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Product Update: Improvements to Base Navigation

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Rotimi_Iziduh
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Hi everyone!

I’m Rotimi Iziduh and I’m the product manager working on various Core Surfaces here at Airtable. I’m super excited to share a set of upcoming updates that make the in-base experience easier to navigate, and improve the discoverability of the automations and interfaces features. Specifically, we are introducing a new top navigational structure that contains the below three tabs:

  • Data: This is the default starting point of the old experience. As before, it is where you will review and edit the various tables and views that contain your data
  • Automations: This provides easier access to automations that trigger various actions based on your underlying data
  • Interfaces: This gives quick access to a visual layer to turn your underlying data and automations into apps that are tailored to your unique workflows

To illustrate this, here’s a quick before and after snapshot:

Before:
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After:
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We’re excited to launch these improvements and please keep an eye out for more exciting updates across your favorite Airtable surfaces!

Thanks,
Rotimi

These updates will be rolled out to 100% by end of day tomorrow. If you aren’t seeing these changes reflected, please try clearing your cache.

59 Comments
Vivid-Squid
11 - Venus
11 - Venus

On windows it is Ctrl+j

Andrew_Davies
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

Just spotted the new “Manage Fields” screen too.
Screenshot 2022-07-12 at 9.59.12 pm

Vivid-Squid
11 - Venus
11 - Venus

Yes!!! this is great. Also shows dependencies (enterprise).

Kamille_Parks
16 - Uranus
16 - Uranus

Click the help icon (top right) to see keyboard shortcuts. The keyboard shortcut to see all shortcuts is CRTL+? (likely Command+? on Mac)

The Manage Fields pane is likely to get its own announcement post so that’s why I didn’t mention it here.

Regarding the Airtable Logo v. Base Icon, maybe a solution would be to just put the Logo in the top left where it used to be and then the Base Icon directly next to it (and of course followed by the name).

Databaser
12 - Earth
12 - Earth

Imo a great update! :muscle: :raised_hands:

I too found it easier on the left hand side. Although it does seem to be always present, even in bases with a lot of tables, so not sure @Kamille_Parks if that already changed?

Also, I’m still seeing the AT logo, so maybe also already changed?

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ScottWorld
18 - Pluto
18 - Pluto

It shows the Airtable logo if you haven’t chosen a custom logo for your base. You have an emoji as the first character of your base, but that’s not a custom logo.

Kamille_Parks
16 - Uranus
16 - Uranus

In addition to Scott’s clarification regarding the Logo and Base Icon placement, it wasn’t so much “scrolling” through multiple table names to get to the table picker, but like, it being all the way on the other side of the screen. Whereas the equivalent feature for views (the view picker) is on the left side of the screen.

Karlstens
11 - Venus
11 - Venus

Having a poke-about these changes now. The “Manage Fields” page looks very cool, thanks for that!

May I add a feature request - perhaps an extra column stating which Views that the field is visible in, and the ability to toggle the field on or off in multiple tables?

Thanks again for your hard work, this is great. :beer:

ScottWorld
18 - Pluto
18 - Pluto

Yes, totally agree about the visibility toggle!

Hendrik_Yang
9 - Sun
9 - Sun

It’s a great update! Thanks!