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Launched: button field πŸ”˜

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Katherine_Duh
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

The button field is now available for all users! Use it to trigger custom actions for a recordβ€”like scheduling calendar events, sending emails, creating custom invoices, generating reports, running scripts, finding stock images, or even opening other Airtable links.

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For more information on the button field and how you can use it, check out our launch blog post:

We’re especially excited about the potential applications of the run script action for button field, which is why we’re holding a scripting contest in our community forums themed all around scripts that take advant.... The contest winner will win $1,000! All submissions are due by Friday, July 3, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. PDT .

https://community.airtable.com/t/scripting-contest-using-newly-launched-button-field/31386

15 Comments
ScottWorld
18 - Pluto
18 - Pluto

Pretty awesome! I’ve already implemented this into a client’s Airtable database this morning β€” they just click on the button and that record shows up in the Page Designer Block.

Adnan_Ahmed
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

@Katherine_Duh will we be able to run actions similar to the β€˜batch’ block, but only for that particular record, using the button field?

Stephen_Suen
Community Manager
Community Manager

Thanks for the suggestion @Jarvis! We’re still exploring which blocks we want to add button field support for next. Anyone should feel free to leave more ideas in this thread, along with your use cases β€” this will help us prioritize suggestions.

ScottWorld
18 - Pluto
18 - Pluto

I would love to be able to click on a button for a record, and have the Page Designer block generate a PDF file for that record, and then attach that PDF to an outgoing email in Apple Mail which is pre-addressed to the email address in my email field.

You can only do this now if you manually go through each & every step on your own.

Pedro_Miszewski
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Any way to avoid the blocks side bar from opening after clicking on a button and running a script?
I just want to add new records whenever the button is pressed

Benjamin_C
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Buttons are awesome :star_struck:
I’d like to see now a conditionnal button feature ! I’m sure you can do it :winking_face:
Show a button when [AND|OR conditions] !

egordin
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

Agreed, or at least allow the label to be a lookup value from a field, so that it could be blank if a criterion is met

ScottWorld
18 - Pluto
18 - Pluto

We also really need the button field to be able to manually trigger an automation. Or at the very least, run a script without popping open the Apps sidebar.

Marko_Petrovic
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

Ruining automation with button press would be really, really nice :slightly_smiling_face:

Also as @ScottWorld said runing script in β€œbackground” is another really useful option

Florian_Verdon2
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

Hello @egordin & @Benjamin_C :wave:t3:

I use a simple IF statement in the formula to check if the action is possible on the record or not. (possible when using an β€œURL” action.

As an example, when trying to open the corresponding Google Drive folder :
IF(GDrive_folder_id,"https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/" & GDrive_folder_id, "")

This enables you to β€œdisable” the button like this :
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Florian