a way to force a sort / ordering of the columns in the matrix block? They appear in somewhat random order. I have column names representing months in a year, and I’d like them sorted chronologically. Ramon

Exploring using Airtable for naming. I have a table with a large list of name ideas (col 1). Other columns include category, notes and vote (rating / single star toggle). Only a handful of these name ideas will be voted for / picked, so I’m wanting those that are to automatically populate a second table. Is this possible? Or is there another way? PS filtering by rated is not a desirable solution.

Hi everyone, new here. Im trying to graph continuous dates on the graph block. Airtable only uses the dates on the record and skips any dates for which there were no records created.It’s very easy to do in Excel, but am unsure if Airtable Can do it. Help?

Anybody who was able to resolve the issue with or without contacting Airtable Support. Was Airtable support able to address is with a permanent positive result? My workflow in Integormat: Airtable > Remove BG > Google Drive > Airtable Drives me nuts. Just a few months ago it worked on 100 images fine when I was doing the uploads on one day. So I can’t tell if it worked for me other than the workflow worked in 2019 reliably. Nothing changed about my Integromat workflows (but as precaution I created a 2nd new integromat workflow to see if it fixes the issue…) The images are uploaded as images but for some reason Airtable considers them as garbage and delets them because it is unable to process the thumbnail. The uploaded file initially shows as a generic grey thumbnail. In most cases Airtable erases the file within a few seconds, in other cases it leaves there in the same pitty state. If I quickly download that generic icon file, and then manually upload it, the upload works f

Hello, Is it possible to create a modal dialog that shows over whole screen from SDK blocks? I can creade Dialog from SDK blocks but it shows only over my App on right side. I would like to create confirmation dialog that shows over whole screen, like delete record confirmation. Is it possible with SDK blocks?

Hello, We are using Typeform to collect responses, which eventually end up in Airtable. Responses come with image links, due to limited storage in typeform we want those images stored in some cloud server e.g. Amazon/Google and once stored in cloud we want Airtable record to update the links to cloud stored links. What solution would you suggest for this? Typeform links look like this:https://api.typeform.com/responses/files/9f880b3c05bfc8db096c4cf291a5f15feb37efd0a99378ce1eb00d6299ca7da8/IMG_8486.JPG We want to upload it to cloud and update Airtable record with the cloud path.

Hello people, hope you can help me to solve my problem. I’m currently using a formula to substitute some character for cleaning my cell : SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(Telephone,".","")," “,”"),"-",""),"(",""),")","") and after this step , i’m using an other formula : IF(LEFT(Telephone,1)!=“0”,CONCATENATE(“0”,Telephone),Telephone) it works perfectly but the question is : how can i do the same thing in one formula ? For exemple : (06-07-45)43.56 26 i want 060745435626 (6-07-45)43.56 26 i want 060745435626 Sorry for my english, i’m french :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: and thank you for your answers.

Is it possible to export the data operated by airtable with CSV etc.? Is it possible to migrate to an external database immediately?

Hey, is there a way to sort the columns of a grid view by name? Best, Andreas

I have an automation that sends an employee a View. I’d like to give that employee permission to edit a single column in the view. How do I go about making that happen? What if I want them to be able to edit multiple columns in the View? Thanks for your help!

n8n is taking nicely off the ground. It has few integrations yet but it has potential. Nice I found recently it allows me to download images in batch. I know I can do that with Integromat but n8n running on local machine seems a bit more handy once it is setup. It’s a chrome app but still good as it can get because it is free and doesn’t cost a penny when running on the local workstation or my own server. Anybody managed a better way to download multiple images at once with n8n? I described the workflow and a few issues along the way but their community is much smaller so no response there yet. Interestingly they run same community board software as Airtable. n8n – 5 Jul 21 How to download multiple attachments with Airtable node? I am trying to use the Airtable node’s List operation to get a record and download the attachments. I’m able to download a single attachment, but when I specify a second one, it doesn’t get fetched. The tool tip recommends “N

Hi all! Really liking airtable so far. What I’d like to create is an easy Presentation from one of my Views. Basically what I want would be, from a table like this: To create a view like this: That way I could just copy it straight into the presentation. I’ve created already in Google Sheets & it works dynamically, but I’d rather use Airtable. Is this possible? If so, would love to be pointed in the right direction as I’m a bit overwhelmed with all the apps. Thank you!

I use Airtable to manage workout programming and membership for my fitness class. I would love to be able to give users access to their individual profile so that they can view their attendance, workouts, people they have worked out with, and individual stats. I want them to be able to log in to air table to enter their data and stats for their performance in workouts. Does anyone have an idea for how to do this?