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I have a name and the corresponding date of birth in a data field, separated by a "|" I would like to use a formula so that only the name is displayed to me. the name is before the "|" sign. I tried LEFT, but only got ERROR

How do you write data separately to all the records you find when you automatically find multiple records？the follow example find 2 records, then the next action step run fail, what can I do so that the updated action is written to each of the two records found?

Hi guys!Losing my mind trying to figure this out – I thought it would be a super simple formula but just cannot get it to work. Here's the lowdown:I'm mapping out placements for an editorial website – there's a carousel that will feature 5 articles each week, rotating between 12 different articles. I want to be able to count how many times an article has already been used in the plan.So, I've got a table here that's grouped by each week (ie. "1. 9 Nov"). Below is an example screenshot showing the first 3 weeks (but there are 7 in total):A breakdown of each column:Name: The name of the week (so it can be referenced in "List of placements")Article: This links to another table with a long list of hundreds of articlesPlacement: A single select field with the name of the particular spot the article will take in the carouselWeek: Single select field with the name of the week (used to group the articles as I couldn't do single select as the first column)List of placem

Hi,I wonder if I can somehow give a copy of a Base to another user?I have a blank Template base (with just the column names and formulas and such) and I would like to give a copy of this Base to another user. This other user is NOT part of my company or organization. I do NOT want them to be a 'collaborator' in any senses - I just want to hand off a single copy of the Base to them, and then they can do whatever they want with it, and not involve us at all (or our account at all). Is this possible somehow?thank you!-Ed

So I've been developing an Airtable base for months to track & log operations. Since there are so many moving parts, creating google calendar invites are a must for the employees who will be a part of the operations. I've been reaching an error with the Google Calendar automation to create events, which I will show in a screenshot. I cannot seem to find what the limits are to find a workaround, some days I can only generate less than 10, other days I can generate around 50. It is never consistent, and I've been trying to find resources to figure this out - but I have not yet. If anybody has any workarounds, or knows the usage limits, that would save me so much trouble. I don't want to use any third party automation software, I would like to keep everything in Airtable Automations.  

In the form I have a data record field where all free rooms are displayed. All occupied rooms are not displayed. However, if I have a reservation for the future, the assigned room is immediately marked as occupied even though it is still available until the specific reservation date. So far I have no idea how to solve the problem.

Hi there!I have been trying to get an automation to look at a view in Airtable and list up all the records with their hyperlink in a Slack message every Wednesday.The outcome would be something like:´Here's a few entries you can pick from:SW-0001 (hyperlink to record)SW-0002 (hyperlink to record)SW-003 (hyperlink to record)I have tried running a code but the list won't show (added images what I got for reference).Does anyone have any idea how to solve this?

Is it possible to subsequently edit an existing data record using a form, for example to change a status. without making the change directly in the table?

I would like to insert a link in my automated email to an interface page that I've just created and published. But it doesn't show up in the "Use data form..." popup - see screenshot?

Being new to airtable and not wanting to pollute the forums with silly questions I can look up myself, I've been trying to go to the online help to solve my own questions.  Unless I'm missing it, most of what they provide is an organized set of articles which is to be frank, frustratingly useless to this old school gray haired developer.  I was hoping to find a simple itemized list of terms with reference/example type information, almost like a dictionary. Every other programming language has this kind of thing, and you can easily find terms that sound like what you want with a quick description (reference style) and a few examples.  Does this kind of thing exist, or is it just the article format?  I know I can pay for teams and do the AI thing, or go ask chatgpt, but I'd rather just do it old school and research it quickly.Thanks.

i'm trying to make a formula to pull out the last name from a field that sometimes has full names in it & sometimes does not. i found this formula in a very helpful Airtable blog:TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(Employer," ",REPT(" ",LEN(Employer))), (3-1)*LEN(Employer)+1, LEN(Employer)))this worked for me when i was parsing a field that always had "Title First Last" as the number of words. however, my new field sometimes has a middle initial. i changed the formula to (4-1) to account for the middle initial, but it doesn't work for names without a middle initial.i'm guessing there's a way to tell the formula to look for the word that is the right-most word separated by a space, but honestly i don't even fully understand this formula, so i'm not sure how to modify it.Here's an example of data in the original field & the output:i'm using an IF() function to determine if the field has names and titles in it or not, do i need to do a nested if based on whether a middle initial exists?also, i kn

I have a table of 100 members of our makerspace. There's a ROLE field that is multiselect that has Lead, Board Member, Officer, etc.  9 of the members of the "Member" table have "Board Member" and I have a subsequent view called "Board Members" that filters to show all board members (and that have an active status).I want to have an automation on another table (Applications) that would send a gmail to each of the 9 members in the "Board Members" view/grid. Does anyone have an example of this?  FWIW, I want to include a url of a fillout form including the RECORD_ID() of the application record as well as a parameter of the email address to pre-fill the board members identifying information so when they approve/comment on the form we can identify the source board member.Thanks in advanceJeffPS: I know that on the free plan there are limits on sendmail to non-airtable emails, but that gmail might work instead.

Can someone give me some advice on how to update the yellow columns as shown in the example below?I have a fillout form that the approvers can update the approval status of the applicant. On saving and the record gets updated, I'd like the counts updated.  Would I do this on an automation of a record update of the member approval table?  

I'm working on a tracking system for a coral restoration project. To report coral bleaching to my Bleaching Report table, a user selects a date and all structures where bleaching was observed (linked to my Structures table) like so:Bleaching Report table:I would like to add a new record for each structure along with the corresponding date to a different table, like so:Structure Bleaching table:I tried setting up an automation which triggers when a new record is created in Bleaching Report to create a new record in Structure Bleaching for every linked item in the Structures field, but it seems only 1 record is being created even when there are multiple structures linked in the field. Here is my automation setup:The "ID" is selected from the Current item. In the test data for "Repeat for each in Structures", the Input List is returning all the correct structures so I can't figure out why it doesn't iterate over all of them. The record that gets added is correct, but it seems to only add

Hi. I've got a base in AirTable which I need to be able others to update through a form in fillout. I only want specific fields to be updated by the form. In the case as shown in the screenshot I only want people to change the status and no other fields. When I chose to limit who can edit fields such as name, email etc to nobody but leave the status field as editable by anyone the form doesn't update that field. I only manage to update the status field when all other fields are editable but then it will obviously create an issue that will allow people to edit the base. The idea is that people would report status updates by the form and they would need to see certain fields of the form.  Could anyone point me to some resources on how to accomplish that? Thank you.

Hey Airtable community,Been hitting my head against the wall for the last hour with this. I'm trying to write a formula for:If {Donor First Name} is not empty, then the field would read: {Donor First Name}&" "&{Donor Last Name}And if {Donor First Name} is empty, then the field would read: {Name}And if {Name} is empty, then the field would just remain blank.Here is my stab at the formula, which I am getting an error message for: Any ideas how to make it work? 

Hi everyone,I’m looking for some guidance on creating conditional forms in Airtable. Let me explain:I’ve set up a base for project management where each project has different tasks based on the program type (and there are multiple programs). Ideally, I want to create a form with a predefined task list, allowing Project Managers to fill in details such as start date, assignee, end date, status, etc., without having to manually enter each task name.Is this possible with Airtable’s Teams plan? Any insights or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance!

Can anyone recommend a license-free icon library compatible with Airtable Formulas and Interface Text fields? I see them used in templates, but would love to have access to a complete library.

Hi,I use a formula field to build a URL to prepopulate a Fillout form, and I send the link via an automation -> Gmail send. The formula looks like this:"https://user.fillout.com/t/random?email="{email&"&name="&name&"&id="&RECORD_ID() When sent out in a mail this becomes a clickable URL. I would however like to have as a "friendly name" clickable link instead. This I know can be done with the [Click here!](https://domain.com) syntax, but I can't figure out how to work that into the formula. Anyone know how to do this? Rgds, Björn

Hi,Is there a way to create a download a CSV button to the interface for users to be able to export the record or list details as CSV? if it can be done, How do I do it?Thanks

Hello, dear community. I hope you can help me solve this issue I need to address:I have a table with a list of students and another table with a list of tasks, each with a corresponding status column. I need to create a task list where each student can update the status of each task.The status should not be mixed with the statuses of other students, but rather each student should be able to mark their own status for each task.

Hello,I'm trying to create a "Sign Up Page" using an Airtable Form, however, it's not working like I want it to :).I have 1 Table which is the Available Time Slots, and 1 Table which is the SignUps & associated SignUp Form.The problem is that I want my Linked Record (Available Time Slots) to show up in a Grid Format on the Form (either Old Forms or Interface Forms), however, the only option I seem to have is a "+" sign that says "Add Record" that gives a Drop Down menu. Is there anyway I can customize this to display in a better format for folks signing up for a time slot?For example, a list with radio buttons? A grid with a column that has a "Sign Up" button?I'm exploring the possibility of building a SignUp app in Airtable, and using automations, record #s, and pre-filled forms to allow people to self-service their needs like cancelling a session.Ideas are welcome!TIA,ML  

I have multiple tables that deal with budgeting, and in each one I've got a similar setup. I track the total budgeted and then how much we've spent manually, then a formula determines the difference and another formula looks at that difference and determines the status of the budget. It works great 95% of the time and looks like the below.Total BudgetedTotal SpentDifferenceStatus$100,000$100,000$0Matches Budget$500,000$650,000-$150,000Over Budget$300,000$200,000$100,000Under BudgetThe problem I'm seeing is that every once in a while I will get a record where the Difference correctly shows $0, but instead of Matches Budget the formula will return Under Budget or Over Budget. I don't know what could be causing this since there's no rounding taking effect; it's all precise numbers and formatted as currency.The formula I use to determine the Difference result is {Total Budgeted}-{Total Spent} and in the screenshot below you can see three different records, all with zero amounts for the dif

Hello Airtable Community Moderators,@MaddieJ, @leah_ackerman @selenawang , @Evan_Purcell @Rosalind_Lutsky ,Recently, we've seen an increase in spam posts across various categories. These posts often disguise themselves as responses to genuine questions or issues, making it challenging for users seeking real help to find the needed information.I want to acknowledge the fantastic work the moderators do to remove these posts promptly. However, this situation can sometimes overshadow genuine queries, causing delays in responses and creating unnecessary doubts among users.To help combat this issue, I suggest implementing additional verification measures for new community members. For instance, requiring users to have an Airtable account or exploring other verification methods could help in filtering out spam accounts and maintaining the quality of discussions.Let's all stay vigilant and report any suspicious activity to help maintain the integrity of our commun

As of today, our airtable automations that react to action triggers of certain fields in not really large tables are incredibly slow and sometimes freeze, so we have to disable and re-enable the automation.In addition, navigation in the backend is tedious and slow.Our tables have a very manageable size, the largest tables have around 1500 rows.Since we also use Softr as a UI, we also notice very poor performance here.What can we do?Edit: To make the severity a little bit clearer: Action Trigger was set at 2:54 pm and the automation was finished on 3:49pm! It simple copies a row from Table A to Table B!