We have many projects that we want to export or save in an Excel file so we can import them into another platform we’re using. Is there an option to download all the project tabs at once into a single file, so we don’t have to manually download each tab separately?
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1. If you want to handle this Airtable native, then doing that one table at a time is the only way to go with it.
2. If you spend some time on this, not too much, you can build an automation of your own using n8n, make or other automation software (more on these here) to do this for all tables at once.
3. If the above is too much work for you, you might want to rely on existing tools that can help. From a quick google search I found this reddit post, it 2yr old and I personally never used the tool mentioned on it, but you could give it a shot. I’m sure there a few additional tools that could get the job done.
If you need any help with item 2 above, I’d be happy to guide you through the process. Just make sure to grab a slot using this link.
Other than that, may I ask why you are switching to a different platform? Out of curiosity.
Completely different matter, but would love to have you join our Airtable Hackathon! Make sure to sign up!!
Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation
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There’re two extensions on the Marketplace you can check out:
https://airtable.com/marketplace/blkiQT71Vaz7uwi5j/data-extraction
https://airtable.com/marketplace/blk699kvxC9Zyo8Vm/excel-exporter
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You can do this by manually choosing the “Download CSV file” option for each table, or you can manually use one of the extensions that
However, if you want to automate the process of exporting all of your tables to CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets, you have a few different options (see below).
Note that all of these options are still downloading one table at a time, but since it’s automated, it’s not a hassle:
- You can use one of these automated backup solutions for Airtable:
On2Air Backups, ProBackups, or CSV Getter.
- You can create your own custom automations for this by using Make’s brand new, dedicated Excel file creation tool. This new tool is super easy to setup, because all you have to do is search for the Airtable records that you want to export from a table, and then this tool automatically merges together the Airtable records from that table into one Excel file.
- You can create your own custom automations for this by using Make’s CSV integrations, Make’s standard/basic Excel integrations, or Make’s Google Sheets integrations.
Regarding #2 and #3 above:
I demonstrate how to export CSV files out of Airtable using Make on this Airtable podcast episode. This video will give you a step-by-step walkthrough that can help you understand how to do either #2 or #3 above.
If you’ve never used Make before, I’ve assembled a bunch of Make training resources in this thread. For example, here is one of the ways that you could instantly trigger a Make automation from Airtable.
I also give live demonstrations of how to use Make in many of my Airtable podcast appearances. For example, in this video, I show how to work with Airtable arrays in Make.
Hope this helps!
If you have a budget and you’d like to hire the best Airtable consultant to help you with this or anything else that is Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld
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