May 15, 2023 01:50 PM
Hi Airtable gurus,
I'm working with a set of bases structured in the following logic:
We are now trying to build a single interface that can display the partner information and to display analytics for cases by partner (and for e.g. region and industry cuts of the case activity) but I'm finding it difficult to connect back the partner base to these transactional records of 'cases x partner' so that it can be displayed in a single interface. I have tried various hacks to aggregate and send case counts to the Partner table but have yet to find a solution that doesn't require me to manually add a partner name to a field every time a new row is added to the data set.
Should we be using 2 way sync to solve for this problem? Should I be changing where the interface is pulling from (Case x Partner?) Not necessarily looking for a silver bullet, but any recommendations or ideas on how to make this the most flexible for analytics/reporting of both data sets would be very helpful!
May 21, 2023 08:48 AM
An interface is built on top of a single base, so it can only use data that is in that base. Are you creating a sync table that pulls all the relevant partner data into the case x partner base (or case x partner data into the partner base)? It doesn't need to be a two-way sync, just a new sync table.
You could even create a base that just syncs all the relevant tables from the bases you need data from and build on top of that base.