Invalid Offset Value

[brp2585]

I'm looking at using airtable to use as a database for my startup as airtable provides simple implementation and data management features that make setting up data management simple.

However there is one blaring issue that makes this difficult and that is the fact that you cannot set an exact number to offset your search by.

I can work around the fact that you can't directly search by linked records by id or other parameters and have to use lookups and formulas to make this happen but not being able to offset makes me consider using another service.

If you could setup something like this you could be very popular with startups as we need something quick simple and powerful to get our MVPs up and running quickly so we can test the market.

[ScottWorld]

Not sure if you can use Make’s advanced API integrations & automations for your project, but Make lets you set the maximum number of records that you would like to return in your Airtable API search.

Make automatically handles all the API offset calls on your behalf, without you needing to worry about the offsets.

See screenshot below for how this looks in Make.

If you’ve never used Make before, I’ve assembled a bunch of Make training resources in this thread. For example, here is one of the many different ways that you could instantly trigger a Make automation from Airtable.

Hope this helps! If you’d like to hire an expert Airtable consultant to help you with anything Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld