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I tend to have a number of Airtable views open, each with a different focus. However, the default Airtable only says (Table Name) - Airtable. I’ve written a Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey script that will change the title to (Current View Name) / (Table Name) - Airtable Note: you will need either the Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey plugin/extension to use this script. Also, since this is an unofficial script, it may (likely) break with a future update to Airtable. // @name Airtable View Name as Title // @namespace https://airtable.com/ // @version 0.1 // @description Sets the title of Airtable pages to the View name // @author AndyLin // @match *://*.airtable.com/tbl* // Airtable already loads jQuery // @require https://gist.github.com/raw/2625891/waitForKeyElements.js // @grant none // ==/UserScript== //var $ = window.jQuery; //Airtable already loads jQuery waitForKeyEle

Hi everyone, just wanted to leave my newest video here about the one script that I'm using in all of my Airtable bases: A script to clean up records!Let me know what you think and if it brought value to you 🙂 I'm posting multiple times per week, so subscribe if relevant for you.  

We’ve built an Airtable Tableau (Web Data) Connector. I’ve seen multiple posts in the Airtable / Tableau forums about connecting the two tools, so I thought this might be useful.The main difference between our Connector and others (including Airtable’s own) is that ours supports the full range of many-to-many relationship types, including Multiple Linked Record fields and Multiple Users fields. You can build Tableau reports off of your Airtable data even when your Base contains these many-to-many relationships.Other points of interest:ETL built specifically for Airtable - Our Connector was built from the ground up for Airtable, so its Extract, Transform, Load process prepares Airtable data for immediate consumption in Tableau.Data filtering at the source - It’s super easy to specify which tables and views you export, so you don’t have to waste time filtering

Hi, I am working on a historical research that deals with a timespan of 500 years. Now I want the timeline and Gantt to display that timespan with subdivisions of 100 / 50/ 10 years. The UI allows me only a max span of 5 years. Any ideas? Thanks, Gerhard 

Hi everyone,I just had a very strange case. I have an automation that has run for days without any problem (9 runs no failure). It's a simple "repeat update" after a "find" to copy a computed field into a link field, in order to ensure the connection. I've done such automations in many circumstances without any difficulty nor any problem.Today one run failed : 3 records out of 6 were updated correctly, others failed with the comment  - Field "Opération" cannot accept the provided value: Cannot modify a computed field. -.I tried to rerun the very same automation ; all 6 succeeded !!! Of course the update was exactly the same for the 2 runs, and each time same content for the 6 records. Thus I have no idea of where to investigate to mend if needed.Did anyone encounter such a problem ? Any clue on what to look at to prevent this from happening again ?Many thanks in advance !

EDIT: the issue turned out to be caused by Slack - see this postI use Airtable forms for my employees to submit reports in my business. Prefilling those forms with all of the relevant data is amazing as it speeds up the workflow, gives my employees a better user experience, and gives me cleaner data. I send these forms out to my employees in Slack using Make automations.I recently came across an issue with a new form. I was receiving employee submissions that were missing quite a bit of data that should have been prefilled. After a week of pulling my hair out, I finally realized the problem: many of the fields in this form have field names that contain a space character in the name e.g. "Checklist A". My URL prefill formula was using the `+` character to replace the space character e.g. "prefill_Checkli

I recently added two new scripts to my Automation Helper Scripts, based on recurring situations that I keep seeing in this community.sumTwoNumbers. This script adds two numbers together and outputs the sum. Use this script to increment a number field without using a formula field that just adds one to an existing field.useAlternativeValue. This script inputs a main value and an alternative value. If the main value is not blank, the script outputs the main value. If the main value is blank, the script outputs the alternative value. This script shines when you want to use an alternative value when the result of a "Find Records" action is blank.If you have already purchased my Automation Helper Scripts, you can get these new scripts by logging into your Gumroad account.These Automation Helper Scripts are fairly short. Most are on

Hi Community,Does anyone else experience problems with automations? my all current automations started failing around 7PM Berlin time.I getThere was an unexpected error while executing your script.it also doesn't matter from the script content. when rerun, it stays "In progress" and eventually fails.Regards,Nikolai

 

Hello Airtable Community,I am working on a project where I have three tables in Airtable:Trip Table: Contains all possible trips a participant can go on.Participant Table: Includes a multiple linked record field for trips that a participant is signed up for.Trip Junction Table: Holds individual records showing a participant and the single trip they are on.I am facing a challenge with setting up an automation. My goal is to automatically create a record in the "Trip Junction" table when a participant adds another trip to their account.Here's the scenario:When a participant selects a new trip in the "Participant" table, I want a new record to be created in the "Trip Junction" table that links this participant with the newly selected trip.However, I am unsure how to set up this automation, especially how to identi

Hi everyoneI’m really pleased with this Airtable system I just built for project and team management. and launched in my store on gumroad today.It works by having two interfaces connected to the same base: one for the project managers, one for the team. The manager enters basic employee data, including their contracted hours, and assigns them to projects. Employees can then see the projects to which they’re assigned in their own interface, interact with each other through the chat, log any expenses their projects have accrued, and submit reports. They can also “clock in” and out again, which timestamps their entries and tracks this data with the time assigned by the manager for each project. When a project has multiple people ass

Hi everyone,quick announcement that I'm building an Airtable Scripting Course for NoCoders, launching before the end of February.This course will compress what's I've learned from writing 1000s of scripts in Airtable over the years. Please sign up here if you're interested 🙂https://airtable.com/appkftPsXAM2dpUwQ/shrKweL66AExgD3ZbBest,Rupert  

Hi everyone,just wanted to share my latest video featuring how to connect to the ChatGPT API without using third-party automation platforms (Zapier, Make, ...).Hope it brings value and would love to get feedback on it!https://youtu.be/pEbU1geuF8I?si=jTyJ6ryNwPVwjS-mCheers,RupertPS: If you're interested in learning how to write scripts in Airtable, please add your name and email here: https://airtable.com/appkftPsXAM2dpUwQ/shrKweL66AExgD3Zb

Hi all,I have written a guide showcasing a quick and easy way to have a chat with a GPT chat bot (Perplexity) about live Airtable data. Check it out!https://www.csvgetter.com/blog/enable-airtable-ai-analysis-with-perplexityLet me know what you think.

I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, but Airtable is a perfect platform if you want to set up a simple message board for a team of people. I built this interface to do just that.You can post messages, reply to conversations and edit your own messages. One automation and a few tweaks to the settings and you can allow users to edit or delete their own messages, but only reply to those posted by others. Conversations are added to an ongoing "log" with each message so you can easily keep up with any discussions.

Hi there! If you love to keep track of your plants, landscaping, or gardening, this database might help you out! This base includes all the plants we used to landscape around our home. It includes a gorgeous Gallery view of all your flowers and shrubs. ​I took a picture after each flower and plant was in the ground. The best part was I did it all on my phone using the app. ​Fields included are: Plant Name Season Type Plant Type Plant Picture Area Planted Instructions Image Sun Watering Notes Date Planted Record Created Date Plant Status ​ I’ll be adding more info in blog posts soon. Go to hannahwiginton.com and sign up for my newslette

Hello all,I have 2 different bases one for Employees and one for Equipment.  I have synced the Employee table to the Equipment table to assign Employees to different pieces of equipment linked to the sync data.  I see the new fields in the synced table in the Equipment base, but I don't see the Equipment showing up on the Employee base.How do I get it to sync back to the original base? and show in other tables that based is synced to.Thank you in advance for all your help.

Hello, In my Airtable's "PEOPLE" Table, we stored many people's name records—more than 15,500 records. I aimed to identify those name records whose spelling is the same as any particular person's name. I developed the following scripting codes using the Scripting Extension in Airtable. When I tested it with another table with a small number of name records, less than 10, it worked well. However, when testing the code with a table with many people's names, the script's running was not complete. This issue could be related to the large number of records in the Table. Please note the following regarding my "PEOPLE" Table: 1) Table name: PEOPLE, 2. Primary field name: English Name, and 3. "Duplicate Name" is a checkbox field, which means if a tick is created for any name, that name has more than one record. Please see my scripting codes below://Read our tablevar table = base.getTable('PEOPLE');var query = await table.selectRecordsAsync();//Identify

Greetings, Airtable Community!Have you ever wished for a quick way to turn a list of birthdays into horoscopes? Well, now you can, right here on Airtable with just a few clicks.🌟Check out this quick demonstration:All you need to do is head over to your Airtable base and search for the "Astrology Calculator" extension. Install it, and it’ll seamlessly convert birthdays into horoscopes. 🥳Feel free to share your experiences or ask any questions right here, and here is a link to the app! https://airtable.com/marketplace/blkEIUSBWaQ0hBB3O/astrology-calculator

Posting this in case this can help anyone solve an issue or in case there is anyone who can think of how to do it better. I was asked to create a corporate event calendar that housed all 5 corporate event calendars in a single base and included 3 specific items:Enforce all event times have a time zone of PSTAllow easy All Day or Continuous All Day MeetingsCreate recurring events that can be created daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. Additionally there was a caveat that one calendar type needed to include weekends while the others did notTo solve for this I created a single table called Internal Calendars and included the following fields:Event Occurrence - Single Select that allows the user to pick the type of scheduling for their event(s): All Day, Continuous All Day, Conference Event, Recurring Event and HolidayStart Day - Date field used to select the date an event will start.

Good day Airtable Community,Are we expecting any maintenance issues / downtime during the Christmas season? So that I can set my expectations on what will happen for next week? Thanks

Hey there Community, happy December! If you're anything like me, you love a good resource. Anything from my favorite recipe, "how-tos" for my home or tips for my yoga and meditation practice, I love to bookmark and squirrel things away in folders for when I'll need them in the future.  This is especially true for work. I'm constantly saving bookmarks in my browser, categorized into folders according to the platform, app, strategy, etc. And I refer back to them time and time again. This got me thinking... you all probably have Airtable Community threads that you refer back to, and I'd like to open up this space for you all to share! Whether its a solution that you personally sought out by posting a question of your own, or you stumbled upon a discussion from a year ago that helped solve your use case, comment directly to this thread to share it with others! This can also be an

On the 5th, I’ll be leading a workshop for leaders of international schools. The focus is on developing in-house applications, particularly using platforms like Airtable and Softr, to enhance school operations. I’m reaching out to gather insights on best practices from outside the education sector.Could you share any resources or case studies of companies that have successfully utilized Airtable and Softr to streamline their operations? Examples where these tools have enabled organizations to concentrate more effectively on crucial aspects of their mission, rather than being bogged down by operational inefficiencies, would be extremely valuable. Insights into how these platforms have been adapted to meet specific operational needs, rather than relying on generic, ill-fitting solutions, would be particularly beneficial for my presentation.Your contributions would be greatly appreciated and incredibly helpful in enriching the workshop. Thank you!

We have a grid view generated, which shows us the percentage per column (it is a room occupancy rate).We would like to get a total occupancy rate per time period calculated. But we have no idea, how to approach it.Does anyone has an idea how to do it?   

Hello, i'my trying to compare efficiency of real-time project durations to theoric template durations. Projects are linked to tasks and tasks templates ;-> total duration of a project = sum of the duration of each task-> duration objective (efficiency) of a project = sum of the task duration objectivesIn each project, Im trying to lookup the tasks theoric duration and sum it up to compare it to the actual project duration. I'm doing this this way : - I link projects to tasks- Each task is linked to a ''task template''- I look up the ''theoric duration'' of each task and Sum it up in rollupThe problem is that the sumup calculation is incorrect : see screenshot ->- the first row, lookup values for theoric durations per project are as follow : 10, 10, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,