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Jul 23, 2022 10:18 AM
hi all,
How do i go about making a specific field change to a specific value depending on whtsa in another field?
What I’m trying to do is, put together a database of property listings.
So if I pick a specific apartment building in a single select field. I want another field to update and show nearest subway station. so I dont have to do add the subway station every single time I add a listing in a specific apartment building.
There will be of course hundreds of apartment buildings. Am I supposed to write a formula that says?
IF xx building, then put this Subway station?
if xx building, then put this station.
That would be a long ass formula.
Please advise.
Thank you!

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Jul 23, 2022 10:32 AM
Does that mean you have one Single Select field with hundreds of options? Sounds like this may be better suited for a Link Records field. You’d have a table of Buildings with a field for “closest subway”.
Now each time you “select” the building in your Listings table you can use a Lookup to pull in the subway value automatically.
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Jul 23, 2022 10:39 AM
Thanks for the quick response Kamille!
Yes the condo buildings field is single select with many many options. I want to change the Nearest Subway field automatically depending on the building.
ok so make a different table with buildings and the corresponding nearest subway?
I could use this with other stuff as well right? Such as ‘Facilities’.
For example. a specific building will have a community pool, sauna, gym room etc.

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Jul 23, 2022 01:04 PM
That would be my recommendation. Typically, you use single or multiselect fields if you just need one piece information i.e. the fact that it has a sauna. Link Record fields are used when you have a long list of items and/or you need more than one piece of information about it i.e. the name of the building and the closest subway.
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Sep 08, 2022 06:08 PM
I just wanted to say thank you! We got this working and it makes a lot of sense. Airtable is so powerful!
