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Hi all! I’m trying to add the functionality to my airtable wherein a viewer/editor can add a note to an existing entry without having to type over the entry. Ideally, this would function like a digital sticky note, so I can view the comment, but it doesn’t impact the structure of the airtable itself. Does anyone know if that’s possible? Thanks in advance!

I’ve got a single-select field, and I’m trying to change the selection for multiple records simultaneously. I feel like I must be missing something?

I have a database I am creating where users can add entries with the form provided. However, is it possible to have it where a user can also edit the data? Like a wiki page? I found this, which has an edit button. Is this an Airtable feature, or is it exclusive to the miniextensions setup? https://app.miniextensions.com/cards-gallery/w8Gx58SrkZSVX7CzGPcL

I have used sync before to sync two tables, and it is a great feature. What I want to do now, however, is to copy a table from one base to another, including all of the views of that table and all of the lookups and linked (etc) columns that I have painstakingly built. It seems that I can share a view and copy the data over, no problem - a new table is created on the target base with the data. However, it looks like I can only share one view - I don’t see a way to share all the views of a table at once, and if I try to share one view at a time, each share creates a new table instead of adding the view to the previously created one. It also seems that only the data is moved over, but not the customized field type - so if the content in the column is (in the source) drawn from another table (and that table already exists in the target base) it doesn’t matter. The data still comes over as just text. So if I understand this correctly, I will still have to go back and set up every col

Hello everyone, I am new to Airtable and hoping this will be a solution for my business. Before I get into my issue, I’ll explain a little bit about my database. I own a machine shop and am wanting to use Airtable to enter job information and print job travelers to send out to the floor. I am working with 2 databases. The main database being the “Job Tracker” which keeps track of each specific job. The other being my “Client” database. The main purpose of this is to reduce data entry and hold all the contract information for the client. My issue is with Airtable I can easily create a link to the “Client” database. This displays the “Contact Name” which is the primary key. I can click expand and bring up the entire record. Ideally, I want to be able to select the Contact and populate fields in my main “Job Tracker” database with the contact information (phone, e-mail, and company). The reason this is important is I am using a ZAP that automatically populates a form. Since Airta

I have zapier adding records to my Airtable but I have no idea when the record is added. Is there a way to have a date column that automatically adds a date to the record when it’s added?

I’d like to conditionally render an element depending on whether or not comments exist for a record. I’ve tried several methods but the element will not render/disappear unless I reload the app. Here is one example: {record.commentCount > 0 ? <div class="comment-indicator"></div> : ''} This isn’t the case for rendering elements using getCellValueAsString() where I am able to render based on other record attributes. Can anyone help me understand what’s happening here?

Has anyone used Amazon and Web-clipper? I’d like to use web-clipper alongside my asset management table so that on the order completion page of amazon I can clip the items ordered and who they were sent to. That would save me from manually putting in each item. I’m wondering if this is possible before I upgrade my account.

The CSV Import app will merge records from a CSV file with existing matching records and create new records in the target table. As far as I know, it’s not possible to merge/update only without adding new records. Am I missing something? Thanks.

I have a bar chart that uses a date/time value as the x-axis. The column that it is using is configured to display in my local time zone without the time value (see screenshot). However, on the chart, the record appears to be included in the bar for the next day (which would make sense if the chart was showing the dates in GMT). Is there any way to specify to use the local time zone for displaying with the chart? EDIT: We only just started noticing this behavior in the last couple weeks. I’m wondering if there has been a recent change to how charts are displayed?

Hi :slightly_smiling_face: , I have a question regarding connecting record to email thread. What I want to achieve is to know if I received new email from the client. Do you have any ideas on how to achieve this? Thank you. :slightly_smiling_face:

Hi guys, I would love to get your help/creative ideas regarding Airtable automations. The company I’m working for has about 70 clients and it keeps growing. We’re in the middle of updating their bases to a new layout with multiple new features with a dependency on the automation features. Currently, we have a pro user with a limit of 50K monthly automations per base. We’re planning on moving to the enterprise plan, and unlock the possibility of 500K automations per month. Our problem starts when we’re thinking about the future. If we’ll add more clients - we’ll add more automations. Each base has about 60 columns, many of them depend on automation as said before, which leads me to the point that maybe even 500K automations won’t help us out here. In general, our product generates leads for our clients. It means that every day each client has 2 digits of new records (depends on their plan). Eventually, it means that for each record, a large number of automations will be activated. Anoth

Airtable currently functions as the AP module for the company I’m working for. We are considering transitioning to another software. If we unsubscribe from Airtable will we still be able to access the data stored in our account?

I want to develop a timesheet form, with Date, Project, Employee, Task and number of hours worked. Given that there is likely to be several employees working on the same project and perhaps the same tasks, many of the records will contain much of the same information, is it possible to start the form with it loaded, pre-filled, with the same information as the previous entry?

I imported a report from a supplier webpage (table Quotes). This report is a list which contains Customer ID, Quote #, Product ID, Product Name, and other features. Each Quote # could have several Product ID´s. On the other hand, I created a table with Designs. Each design is associated to only one product ID. I want to get the info associated to the product ID, like Name, dimensiones, etc, from the Quotes table, but the primary key (first column) in Quotes is the Customer ID. How can I search and get info associated to a specific Product ID? Something like VLOOKUP function in Excel, where I can search a specific data and get the info in the next columns.

I’m planning to use Airtable as a backend for some submission. The estimated load is about 2400 submissions per hour during high traffic time, and many of them will come from Zapier as well. One of the fields is a video/image submission. It is critical that we do not lose submitted data. I’m a very new to Airtable. Is it something Airtable will be able to handle without loss of data or major hiccups?

Ok we’re having some family fun playing ping pong and we want to track games. Ideally, we would be able to track game results, player stats such as wins/losses, points per game average, total points, etc. While also keeping track of game stats like who played who, what the final score was, the game date, etc. I can’t seem to figure out how to track the game info and also have a table to that calculates player stats. The issue is having player 1 and player 2, so when I connect the Players table to the Games table, I have to connect it twice because there are two players. Anyway, here’s the base: Airtable Ping Pong Stats - Airtable Explore the "Ping Pong Stats" base on Airtable. Any help greatly appreciated!

Hi guys, I am playing around with Airtable to see whether this could help our small eating disorders clinic (and me as the manager!) make us more efficient to see people and communicate with them. I have worked out how to send an email to myself automatically once someone has been waiting for more than 60 days, but I have not yet worked out how to include their name and/or email address in the automatic email to me so I can then get in touch with them. (Or how to send an automatic email to them directly?). I would really appreciate your input a lot. Thanks heaps, Kathrin

I’m attempting to use the XML app, and after I drag in the XML file, it requests an XPath. Is there a way to figure out what the Xpath might be just by looking at the XML file? I saw another answer in which nested data was going to prove problematic. The example that Airtable provides in their documentation doesn’t show the imported XML file, so I’m not able to figure it out by that example (XML import app – Airtable Support) The data that I’m attempting to import is the data filed with the SEC to show stock ownership. A sample, such as this one from Berkshire Hathaway, is here: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000095012321002786/0000950123-21-002786-3286.xml Really appreciate any help here. I attempted things like “InformationTable” and “\InfoTable” (without the quotes of course) and other variations of those things, and Airtable didn’t recognize any of them.

I built a tool that syncs Airtable to Webflow without fussy zaps or tedious integrations. You simply map your Airtable columns to your Webflow CMS fields and click sync! It’s the perfect solution if you want full design control of your website with Webflow, but want the power of Airtable as your backend. It takes care of all the complicated tasks of keeping them in sync and converting and syncing your Airtable data into your Webflow CMS. Detect new, modified, or deleted records in Airtable and update Webflow accordingly Convert Airtable Rich-Text fields into HTML for Webflow’s Rich Text fields Convert links between Airtable records into Reference/Multi-Reference fields in Webflow Set Option fields in Webflow based on values from Airtable Generate embed code for YouTube links for your Webflow Video fields Upload Airtable image fields into Webflow Image fields Here’s a demo of me creating a job board in under 10 minutes. Unlike many Airtable apps, you don’t need a PRO account to use

I’d like an easy/simple way to share read-only views of a half-dozen tables and a few blocks. How do I share some tables in a workspace, but not others, and how do I make sure that the blocks are also shared correctly? This is just to give a specific user a read-only report of their relevant data.

I want to know if it is possible to unlink the records from my calendar and grid. I am trying to plan my social media content in the calendar but want to create specific posts on the grid. Is this possible?

Hi all, I use Airtable to be the database of my Webflow website (through syncing via powerimporter). One of the important field is a rich text field (a summary for a marketing resource). It’s great that we can include links, but my problem is that I need a link that could be “relative” and send to a specific section of the page (marked with an id like "). The problem is that it seems Airtable automatically adds “http://” to whatever I type ("#example4" in this example). Is there a workaround? Thanks! Sylvain

Does anyone know a script that I can use as follows: 1) take a field that has a string of 10-12 Comma Separated Values (CSV) and 2) randomize the order of those 10-12 values? I’m not a technical person, so I’m sorry if this is a rudimentary question…

Hi Airtablers! We have a lot of helpers from WWOOF & WorkAway. We have a capacity of a maximum of 10 people at a time and I need a good overview to not be overbooking at any time. We have an arrival and departure date, so we can see how many people we have each day in the calendar view. But it is not an easy overview. I would like a chart on a dashboard. But how do I get a count for each day of how many people are booked, so I can make the chart? All the best :high_brightness: James Family in the Forest