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I have been using the CSV import app for quite sometime and have had no issues . But of late I am having issues with import of date fields. The date field when imported shows future dates. I tried various options for formatting the date field , but I still have problems. Since my process is automated, I cannot manually change a text field to a date field . Is this a BUG ? Has any one faced it ? I think there could be work arounds , but this is something like a new issue which I never faced before. Thanks.

My goal is to design a page in page designer and have a PDF version of the result automatically go into an attachment field in AirTable for each record. Users would not use the page designer but just open the attachment to view or print. I have never used the page designer so a detailed step-by-step would be appreciated.

hello community, am new to airtable . i would like to ask on how i can have an api that can be passed different data and retreive only the fields that matches the current data passed. am really stuck. and also suggest on best resources for better understanding of airtable.Thanks

Hello, We’re using Airtable as an ordering system for our work with another company. I currently have an order form built out, that after submitting, auto assigns a driver. I also have an automation set up to send the driver an email with all of the necessary delivery information. But the driver will need to go to a store to pick up the ordered items for the day. Is it possible to build something out in Airtable that can check the ordered items against an inventory sheet, and return the store that has all of the item?. It might also be necessary for me to add in a preferential list based on either the driver’s starting location or the location of his first delivery. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be possible? I would prefer not to use an outside company’s app to integrate, but if it is the only way you can think of, I am open to hearing it.

I am new to Air Table. I am trying to create a work flow for job applicants. We need two forms, the initial application, and follow-up questions. Once someone submits the follow-up questions I need to somehow link the data to their initial application, automatically. As we receive many applications. I am not sure how to accomplish this look-up, and update. Any suggestions would be super helpful. job

Hello, I am looking for an app to add a communication channel between a user and an external user. For instance, I would like to have a history of communication between our clients and our team for specifics record.

Is it possible to view the map via the mobile app? How else could I access it while on my mobile. It works great on the desktop, but I can’t see any way to make it work on my phone.

Hi - please help, bit confused. I published a base up into the Airtable Universe (and luckily saved the link for it). If I search the Airtable Universe, I can’t find it anywhere. Any idea what’s going on? It’s a LinkedIn SSI Tracker (your Social Selling Index score on LinkedIn). The Universe base can be found here - but you cannot find / search for it via the Airtable Universe page. Any ideas? I’m presuming that nobody else can find / search for this? Here’s the direct link (to prove I’m not going mad :slightly_smiling_face: ).

Did you run in to the same problem? How did you solve it?

Hi everyone, Was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations on which would be better between the Maps app and Vega-Lite if my goal is to take a table with 11 geographic regions, shade them on a world map based on a roll-up value in the table, and then add marks for listed locations within those regions (already have the latitude/longitude for them). I thought some sort of layering in Vega would work, but I’m honestly having more trouble with the shading part than the individual marks. Would be thankful for any input!

Hi all, I have 2 tables in a base (Businesses & Users); I’m using the scripting block to upload a JSON file and add new records to the bases if they don’t already exist. Attached are the screenshots of the 2 tables and the script. When the ‘Users’ & ‘Businesses’ fields in the 2 tables are not linked, I can update the records with the script, but when they are linked, I get the following error when I run the script. What can I do to fix it, please? O: Can't create records: invalid cell value for field 'Users'. Cell value has invalid format: <root> must be an array. Linked records field value must be an array of objects with property 'id' corresponding to linked record id. at spawnErrorWithOriginOmittedFromStackTrace on line 1 at _assertMutationIsValid on line 1 at applyMutationAsync$ on line 1 at tryCatch on line 1 at invoke on line 1 at tryCatch on line 1 at invoke on line 1 on line 1 at Promise

I have a base to keep track of the FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION of each of our FILMS. In table 1, I record the participation of each FILM on different festivals (which I pull from a FESTIVAL DB in table 2). This means that on table 1, on the first field {FILMS} film1, film2, film3 are recurrent values, appearing in as many records, as festivals where they get invited. In table 1, I include a text field named {SOCIAL MEDIA} where I include the film’s social media related profiles and hashtags. I do that on the first occurrence of each film on a record. MY PROBLEM: I can’t figure out a way to either LOOKUP, ROLLUP, or find a FORMULA to reproduce the info I entered in {SOCIAL MEDIA} for a particular FILM X in a record to another record in the same table where FILM X appears. In my mind is like making an intra-table “related field” but I cannot figure out how to do it.! I made the image below to better explain what I need, in case I did not expressed mysel

We used to hit the 20GB Attachment space, base limit about every 4 months. Our work around was to create archive attachment bases by duplicating the base. Then we would delete the older attachments in our working base. Now, we want to bring some of those attachments back. I am struggling to find the right solution to link or line up the records properly to bring the attachments back. I thought I could create a new table with an ID to link the tables and the attachment fields. The obvious choice for the ID was to use the RECORD_ID(), but I learned the duplicated bases created new RECORD_ID()s. I tried a few formulas to create the ID using create date and other fields, but they were not discrete when multiple records were imported at the same time or duplicated. Anyways, I have looked around and I tried few things. I am I am looking for ideas. Thank you in advance.

I have a base with a table full of tags that is used to tag different items along different dimensions. Each item can be tagged in alot of differnt categories. I’m trying to use airtable in conjunction with Bubble.io and it seems I’ll make life easier for myself if I rename the linked fields back in my tag table to something more meaningful rather than tablename 1, tablename 2, tablename 3… Is there a quick way to see what these field corresponds to, so I don’t have to toggle between tables and try to match up which tags are present where?

Hi, everyone. I’m wondering if there’s a way for me to adjust the date and time in the following format: [MM/DD/YYYY XX:XXpm] for Slack and Email. I can’t seem to do that in the automation box. Would I need to insert a formula or some other solution? Thanks.

I am trying uploading an image from webflow form to airtable using zapier. All the form data like name, email, etc are getting added to the table when I submit the form except for the attached image. The image column (Attachment) is always empty. So I tried manually add the image using the Link (URL) option and kept getting following error: “Error fetching URL metadata.” Following is the image URL generated by webflow: https://webflow.com/api/sites/3d-jobs-project/formUploads/8070822d-b223-4bfe-9d61-eab61d069dc4.png Any idea how to fix this?

Hi all, first time posting to the forum and hope to become a fellow positive contributing member to the group. I’m looking to design a few different community apps using no code tools with Airtbable as the database. One of the common use cases will be some sort of ongoing activity tracking (ex. # of miles ran, # of calories eaten, # of pushups, etc) or budget tracking ($ spent on rent, $ spent on food, etc) and questions that would require simple text answers (how do you feel today?) I really like the flow of Typeform or even Jotform (free tier) and was thinking I could somehow use either of those tools to collect the user data which gets sent to Airtable but not sure if it’s possible to save it so that the same user can login to some front end tool (ex. Softr or Pory), go to my Typeform link, and it gets saved to their user record in Airtable (did that make sense?) Lastly, if this isn’t possible with Typeform, can I even do this with Airtable fairly easily or will i

Hello, for every number I have a reference, a actual and a difference row and I would like to Group them under one Name, like you can do in excel with connecting cells. In this 1 minute video I am showing how it looks in excel: Loom | Free Screen & Video Recording Software If you have an idea how to do it please let me know. :slightly_smiling_face: Best regards, Ben

Hi, I have a field of Skype ID and I’m trying to have a button/field that pressing it will open a Skype chat with this specific user. I found online html code that does that: <a href="skype:<username>?chat">Start Chat</a> I tried using button with open URL ("skype:"&{Skype}&"?chat") but Airtable treats it as http and adds http which breaks the link. I tried opening a script with the script: let table = base.getTable("TEST"); let record = await input.recordAsync('Pick a record', table); let link = "skype:" + record.Skype + "?chat"; output.markdown(`[Click here](${link})`); but the link built doesn’t open anything. I tried URL field but again the http is added. I tried using long reach text field with markdown code: click here and it doesn’t work too… Please advise how to do it. Thanks, Amit

If I am free plan, can I add a record with the form mode? I tried but it popped up this window. I am not sure whether it is due to free plan.

Hello, I run a fitness gym and would like to set up a workout reminder in Airtable. This means that our members fill in a form with their e-mail, choose their training day (e.g. Thursday) and then you should receive a short reminder e-mail every Thursday. How can I implement this in Airtabel.

Maybe this is a stupid question, but I have added tasks to a project planning base, and all the tasks I added are marked as completed. Not sure why? How do I uncomplete them?

Not related to Airtable, but I wonder if anybody came across a service where I can push clickable URL address to. I created a dynamic URL formula to Airtable form with help of kuovonne’s Prefilled Forms. That URL changes and new URL is generated after the previous form was submitted. So now I am looking to upload upload that URL somewhere online where I can click it in a web browser. I am thinking Zapier or Integromat would watch changes in the field containing kuovonne’s changing URL and it would pick up the new URL and push it somewhere. Where … that I don’t know. I could setup twitter account for example and click the URL in the twitter feed. RSS could also work but I don’t want to display old URLs in the feed. I just want to show the latest version of the URL. However, I am looking for something simple, without need to open an app, something that would work without login, for example web-page and Zapier / Integromat would update that link there.

I was contracting for a company added a person as a collaborator (not owner) in my paid workspace. When I left, that person removed ALL my bases (my personal ones and ones related to other work). I know it was my fault - I didn’t realize people other than owners could remove the entire contents of someone’s workspace. Will not repeat that mistake. Airtable says it has to be returned from that person, but that person won’t return calls/ emails. I followed up with Airtable explaining the situation, last week but have not heard back. Anyone know of A way to get them back A way to call Airtable

Okay - So I have two tables. Table 1 is related to incoming students. In this Table, they select the timing of their incoming testing and tell me key information about themselves (e.g., what program they’re entering). Table 2 is a table of all current students. In this Table, I have key information abou the students and also the results of their testing/ultimate course recommendations. I also track their “Progress toward goals” through a number of complex formula fields. All information that is raw was typed/entered into Table 2 through a long process of converting Excel to AirTable. In Table 1, I have done the scoring and the raw data that would feed into future “Progress toward goals” formulas. How do I get students from Table 1 to populate in Table 2? What kind of linking must I do? There MUST be a better way than copy and paste, as I need to do this multiple times a year, and the columns/fields do not all align (i.e., they are different types of