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When pasting new groups of records into Airtable from Excel, it often overwrites previous records, meaning I have then lost the old records. Does this happen to anyone else and is there a way to prevent it?

Hi, I want to get feedback on an Airtable form that a user has just submitted. E.g. when they press submit, it takes them to a screen where they say what their experience filling that form was - good or bad and then any optional comments. Is there an automation or a way to do so? Thanks!

Hi! I’m a beginner when it comes to Airtable and I want to sync or combine two of my different bases so that I have everything in one place. We have two separate brands that we promote on social media, but I’d like to have all of our content in one space. I’m currently using the free version of Airtable. I used the help article and got the information from one to the other, but when I go to the calendar view they’re still separate and I cannot see each of the posts I’ve planned for the different brands. I hope I’m explaining this well enough for someone to help. Basically, I want to see all posts in one calendar view. Let me know if anyone has a solution, I’d really appreciate it!

Why have snapshots stopped at December 2020 when I am on a pro plan and have been the entire time since the base has been created.

In the Genealogy Collection at the library, we have vertical files. These vertical files are made up of family files and subject/location files (S/L files). We have around 1,000 family files and around 500 subject/location files. In each of these files you will find at least one document but most of these files contains many documents. Our goal is to secure these files. Some of these files contain information dating back into the 1700’s. In adding security, we have scanned all of these files. Our problem is getting this scanned material in a format on a computer that a researcher can research their families without pulling files. In Airtables, we have set up a base for the family files and set up a base for the subject/location files. The column headings are file name, attachment, surnames, S/L files. We entry the file name and attach the scanned documents to this base. What surnames are found in this document? We entry those surnames in the “surname” colu

Hi! I have a workspace with different bases, each of them concerning a specific topic (let’s say “Marketing”, “Sales”, “Communication”). In these bases, there are records which detail the name of the case and the task to do; each record has a Collaborator affected, with comments, deadline, next steps, etc. I precise that in each base, the configuration of the fields is different. For instance, in “Marketing” Base, it is Name - Collaborator - Due date - Comments. In “Sales” Base, it is Name - Collaborator - Reception date - Expiration date - Comments Etc., but some of the fields are common to all base (like Name, Collaborator, Status and Comments). I would like to have an additional base (let’s say the “Master-Base”) on which all the records for which I am indicated as the Collaborator would be linked/synced, so that I could check instantly what are my tasks in all bases, AND (here comes the tricky part) I would need to be able to

Hi - just trying to figure out how to solve the following: have a large airtable with a number of records. Some of this information is in multiple slides of a powerpoint presentation. I was hoping to create (maybe with page designer) a version of the powerpoint slide inside airtable so that any time some of the information changes, I can just copy and paste the new slide into powerpoint. Is this possible? Is page designer the right app? I don’t have Pro yet and before I pay and explore the apps I want to make sure there’s something that fits my use case first. Thanks!

How can I check the edits that an editor has made to a table, before the edits are actually applied to the table, as a security measure? I need to have two to three people remotely work on the edits and updates to a table containing about 700 records. I am concerned that they could easily change some data in error, and I would like to be able to review there edits, before I actually approve the edits, to change the data permanently in the table. Is this possible in Airtable, or with some add on block? Maybe someone has an idea or suggestion? This seems like a common concern?

Hi, I have a date/time field that is used as a field in an automated email using AT Automation. The field is correct in AT but when the email is received the filed is 1hr out. I’m sure it relates to GMT/BST but why doesn’t the filed appear in the body of the email with the same time? Is there anything I can to do to fix this? Regards Jason

Hi everyone, I’m currently running a lot of web dev projects that involve a lot of freelancers. I’m curious that is there any way that we can assign for those members when we assign tasks and they will receive a Lastpass log in(hide password) through their email automatically. And when they finish their work and the project mark as done. AirTable will automatically remove the LastPass login away. If there are any 3rd party app or integration that could help me with this. I’m open to investing in those as well. Thank you all in advance.

AirTable World - Need a formula that calculates or date / hr / min difference - Start date / time - end date / time

Is it possible to create linked Jira tickets from AirTable? Is it possible to update a Jira ticket from Airtable when a field is populated?

I setup a dashboard containing an Org Chart and Record List. Both apps are connected to views where a record contains a Button field. The button fields configured to Open URL and visible on the dashboard app. The buttons are visible fully functional when in a table view. However, the buttons are not active when viewed in a dashboard app. Clicking on the button within the dashboard app opens the record instead of executing the Open URL functionality programmed into the button. Once the record is open, the user can click on the button and it works from there. This confuses the users and its an extra step, not good UX. So far, I have one work-around: That is to use the Embed app to display a view containing the records with the button field. This works well for a list of records. However, there is no way to embed an Org Chart to obtain the same fuctionality. Would be great to hear from others who may a solution.

Anyone else noticing an update to newly created lookup fields? They now retain formatting and functionality of the source field. i.e single selects will have the correct color, and filtering options of the source select field. this seems like a huge update but I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere so i thought I’d post. For reference, here is a screenshot of identical lookups, one newly created and one old

Hello, I’m building an overall company calendar and have created different views depending on the entry (event vs. product, etc.) I want to use the same date field in each view to link back to the Calendar view, and I’m curious if there is a way to have the same field appear in two different views but but with a different field title. For example, in my “Events” view, I want the name of the date field to be “Start Date”. I want to use the same field in my “Products” view, but I want the name instead to be “Due Date”. As it is right now, I’m just creating different date fields for each one and hiding the unused one in the other views. But means that within the Calendar view, there are several unscheduled records for the date fields that don’t apply to a certain entry (i.e., every event is listed as unscheduled for the “Due Date” field, and every product is listed as unscheduled for the “Start Date” field. Is there an easier way to do this entirely? Shou

Hi Everyone Assuming I have the a ‘location address’ for each user, does anyone know of a methodology to return the number of users within a ‘X’ radius? For example. Of 1k users, I require a list of users who live within 5kms of a particular zip/post code. I’m assuming I’d need to use the Google Maps App plugin for AT but any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Stephen

I am looking for suggestions of available front-end interfaces for Airtable. There are a few limitations of Airtable’s own form view are: no customization (can’t have description (e.g “i” next to the field name to the expand the description info), can’t change layout of the fields…) [[POSTEDIT: can’t have custom names for fields… incorrect, you CAN have this in the Airtable Form View.]] no record edit function (just new record … yes I can do some tricks with Automation and linked fields to lookup field in the background but it would be ugly plus the linked field picker in the form view is limited… see my point 4) formula fields not showing (as view-only formula fields; I want to show the results of the a formula based on values I am entering in the form + if editing existing record, the values may be based on existing values for the record already saved in Airtable Linked field - record selecti

Hi, I’m desperately looking for formulas to extract multiple attachment URLs without being affected by Parenthesis or such in the filename. Airtable gives out Filename and file URL when referencing Attachment fields. I need a formula to extract multiple file URLs from there without being limited by parenthesis, commas and such. It is ok if there’s a limit on how many attachments/URLs can be pulled. 3 for example would be enough for the use case. I’ve looked through many existing threads, but they usually only provide the solution to the multi URLs or the special character problem. Not both combined. Would be awesome if someone could help.

Hey everyone, I am trying to create a formula that allows me to abbreviate the States,but for some reason it won’t let me. I believe I am doing it correctly. Within my table I have a lookup table where applicants can select their state but I can’t get the formula to abbreviate the field. I’ve attached an image for reference.

Hello! I am new to Airtable and have created my tables and have linked fields as follows: Customer Record Table: Customer Name field links to Orders Table: Customer Name field (look up). In the Form, I can select Customer Name but all it shows is the primary field identifier and not the customer name. Where am I going wrong?

I would like to automatically import a .png file (or any pic file type) to an Airtable table, from a Google Sheet cell, to a record’s ‘attachment’ field in the same Airtable table, based on what another Airtable field may contain (e.g. a selection from a single items list). So, if a user selects an option from a ‘single select’ field in an Airtable table, a designated picture from a google sheet populates for that same record in its ‘attachment’ field in the same Airtable table. What is the best way to go about this?

Hi everyone, I’m new to Airtable and databases in general. I’m trying to develop a system to match students and tutors, based on availability and other factors. For example: Student A: available Wednesday and Friday Tutor A: available Tuesday and Thursday Tutor B: available Thursday and Friday I want to be able to easily see that both Student A and Tutor B are available on Friday. I know how to create a “Multiple select” field for availability and set up a filter on each of my tables (“Students” and “Tutors”), but is there a way to filter both simultaneously? Thank you!

I have an invoice table that looks up prices from my inventory table. However, when I increase prices in my inventory table, all of my old invoices automatically inherit the newly increased prices. How do I keep my old invoices locked down to their old prices, for historical purposes? In other words, new prices should only affect new invoices moving forward… but should leave old invoices alone.

I made a Base that is meant to compile tables from various other bases. I’ve pulled in these tables and set up automatic sync. I would also like to create a Summary Table within this Base, and pull the records from these synced tables into this Summary Table. However, the “Lookup Field" I am trying to use for this Summary Table only allows me to pull linked records from one other table and not the multiple tables that I need. Can anyone suggest a workaround for this, or an app that might help?

Hi! I’ve created a form on Airtable and am trying to attach a PDF file using the Attachment field on the form. It uploads correctly; however, whenever I use the embed link to embed onto my website, the PDF file link is lost once I add it to my website. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? Thanks!