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Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

Hi everyone!

I am excited to share with all of you that as of today conditional automations are now available in Airtable for all users.

Conditional logic lets you trigger groups of automation actions only when certain conditions have been met, ensuring your automations are primed to do exactly what you want. Once you’ve set up conditional logic, Airtable will check the first conditional group you’ve set—if the conditions for a group have been met, the actions in that group will run.

A few common questions:

Do conditional actions count towards the total number of 25 actions allowed per automation?
Yes, conditional actions do count toward the total number of actions allowed for each automation.

Can I nest conditions in automations?
We do not currently allow for nesting conditional ​​groups in automations at this time.

Additional resources:

Try it out for yourself in your base here and let us know how you’re planning on using this new feature below! :tada:

22 Comments
Justin_Barrett
18 - Pluto
18 - Pluto

I’ve got a couple clients who need to be notified if the automation isn’t able to take specific actions. This will help a lot in that regard. Instead of failing, the automation can exit more gracefully. :thumbs_up:

Kamille_Parks
16 - Uranus
16 - Uranus

The side now says “Trigger, Actions, and Conditional Actions”. “Actions” should probably be preceded by a word like “Unconditional” to avoid potential confusion.

Daniel_Rushton
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

I am dying to try this, but I do not have the plus sign to add conditions. Am I doing something wrong? See image. Thank you!
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augmented
10 - Mercury
10 - Mercury

Hi. Do we need to recreate all of our current actions that we want to conditionalize? There appears to be no way to move conditions/actions around to avoid that. Of course I could be missing something.

Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

Unfortunately, yes. Those will need to be recreated. We don’t have a way to move actions between groups at this time, but I have flagged this with our team.

Jordan_Scott1
Airtable Alumni (Retired)

Have you been able to utilize the feature yet? Sometimes it can take a bit of time to enable.

Tristan-ARG
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

Love when Airtable has a new feature, it directly impacts in a positive way in my business. Thanks! :blush: :blush:

dilipborad
9 - Sun
9 - Sun

It’s a really good improvement.
This is especially useful while we interact with other API or Mail.

Databaser
12 - Earth
12 - Earth

Being able to duplicate actions would also be a BIG help efficiancy wise.

Daniel_Rushton
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

Got it this morning! Thanks!