Creating a list in an Automation

[jlahners-GBR]

I have an automation I am trying to create to loop through days in a record.  Basically the record I get includes the start and end date of a time period.  I would like to loop through from the first day to the last day and create a day record for each date.  Something like:

StartDate = 09-28-2024

EndDate = 10-01-2024

The loop would create dates in my Dates table for 09-28-2024, 09-29-2024, 09-30-2024, and 10-01-2024.

I've figured out how to do this in a script however my current plan does not allow for script execution so I'm wondering if there's a way to do this outside of a script.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Mike_AutomaticN]

Hey! Unfortunately it is currently not possible to get this solved in an easy and lean way without scripting. 
One workaround could be to have a table just for "Calendar Days" and have one record for each day of the year.
Then the action on your automation could be "find records" on the Calendar Days table, where Date field is on or after Start Date and on or before End Date.
For last, you would have a Create Record action, which will create one record for every Calendar Day found.

This will def work, but you should look out for not exceeding Airtable's record limit.

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation

[Alexey_Gusev]

Hi,
I got a funny idea but it won't worked. Anyway, separate table with dates and Find Records is better.

but just in case somebody need it - formula to generate list between 'start' and 'end' fields of the current year
it's just checks 'end' for non-empty, no other checks

IF(end, REPLACE(  LEFT(
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)), 1, -1+FIND(DATESTR(start), 
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), ''))