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Hi, I’m using Airtable to manage my library. I was hoping I could use it to automatically calculate the due date based on the date I loaned the book out. For example, if I loaned the book on the 5th of October, I want to add 14 days and have a column saying 19 October for due date. How do I do this? Regards

I'm pasting a single-line text field ("Whisky Name") into a linked field ("Link to Summary Page"), and it used to paste all the names across into the linked field. The action was that if a name matched with an existing one, it linked it to the existing one and if it didn't, it created a new line in the summary table.When I pasted all the single-line texts across, it matched the existing ones and left all the ones that would be 'new' items blank. I know this because if I manually select the link cell, type in the name (nothing shows up), and 'click create a new record' it works. In that case, if I have a duplicate further down and I try the copy-and-paste method, it works because it now has a match.Has something changed?

So I am having an issue with Airtable on MAC. When I am in any base and on the first table the button to add another table is constantly flickering. (see Link for a video, not my video but same issue),https://community.airtable.com/t5/other-questions/text-in-header-blinking-flashing-bug/td-p/132478The weird thing is it isn't happening across all my devices. So I have a Mac Studio and on Safari, this is where I am having the issue, But on the MacBook Air and Safari I am not having this issue. Both devices are on Apple Silicon. Is there anything I can do to fix this? 

I find that the pricing page shows that the free plan can have unlimited bases. Detailed plan comparison table on the pricing page shows that free plan can have only 1 workspace. Also I find in this page Airtable Plans - Summary & Overview | Airtable Support page that each workspace can have only 500 bases. So as per that the free plan can have only 500 bases. So what is correct - 500 bases or unlimited bases?. 

I am a historian, constructing a historical database (1940s-60s). When I click on my linked record for a person or institution, some of which will have to link to 1000+ records, I notice that the records are almost arranged in date order - but not quite. As I scroll down, I will notice up to 20 or 30 records running from earlier to later, as I would like, then a record from a decade earlier will appear next, followed by another run of (successful) earlier-later sequencing, though often for yet another subset of years. Naturally, I would like the entire contents of a linked record to run from earlier to later. I cannot see what other sort criterion the linked record might be using. It certainly isn’t the random 6-digit number I’ve created for each record ID. What is odd is how the linked record is almost in date order.

Hello Airtablers, My base is a list of leads with linked tables of their respective organizations and locations. I am evaluating a new sales tool called Apollo and I’m trying to configure their API into my base so I can pull the contacts and organizations. I understand the basic logic here, but my experience using APIs like this is minimal. Can anyone shed some light on how I can go about linking Airtable and Apollo? Here is the github link to the Apollo API.

Is it possible to make a search box appear also in the “grid view” on mobile (as happens in the desktop version)?

Hi All, A search of the community yielded the same question but no definite answer. I have created a view on Airtable, shared it so users can search and find info that they need. Problem - filtering, grouping, and search work only on desktop or laptop browsers. None of those options are available on mobile devices. Is there a workaround or some way to get at least the filter and search to work on a mobile device? Thanks in advance. Regards, usha

Hi, So for the purposes of this problem, say i have 4 tables: Customer table: a list of all customers. New Leads: a list of all leads. Orders: a list of all orders currently being executed. Disputes: a list of all disputes. All records in new leads/orders/disputes have a record from the customer table as a linked record. We have over 100 customers. For our meetings, what we’d like to do is have a dashboard of sorts where we can select any particular customer, and get the new leads, orders & disputes to all appear on one page. Afaik, i can’t see any easy way to do this in airtable. Is there any block or any way that could help me create this? Thanks zeta

Hi! the last column in booking details is payout week. how can I bring that to payout details table to show what each person did each pay period? it shows me what each person did, but it doesn't specify what pay period it is

I have several helper tables for linking and allowing users to choose from sets of pre-defined values. They do not need to be directly accessed and can confuse end users. I would like to find a way for them to be hidden. I found an old thread about this that is marked as solved, but as far as I can tell, it hasn’t been solved. Some options that could work: Allow these tables to move to a separate Base that can be accessed from the Base the consultants interact with, meaning allow Bases to access data across other Bases in the workspace. This way I could group the tables into functional and boilerplate Bases. Access to a show/hide UX in the Base with the tables listed and a toggle switch for visibility. Off state would hide the tab. System or even a hack that allows for custom CSS. Unfortunately the tabs do not have ids, but I may still be able to hack something with nth child. Are any of these available? Is there another solution? If not, can one be rolled out? Thank you,

Hi! I’m trying to create a kanban view and it won’t let me choose any of the fields from the table i’m creating a view from - it only allows for me to add in a new field which i don’t want to do. Kind of defeats the point of this view. what button have i not pressed? any help would be appreciated!

Hi everyone! I followed this support article almost exactly in an attempt to repeat yearly deadlines (grant applications), but for some reason, everything automatically copies over except for the new date. I used the formula DATEADD(Date, 365, ‘day’) to create a column that adds a year to each date (which does work), then tried to input that as the date when my automation creates a new record (triggered by it entering a “past events” view, containing any event with a date before today, so that when a day passes it gets added to next year’s calendar). But alas, the date just won’t copy over. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you! <3 The support article I followed: Airtable Support Creating recurring records using automations Join a live training! Power up your workflow   The value of using automations in your workflow becomes immediately obvious when reducing manual errors by automating repetitive tasks.  One commo...

Hi, I'm unable to upload multiple images to record templates - keeps giving me an error. Is anyone else experiencing this? 

I am in the middle of creating a form and have had no issues, but all of a sudden the fields I am creating are displaying in grid view but not in the form. 

Good morning all! First of all, I’m just getting into Airtable and it’s brilliant. I love it! Goodbye spreadsheets! I did some research on the accessibility (as in, WCAG web standards that allow the disability community to participate) and I haven’t found much. So I’m turning to y’all! My question is: does Airtable have any level of accessibility compliance for those who are blind/have low vision? For example, the option to have appropriate color contrast or adjust text size is pretty basic compliance. (If so, how do I enable this?) The ability to navigate entirely with the shift key and a screen reader (what blind people use to hear text read out loud) is on the “A+ you get a gold star!” level of compliance. Anything I can brag to my team about when I introduce them to Airtable? If not, is this something the lovely Airtable team is thinking about or working on? (Either/both on the Airtable end and the form end.) Thank you so much for any input!

I have a grid with many single select fields (over 200).  I am creating a form with the same fields, but two of my single select fields from the Grid View are not available in the Form View.  Does anyone have any solutions?

Hi all, Has anyone attempted to sync data from PowerBI to Airtable?I find it easier to transform data in PowerBI but my end report result needs to be displayed in Airtable. 

I have an embedded an Airtable in a website with URLs that point to https locations that have pdf downloads. When the link is clicked the “https” is stripped off the url (although it is still in the Favicon on the browser tab) and the pdf will not open due to a security issue. Even dropping all security blocks will not allow the page to open. Not a problem with Edge or with Chrome or safari on iPhone. Only with Chrome on PC and Safari on Mac. The link will open if it is in the website outside of the airtable. Update: Incognito doesn’t work; holding Ctrl (PC) or Cmd (Mac) will open the link in a new tab but stay on the main website. But it works!. For developers: “target _top” works but “target _blank” or “target _parent” are loading but not displaying. From the identically described issue stackoverflow.com this was suggested but didn’t work. It killed the table completely when we pasted in the iframe code: I found something! I know your question was 2 years ago, but if you use th

Hello everyone, I have encountered some problems in recent days with basic copies between accounts. I work on a basis for clients from my Airtable account. They copy it to their account and there, yay: automations are not copied, only interfaces and tables and new: all my buttons with links to database forms with prefill are not dynamic. So when they enter a form, it puts the information... on the basis of my account I don't know if you've ever had this problem, or if it's normal? I used the prefill forms extension. I saw that the creator published last year about update issues but she wrote that Airtable had updated. I reloaded the extension, deleted and reinstalled and it still doesn't work. In my interfaces, I put buttons that send to base form URLS. And in the copy, it keeps my URLs to me. Is there no way for these urls to be dynamic between database copies on different accounts?

 I'm looking for the best way to copy a base to another account. When someone finishes training we would like to give them a copy of a base and want an easy way to do this. This is what I've tried: Option 1: Share the base with them via email or a linkProblem: This would be fine except it is possible to see all other accounts that have had access to this i.e. all their email addressesOption 2: Share the base publiclyProblem: Doesn't copy automations (an possibly other features)Does anyone have a better way ? API doesn't cover it as far as I can tell 😞Thanks       

Hi,I would like to use Airatble to support my work in prioritizing a list of items.  I would like to be able to drag-and-drop items (records) up and down a list to show items higher in the list are higher priority.Then... I would like to be able to look at different views within the same table and still see the items in priority order.Scenario:I have a table called "Product Ideas".  The table currently has 100 items on it.I have a view I call "Prioritized View"... in that view, I see all 100 items, and I have put them in the order of priority. Row 1 is the top priority, and row 100 is the lowest priority.I have a second view called "Status View". (Each record has a Status field, and this view is grouped by that field.)Now my question...How can I see the prioritization order, within the Status View?Example: (Prioritized View)Row 1 - Promote on TV - In progressRow 2 - Promote on radio - In progressRow 3 - Promote on Amazon - On HoldRow 4 - Promote on Etsy - In progressRow 5 - P

Hello! We have a small video production studio that has enough people to need a better solution to check out equipment. We set up a table with all of our inventory and a separate table that has all of our tasks. In the task table, we set up an equipment checkout form that allows has all the equipment categorized and available to check out. It’s the best solution that we have found so far but I feel like there has to be a better way. Currently, since the form is simply linking each item in the inventory table, they all show up as individual options, so we have to click the drop down box every, scroll, and select what we need instead every time we want to add an item in the same category. A checkbox-style set up like in a multiple select field would be the most ideal. We have a label maker that can print out barcodes readable by airtable, so what if I can somehow set up a form/table/view that we can keep open in the equipment room and use a barcode scanner (we’re looking at the Tera Barc

Hello all!I use airtable e.g. for recording and analyzing event data. In event data i have "start" date and time, and "end" date and time.When I set the filter "the past number of days" (e.g. 30 days) to the event data, it would appear that the current day + 30 previous days are included.Today (10/6/2023) when I apply that example filter, the events of 9/6/2023 are included, even though the current day + 30 days have passed since thenIs this the way it's supposed to work or am I doing something wrong?

Hello all! I am trying to figure out if it is possible to use a regular spreadsheet view to input data and then use that view to export to a custom template PDF/CSV/Form. For example, I have a master list I am trying to see if I can export into two separate custom templates. One would be for client information and the other would be for our information. I am looking to see if I could create two custom templates that certain fields would be linked to the master list. Those fields would only export to the template that I have chosen to export to. All of the information will be pulled from one master record and exported to different custom templates.