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Hi guys!I am using Record Templates to auto-populate long text fields in existing records, but it doesn't seem to be working. I have a bunch of long text fields that I want to have templates for to auto fill them out when a project hits a certain phase. A manager will hit a Apply Template button on an interface to apply the template they want to a project. Current it only changes a single select option I have in the template. Do record templates not work with long text fields? If so does anyone know of a way to make this work? Thanks!

One of my tables is “Accounts” and it has gotten really wide (40+ fields) and growing. (Name, ID, Address Complete, Address1, Address2, City, State, Zip, Phone, Fax, Comments, Attachments, COD status, Credit Terms, Tax Exempt, Tax Exempt Number…) I’ve backed up the table and started playing with linking sub-sets of account information in multiple tables (a 2nd table for Address information, a 2nd table for Credit/Billing information, a 2nd table for interests/category information… so each table can be limited to 15 or fewer fields) What are the pros and cons of wide tables? The way I see it, going wide is: Pros: Everything can be entered in one record (I don’t need to go to multiple tables and re-type the account name to continue entering information) No confusion over whether the additional records have already been made in the additional tables Can use custom views to make the data more visually manageable

This has been discussed multiple times without one fortified solution. Thus, I must request help again - a file from Google Drive is being uploaded to Airtable via Integromat, but Airtable is automatically deleting the file after it is uploaded (the preview of the file is not proper either for the few seconds it is there) There is nothing wrong with the process as it worked twice, with the files getting properly attached. Without any change, the problem reappears, and I do not have a solution.

Hello Guys! Pretty new in airtable. I have 2 tables, on the first table I added a [Link to another record] field that follows a condition to only allow values that matches a value from my first table. I've succesfully done this in a way that it only allows me to pull the values that I want. Now my question is, is it possible to automatically pull in those values? whenever (1) New records are added to Table 1 & (2) New records are added to Table 2 (Because currently you need to manually select them)

Let’s say I want to assign the same item to two categories in a multiple select field. And I am grouping my view by that field. For instance maybe I am creating a list of vendors and what we buy from them, so for HP I want to select “computers” and “printers” from my multiple select field. For Xerox I would only select “printers”. I would now want my grouped view to look something like this: Computers HP Printers HP Xerox But instead what Air Table understandably does is this: Computers; Printers HP Printers Xerox Is there a way to create the grouping I want where HP would be listed twice, once under each category, as in my first example? Hopefully I’ve described my question in a way that makes sense. Thanks

Hi,I'm trying to import duration data from a CSV (e.g., "2:52:32" meaning 2 hours, 52 min, 32 sec). The Airtable  Duration field is set up correctly (I think?) with the h:mm:ss time format selected. I want to keep it as a duration field so I can calculate sums, avgs, etc.When I import the data, the duration is not aligned correctly. For example, the original duration in the CSV is "23:51:52," but when it's imported, the duration is showing as "0:23."What can I do to correct this? Thank you so much.

Is there a way to format text such as bold, italic, list, etc.?The most I can seem to do is add a line break by pressing SHIFT+ENTER.

Hey all, not sure if this should go in the development section or not. But is there any way to remove the "Add Record" & "Add More" buttons from the bottom of the base screen?

We have a single Airtable group calendar for 15 staff members.  When a staff member receives a calendar invite from a third party, when they accept, it adds it to a Googe Calendar. I know I could do a full integration but for several reasons, we do not want ALL entries to go to our Airtable calendar.We are looking for the easiest way to go to that Google calendar entry and "do something" to get it to populate into our Airtable Calendar.  Thoughts?

I am trying to integrate Airtable with Jira, pulling data from Jira to Airtable. My issue is that I only see a few Jiar fields (Issue Key, Status, Assignee, Summary, Created Date, Due Date, Description, URL, Priority and Labels) when adding an Jiar cloud app in Airtable. But there are about 15 fields of Jiar task, I am wondering how can I pull all the fields from Jiar to Airtable?

I’d like to configure the fields shown on the record when I open that record from the Search extension. For example, I want to make sure a button and a few key fields appears at the top of the record and everything else is hidden. The goal is to speed up the process of searching, finding, and acting on information I haven’t found a way to explicitly say “open the record as if it were in this view” from Search, but the extension does seem to refer to one view in particular. Has anyone figured this out?

I am looking for a way to automatically backup key tables in our Airtable base to sheets or CSV files in Google Drive. I had a play with Zapier and with Airtable automations, but couldn't find a way to do it.I tried ProBackup, but it didn't successfully backup any of the tables.On2Air might be possible. But you need to pay $29.99 per month to get a weekly backup. Which is pricey for a charity.Has anyone else had success with this? 

Whilst a fan of online apps and data, the paranoid in me wonders what I would do if your website goes down or gets compromised. Is there an easy way to backup my bases for local storage?

I know we can export data in .csv format but is there really no option in Airtable to basically download/export the whole DB?

Good morning,I have the Team version of Airtable and I would like to know how can I save my databases and interfaces?is there an automatic backup?For greater security should I do an export?I would like all the advice you can give me because my bases and interfaces are extremely valuable.Mary

Hey Everyone,  I'm a bit frustrated because of the following: Is it just me, or is tooooo hard to get a hold of someone on the email?? I've been trying to get an answer on the support email for almost 2 weeks now, all I get is an automated response, and that's about it. If anyone can suggest a way to get help faster, would be much appreciated!

Hi,1. How can I create default value to an attachment field?2. I'm trying to create automation that every scheduled time 2 fields in the table will be updated to certain status.The trigger is working but i get an error of "Received invalid inputs."Can anyone help me with this?Attached image that show the automation:  

Begun playing around with interfaces on Airtable. Is there a way to integrate a map view onto an individual record? You can see an example below that would make sense.

Trying to automate our UPC code generation (not the barcode image). We have our company prefix, and I know how to do the check sum. What I can’t figure out in AT is to process the current numbers already used/assigned in our block, and see what is the first missing number in the sequence. So we should have 10K numbers in our block, 00000 - 99999. We have used random numbers in past, all done manually. I would like to do this automatically in future by looking at that above sequence, removing anything that has been used, and then using the lowest number possible to start auto assigning SKU’s to projects moving forward. If this needs to be a script, can it be run by a button and/or an automation triggered by conditions?

HI - I can’t seem to find the import or add button on the app? Is this not supported yet? I am working on an iPad Pro with app 

Today our team were all stopped from being able to create Tasks on our Active Cases. This is done via a Linked Field. When trying to create a new Task, all the team received the error message "You are not permitted to perform this operation". A few details below if they're helpful:All the team have Editor level access. I have Creator and only I and the Base Owner are still able to create Tasks as normalThe Team exclusively access our Airtable database via InterfacesAll Team members have permissions to create and edit on both tables and these have been triple-checked. They have all been happily creating Tasks since the start of June with no problems and no settings have changed.All users access our Airtable base via the Google Chrome browser on PC. They have all tried refreshing and clearing their cache without effect. No other Linked Field relationships are affected. I have tried creating a copy of the Ta

Is there any way that I can print (to PDF) my fully weekly calendar view on one page? I’ve tried just doing File-Print, then landscape mode and shrinking to fit to one page, but it only shows me four days out of seven. What I’m trying to achieve is that I have been speaking with AT about getting at least a read-only Calendar week view in the iOS app, but until that happens, I’d like to have a PDF that I could then add to my digital planner and mark up by hand and consult when I’m on my iPad (desktop mode on iPad is clunky). Thank you.

Hello community,In October, Coupler.io discontinued its free tier and increase the entry level tier from $24 to 64/mth.For my mini projects that is quite pricey and I'm looking for an alternative that can:One-way sync from Airtable to Google Sheets (new, updated, deleted records).Bulk update several hundred records in a view/sheet at a time.Scheduled sync, for example daily at 9 am.I found two alternatives:Data Fetcher seems to offer better value in both the Starter and Pro plan.WhaleSync is higher priced, but has two-way sync plus dabase storage.Are there any other options the commmunity can recommend? Thanks!

Hi, I am generating a URL by concatenating a URL string and then the Airtable record ID. Between my URL string and that ID, there is always a byte mark like “%EF%BB%BF” added (for example, when using the URL in an email automation). Any way to remove that since the URL leads to a 404 otherwise?

I have tried to explore airtable marketplace but I cannot see any option to publish template created by users. Is there any way to do it so?