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drmcaines
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In Table A, I am trying to create three columns whereby each column would automatically and randomly select a person listed in Table B (same column), whenever a new record is created in Table A.

However, these are the additional requirements:

  • There cannot be any repeats within a particular row.
  • Repeats within a column (i.e., on several rows) is OK but is conditionally limited to a maximum number of two repeats.
  • Selections are conditional based upon the person’s status (in Table B) (e.g., “status 1”).

Here’s an example.

TABLE B (the list of persons that would be randomly selected from in Table A)
table b

TABLE A (what would be a correct random selection given the parameters)
table a

Table A meets the requirements, because it:

  • Selections are “randomly” made.
  • There are NO repeats on each row.
  • A maximum of TWO repeats are permitted per column.
  • Only the people who have “status 1” from Table B.
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Hey man, given these requirements (especially the need for it to be random), the simplest way to handle this is probably with a script. There’s no easy way to do random selections in Airtable as far as I know

If you end up going down the script road, I’m available to be hired to do it too; this seems like a big enough project that I can’t throw something together quickly, sorry

Best of luck man, sorry I couldn’t help more