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Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

We are excited to announce that as of today, the Interface Designer beta is open to everyone, which means you will now be able to create interfaces right from your bases, no code required.

What is Interface Designer exactly? Interface Designer lets you build visual and interactive interfaces using your baseโ€™s underlying data. By creating custom interfaces for your stakeholders, you can isolate the information thatโ€™s critical to them and none of the other details. This makes it tremendously easy to understand the status of a project and whatโ€™s required from whom. Jump right in or keep reading for a comprehensive round-up of everything youโ€™ll need to get started, plus information about a few other features youโ€™ll start seeing after today :tada:

Before we go into more details, make sure to mark your calendars for the next Airtable Community AMA on December 1, with Product Manager JB Bakst, where weโ€™ll dive into all things Interface Designer.

Common Questions

What are some of the common use cases for interfaces?

Interfaces can be used for just about anything, but some of the popular use cases weโ€™ve seen so far include dashboards to view aggregated information & metrics, summaries to view key information about a project, record summaries for research insights, and record triage for things like customer feedback or campaign asset reviews - we canโ€™t wait to see what you come up with next!

What permissions are required to create an interface?

Creator and owner permissions on the base youโ€™d like to build an interface for.

If I share an Interface with another individual or team, can they see the underlying data?

For now, interface access requires you to have base access. So yes, anyone you share an interface with will have access to the underlying data.

When should I use Interface Designer vs. Page Designer (or another feature?)

Some key distinctions that Interface Designer offers:

  • Dynamic & interactive
  • Can share data from multiple tables within a base side by side
  • Easy to onboard collaborators without needed to teach them how to use the Base or fear that they may edit the wrong thing
  • Filter records based on the collaborator viewing the interface

Page Designer is ideal for instances where you need to provide a non-editable view of static information during a specific moment in time. One example is if you need to deliver a presentation or want to create a PDF.

Resources to help you get the most out of Interface Designer:

Guides:

Support Articles:

Videos:

Want more great news? We didnโ€™t stop there, take a look at all the other fun features you can expect to see starting today as well.

Enhanced features for admins:

Youโ€™ll notice a slick redesign of the Admin Panel, created to be more user-friendly. Next, weโ€™ve added significant new security controlsโ€”like Audit Log APIs and workspace share restrictions. And finally, weโ€™ve improved base performance across the board, making your largest bases more responsive than ever before.

Additional power for your workflows:

And finally, weโ€™re proud to share new integrations to help you bring more data into Airtable, and improvements to automations.

Weโ€™ve updated our automations interface to make it even more intuitive, with easy-to-read modals. Now itโ€™s easier to set up a new automation with a fancy full-screen mode, and a handy guide that will walk you through every step of the process. Weโ€™re also starting to beta test conditional logic, which allows users to trigger automations only when certain conditions are met.

And last but not least, weโ€™re adding new integrations for external source syncs from our partners at Zendesk, Github issues, and Google Driveโ€”available to all customers on Enterprise plans.

176 Comments
Bill_French
17 - Neptune
17 - Neptune

Thatโ€™s exactly what I envisioned.

Joe_Hewes
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

The output certainly feels mobile ready.

Databaser
12 - Earth
12 - Earth
Claudia_Berman
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

WOW! Simply WOW!

Iโ€™m working with a man whoโ€™s is a creative genius but also is ADHD and dyslexic. The regular Airtable UI is not usable for him and is a bit tedious for me. I was starting to look at 3rd parties to front end our data. With Interfaces, Airtable has EXACTLY what we needed. Iโ€™ve been able to create highly visual and targeted update forms. Being able to and rich text and especially links was particularly helpful. These new UIs are really amazing. Currently we are using the Record View with filters to progress our workflows.

Hendrik_Yang
9 - Sun
9 - Sun

Btw guys, is there a way to connect to multiple filter elements?

wjb
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

Itโ€™s an interesting start. My top two desires as of now are:

  • Cross-Base Interface, a true dashboard. (I know, I know this will be a sharing nightmare)
  • Embeddable Interfaces - allow sharing control like you do other shared views
Databaser
12 - Earth
12 - Earth

You can use 1 filter for multiple โ€œelementsโ€ if thatโ€™s what you mean?

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Hendrik_Yang
9 - Sun
9 - Sun

Hi @Databaser ,

I want to connect to two filter elements but it is unable to do so.
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I tried another way, to have multiple condition in a single filter element, there is only โ€œandโ€ no โ€œORโ€

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Tristan-ARG
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

I agree 100% with this. +1

Its not possible to pay 240 USD per year per each client or worker which will only modify a couple of records.

Jyo_D
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

@Jordan_Scott1 - Interface designer is amazing by itself. Quick question though, can we embed interface designer into html?