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Hey there, Is there some way to count the number of entries in a Lookup field in the same table? I have a Lookup field called ‘Roles’—it references another field on the same sheet called ‘Movies’ and spits out a list of acting credits associated with those movies. I need to count how many credits there are, but the ‘Roles’ field doesn’t appear as an option in the Count drop-down. Is there some other way to do this? A formula maybe? Any help appreciated! Thanks! Jez

I have been building a income and expense tracking base for myself that has evolved from a Google Sheet. Thus far I am loving the Airtable features and am anxiously awaiting a plotting solution. I have a question about implementing main categories and sub categories. For each expense I have defined main categories and sub categories. I have currently implemented this by creating separate tables within my base. One for main categories and one for sub categories and then linking to them within my main table. My problem is that my design requires that each sub category belongs to only a single main category however I have to manage that manually as I do not know how to explicitly restrict that relationship. Thus far it works as I am the only one that uses the base and know which sub categories belong to which main category. I would however like to share the input responsibilities with others in my family and also make the base available as a more general solution. Additionally it would be

Hi everyone, may I know how or if it's possible to create 2 columns below a single field? Or 2 columns below a single cell?  

I feel like I'm either being stupid or something odd is happening regarding LIST VIEWS.In my Interface, I can add a LIST VIEW and add levels and it works fine.  My table has a Providers Table at the top, linked to Payroll Table, linked to Transactions.  works as expected.BUT, in my Providers TABLE, when I add a LIST VIEW and try to add Levels, it ONLY shows the ability to add levels ABOVE, not below, like it does in the Interface.  There are no levels ABOVE, as Providers is the top. Why does this work fine in Interfaces but not in table views???

We are currently using Airtable Team and have  a billing question. So our team devolved 2 interfaces. 1 for managers and another for HR. Managers are only collaborators in the manger interface. would we still be billed the full amount of 20 USD per collaborator even though they don't have full access? 

Hi, Zapier pulls in employee leave when its added to a google calendar. Employees can take time off in half-day increments. If the start date is 21st Feb 2020 2pm and the end date is 24th Feb 6pm that should come out as 1.5 days holiday. (date diff ingnoring the weekend). I think I can see how to add in UK holidays but is there a good way to take the time of day into account so a morning or afternoon is counted as a half day? Thanks!

Hi, I have a table with a single select field called “Status” that has 3 values (Pending, Refused, Granted) I want that every new record to be receiving default “Pending” value and i also want to be able to change it afterwards to either Refused or Granted. Thank you

I have several tables in my base.For each table, I import, on a monthly basis, an Excel spreadsheet.Every time, every single time, I have to re-map all the necessary fields (15-20 for each sheet), even though the format/layout of the spreadsheet hasn't changed.I want to know how to avoid having to re-map every time I import an Excel spreadsheet. I want Airtable to remember the mapping it used for that table the last time I imported an Excel spreadsheet.I am NOT looking to import CSV data. If I wanted to do that, I would use the CSV Import app. I don't. I want to import Excel sheets.Can this be done or not?

This is to avoid accidentally modifying cell contents or modifying rows. Often time I was in a table view and the mouse was placed at a cell, and I wasn't careful enough so keystrokes sometimes override the contents of cells. This can happen if you are using hotkeys, e.g. CTRL+C but it's not simultaneously pressed, so a C may replace the cell content you want to copy. If I didn't notice this before I lost the chance to undo, it would be very painful or sometimes even impossible to recover the content. Note this is not the View lock, nor the lock to specific cells. It's also not permission-based locking. Just a fool proof for data integrity.I'm imagining that I can set a table to default lock state, so that any modification in the table view was either not effected or with some warning before taking effect. A user can still modify the content in the row editor. Are there existing features that are similar to this, or can this be a feature request? Thanks!

Hi guys!Does anyone know if there will be any AirTable conference in Europe this year?Or some similar conferences about no-code/low-code platforms?Thank you! Have a nice day!

I am a Developer and a paid Business tier account holder. I have sent numerous support and sales requests with no response. I would prefer to handle business privately and use appropriate channels to communicate. But, it seems like no one is home. Please advise.

I'm trying to have the viewer select a job field in a form (post-production, design, etc.)Based on that selection the next entry would be a limited selection of our main record field "primary role" (editor, producer,etc.). I'm able to do this easily, however, if I duplicate this limited selection and change the conditions to another job field (visual arts, culinary) then change the limited selection, the "primary role" field becomes a copy and no longer allows input into the same "primary role" field.Example:'Creative Field' selection (POST-PRODUCTION, DESIGN, etc.)if user selects DESIGN'primary role' selection is limited to those relevant to DESIGN based on conditions met with the selection within 'Creative Field'how can I change those limited 'primary roles' to reflect the other 'Creative Field' POST-PRODUCTION.It will let me duplicate the 'primary role' block in forms but any selections in this new block are not added to the main 'primary role

I have a column in the first table with dollar amounts like this: $20 $20 $20 etc I would like the second table (in the same view) to total these amounts. How would I go about doing that? Thanks

Hi everyone, Does anyone know of an extension that allows you to mind map ideas/projects? Kind of like an XMind or Miro?I'm trying to keep as much inside Airtable as possible. Thank you!

I just saw the final deprecation email a few days ago (my work email has so much junk I rarely check it unless I already have a thread going). I'm trying to update a touch screen experience I built 2 years ago. This is the first and only project connecting an app I made in unreal to airtable so hopefully I'm just rusty and it's an easy fix.I'm able to see the records using web.postman.co so I know the personal auth token is working, but retrieving and sorting them in unreal (using the VA rest plugin) is more complex.here's a comparison of the old API key method VS one of many things I've tried so far for the API call. they're identical except for the third line.I also tried removing the 2nd line with the sorting but that's not working either. like this-https://api.airtable.com/v0/appWrAePyRvMx3CVf/tblZxE2HTTGaYbVEl-H "Authorization: Bearer pat##############etchere's one of the unreal engine blueprints. this populates one of many pages in the app where I'm getting many images from

Hi-We love the synched Airtable base option which is able to show us (for example) what work is in progress, by employee for up to 10 airtables. The one gripe we have is it would be really nice to see this all in one tab. I've tried fiddling around with creating a "Master" tab in the base by using a "linked" column in hopes to have the master tab contains all the linked views but am not getting anything to work. Is there any combination of AI/Automations available that might achieve this goal? We currently have the TEAM paid plan. Please and thank you for any information.

hello, i’am trying to create google web app and connect my base to it. but the problem is i need dependency to link the base. anyone who try a similar process? or any easy way to integrate airtable to google app script? thanks in advanced.

Is there a way to use formulas in the Send an Email or other action in Airtable automations that takes the data from a Find Records step and does some simple manipulations with it, like a SUM() function of all properties of listed records?In my example, I charge my car off of an electrical outlet in front of my landlord's house and pay them each month for the electricity I use. I have a base with an entry for each charging session that calculates the money I owe for each charge. I can easily send an email with a list of all the charging sessions for the previous month, but I would like to send a sum of the cost property (a formula field in the base that outputs numbers) instead of just the list of individual entries.What seems like the most simple way to do it would be something like a "Formula" action that takes data from previous steps and manipulates them using the Airtable Formula Field reference, and then lets subsequent action (update record, send email) use the results from that

Hi there, I am wondering if it is possible to assign records a queue number? I have created a view that would be great if all records in this view are numbered >1 and all other records 0 or something similar. This is so customers can log in and see their order is number xxx in the queue. Thanks!

Hello everyone. Looking for a way to share an interface form (registration for one of our programs) but  not allow submissions yet. We want to promote the program, show where to register but we do not want to allow submissions to the program for about a month.  Any advice?

Hello everyone,I have created an Approval / Status Process for a table. The following options are available: Planning is automatically selected when a new element is created. Then a user should be able to select Ready to Review but none of the other options. This starts an approval process. After approval, the status is automatically set to Approved. Now the user should be able to switch back to Realization but none of the other statuses. Completed is automatically selected when the end date has passed.How can I ensure that the user can only select the desired options? Thank you and best Regards.

Hi all 🙂 I would like to import a larger amount of old emails into my base (at this moment I use a ZAP between Outlook and Airtable, but it is only for the current incoming mails).Is there a solution, or somebody had a similar problem and experience?Thank you in advanceImelda

Hi there I do not have found a solution on the community or the web to my problem I try to resolve using AT. I have a huge library of books. Instead of typing all books into a AT database (e.g. Book Catalog provided by AT) I would like to Scan the ISBN bar code (which is on each book) and populate my database with author, title, year etc. - basically all the record available on apps such as goodreads etc. After all, the barcode can be read easily, it should after reading “simply” populate the record with the relevant data. Does anybody have any idea to do this? I have read, that it may be possible using API - but I have never worked with this. If so - could anyone give me some initial information how this could be achieved? Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks

I have a base that is designed to be refreshed with data from a CSV file periodically. It has about 140 fields right now and I need to add approximately 50 more. I would like to be able to do this using the CSV Import app, but I can’t find a way to have it load data into existing fields AND add new columns to the base at the same time. I have field descriptions entered for most of the existing fields, which is a big reason why I don’t want to just start over with a new import to create the new fields. If I could get and set field descriptions via API, that would be another route to my goal, but I haven’t found any evidence that’s possible. Am I stuck adding the new fields one by one or is there another way? Thank you for any light you can shed.

We have a use case that involves getting goal level data into GBQ so we can blend those with campaign data to build monitoring dashboards. Has anyone successfully gotten their data into GBQ and if so via which connector/ingestion service did you use? We have work arounds that involved exporting to a google sheet and then into GBQ but just wanted to check if there was a less round about method. Thanks!