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A simple export of a table as CSV does NOT come back in tact! I added a period to another text field using Notepad to make the simplest change possible without formatting issues. Then, I imported the same CSV I exported save for the 1 period added within a text string (so it would update the record). The multiple select column kept only ONE selection for the updated row… I need to be able to import updated content reliably. This is not proving to be the case.

Hi all - I have some real estate data I want to import which is a list of property information and contact information associated with that contact. So one owner, who was a unique mailing address may have a relationship to one property or to many other properties. Is there a way I can import the data in the link below into a “Properties” Table and a “Contact” table? When i’ve done this in the past, it has imported without connecting the relationships together. docs.google.com

I recently got a response from the Airtable team that we may get back the random number from Formatter by Zapier. Here is the idea Airtable-Formatter-Airtable I want to have a random unique combination of four digits, the “0” ( or “00”, “000”) can not be in the beginning, I need some excellent folks to help, because now seems really possible that I’ve been trying to understand this Formatter to convert data into a different format. Let’s try to make this happen.

when I download a view the telephone field (column) is incomplete - only (845) is downloaded and not the whole telephone number. field is defined as Phone. Thank you for your help!

Hi Can anyone help please? When using a calendar view with two date fields one with date and one with date and time - I cannot drag into time slot only full day event. Is this a bug or should I be able to? Thanks, Maria

I’m working on creating functionality for an Airtable CRM that mimics functionality found in Hubspot or other CRMs, where you can bcc an email address and it will record the message in the database under your communications with that person. I’m user Zapier with an Email > Airtable Lookup (and optionally Create) > Airtable Update flow. It’s working well enough - when I bcc a “wizard” email address, Zapier looks up the recipient in my CRM (and creates one if it doesn’t exist) and then updates a Date Last Contacted and Last Message field in that user’s record. Here’s where I’m running into trouble. This system will only give me the most recent message. I would like to use the revision history feature within Airtable to view past messages to that user. But, I found when Zapier updated the cell, Airtable did this “version history” thing where some words that were shared between message (like “the”) were maintained in green, and other words were crossed out (see image

Airtable’s Zapier action “New Record in View” will ONLY trigger if a record appears in the view for the VERY FIRST TIME. However, if a record falls off the view — and then that very same record returns to the view at a later date — it WON’T trigger the Zapier action again. We actually need the ability for an automated action to trigger EVERY SINGLE TIME a record re-appears in the view, whether or not the record has appeared in that view in the past. Meanwhile, It looks like Integromat.com will trigger an action EVERY SINGLE TIME a record is UPDATED (which is a great step in the right direction!), but it doesn’t look like it can monitor just one particular view in Airtable. We don’t need the automation triggered every single time the record is updated; we just need the automation triggered whenever the record re-appears in a particular view. [Alternate way of thinking about this problem: Si

I created multiple tabs in my base. I have one master spreadsheet that I imported in - I am creating several different tabs and would like them to be real - time updated when an updated is made to the master table (same columns and options). Thank you!

So, I’m back to using Airtable for a certain business project. I set up one field as a Single Select field, with four choices. Then I looked for a way to set a default value for new records. To my surprise, there wasn’t a way to do that. So, I came here, and discovered that people have been asking for this fairly simple feature for years. And it’s still not implemented. Airtable folks, this seems like a big drop to me. Every database I know, all the way back to dBase III+ (yeah, I’m old), has had a way to set a default value. When is 2020 Airtable going to have it?

Has anybody out there tried to use airtable on the Amazon tablets, does it work and if it dies is it work well, I need to get airtable mobile on a tablet and this might be a Good option for me unless some has another idea ; regards Andrew

Hello! I’m trying to figure out how to make a Block flowchart or org chart to show the relationship between one main Project record (in a Project table) and many Subtask records (in a separate Subtask table). The blocks are telling me the records have to be linked within the same table… this is very inconvenient for the way my team has our projects structured, and I’m confused why Airtable wouldn’t recognize this as an expected use of the tool. Apologies if this has been asked before, I’ve been scouring the Community topics for a while now and can’t find anything about my specific question. If this is not an option at this time, 1) does anyone have any workarounds they could recommend? and 2) I would love for this to be an actual feature of the tool. Again, very surprised this was not anticipated to start with.

Huge apologies if I’m asking somehting idiotic! First time poster… I run a charity and want to enable our volunteers to update their own contact info and details such as next of kin etc. I know there is no way to edit information in my main table. But can I set up another table which I pull data from using a lookup and have that lookup only pull the most recen information ie. if I am Jo Bloggs, I submit my next of kin details on a form. Something changes, I then submit another form and the first one is negated by this later additon? Thanks in advance for any help offered. Very best, Nathan

Hi, I am creating a chart block to use for reporting. I have been asked to create something like the attached. I have set up a table and can get all the category counts to show accurately in a a stacked bar chart block. What I can’t seem to do is add the “Total” to the top. Is there a way to do this through the chart block settings that I’m missing, or does anyone have some advice about an category I could create to house the totals and then add them to the chart block? Thank you in advance for any advice or help!

I have a scenario where I am mapping a Multi-Select Field in one Airtable Base to a Multi-Select Field in another Airtable Base using Integromat. The scenario requires the JSON Parse module in order to correctly parse the data to show up correctly in the 2nd Base. The Multi-Select Field can contain a variety of social media Channels, like Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc. The scenario works great unless I add in more fields beyond the ones that are being sent. For example, if I map it to where there are 6 potential Channels to choose from (Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tiktok, Snapchat) but only 3 are sent in the Scenario, those 3 extra fields will be sent as “null” and this causes an error in the Scenario. Is there any way to rem

We’re making use of Airtable to help manage our delivery menu for bud.com. Airtable’s CSV Import Block helps to bring on new products for various regions into our overall catalog. Now we’re running into an issue with field mapping in the CSV Import Block: Airtable mixes up the fields to match as we import different spreadsheet, and there’s no way to quickly reset the import system. Details: We import a CSV of items from Sacramento using the Airtable CSV Import block. We have matching field names for the import data, so the fields show up matching immediately - hurray! We are importing fast. Then we go to import a CSV of items from Oakland. The Oakland fields are about 95% the same, but with a few different field names, and a different order to the fields. For this second CSV, even if they have many overlapping field names, AirTable will suggest non-matches - ignoring direct match

Hi, I am a newbie so I apologize if the answer to my question is obvious. I am trying to create a simple Airtable → Zapier → Airtable Zap. I am using the BoardGameGeek XML API to get data to create a database of my boardgames. Zap gets a field from the triggering record (a boardgame ID), use webhooks to send a request to BoardGameGeek XML API and stores the values back into the same Airtable record. My problem is that some values appear as “null” and stored as empty cells, but some other values are working fine. I tried adding a content-type header “application/xml”, but it didn’t solve anything. I can’t find the issue and I would really appreciate some help. This is the xml I am trying to import: https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2/thing?id=13

Good morning I am trying to embed my table into the new google site and its not working. When I copy and paste the code in the embed part of the site. It is blank and when I copy and paste the site into the URL I get the following

Hi! Does anyone know if it’s possible to give visibility to blocks (mainly Gantt + Timeline) while creating a shareable link to a view? Thanks!

Hi all, I am trying to format a field to show whether a deadline is “On Time” (before deadline due date), “At Risk” (same day as deadline due date) and “Late” (past deadline due date/time). Is this possible? I keep getting lost in my nested if statements and when I add another component, I am getting blank records. Thanks, Lauren

Hi all. I’m getting really happy about Airtable, but have one question I can’t seem to find an answer for (I’m sorry if it is actually obviously out there): I’m the owner of our workspace. Is there a way to temporarily “limit” my own permission to Editor? When I use the database for daily work, it would be good to know, that I can’t accidentally mess up the fields etc. I’ve used Knack previously and like the clear distinction between messing with the actual database and using it for work as intended. Thanks!

Hi, I’m evaluating using Airtable and decided to try implementing a personal CRM in the process. I’m having a few issues and appreciate any help. First, I currently have two tables: Contacts and Interactions, with a one-to-many cardinality. For instance, in Contacts I might have John Doe and in Interactions I have an email conversation and phone conversation. My goal is to be able to see all my contacts and only the most recent interaction. That way I can quickly see what happened last with everyone. However, I can’t figure out how to have lookups or rollups in the Contacts table that only bring in info about the most recent interaction. If I were doing this in some other way, I’d use SQL to join the two tables, group by contact, sort by date, and keep only the last for each group. Any thoughts on how I do this in Airtable? Another issue I have is that when I do have a lookup that is a single select from another table, it loses all of the formatting from

I use my airtable to book bands and organize their data. The band makes a profile using the AT form and it populates one of our tables and creates a record. I know at the bottom of the column it displays the SUM of records but is there a way of taking that number and putting it into a new table’s record. Basically I want to take the SUM of all the bands that sign up (in table 1) and in Table 2 have a record that says “Total Bands” “300” that way each time a new person signs up that number will increase. I want to eventually integrate it with zappier so I can have a counter on my website for how many bands we have and all the amount of gigs we book them.

Is there any way that I can create a block or a way to integrate data from a Forms Pro or Qualtrics survey I’ve created? I see that Airtable has its own version of that but I was wondering if there are any ways to connect to the other programs. The company I work for pays for them so we’re trying to utilize the products. Thanks!

Is it possible to use information from a linked table in a formula? I’ve got an Airtable recording books that I read. In one table I have start and end dates for a book, and the details of the Book (author, number of pages) are in a second table. For some nerdy statistics, I wouldn’t mind being able to create a formula like (End Data - Start Date)/Number of Pages in Book…where the dates are in one table, and the number of pages in another. Is this possible currently in Airtable?

Hello, I’m curious if I need to make a change to ensure the header rows print at the top of every page when using grid view. I have a multi-page document and I’m either getting the header row only on the first page, or in one case only one of the 4 column headers on the subsequent pages. Is there a setting for this please? Thanks! Chris