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Automate tasks to hit one person after another

Hi,Ive created a project management workflow where we have a project board that filters into a task board, and tasks are assigned to individuals who check a "complete" box when done. We have a dashboard for each individual where their tasks appear. B...

haileyfleury by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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Airtable Automation Not Running (Stuck on In Progress)

I have an automation set up to find linked records from another table. The problem is, it won't run! It just says in progress. What am I doing wrong? If this is a rate limit issue (I have 458 records), how can it be avoided? 

loyo by 4 - Data Explorer
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Auto Calculate the distance driven when an address is added

I hope I put this question in the correct area.I am developing a base to use for a contracting business, and I have a column for Distance Driven to job (to calculate fuel used in a different column)when I create the job for the client, it auto inputs...

Lisa_H by 6 - Interface Innovator
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Creating Tasks by Frequency with Dependencies

I am working with a Marketing Agency that is using Airtable to manage task work. Currently, we have a table with tasks, grouped by frequency (daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly). For each task, if the task is applicable to a client - that c...

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How to "select-for-update" from a table

I am looking for the best way to query a record from a table and to mark it as Assigned and avoid a different thread of the same automation from picking that row -- something like a select-for-update or distributed locking. In the example below, I do...

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NR by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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Automating resource fulfillment

Hi all, Any help would be appreciated on this one. I'm working on an automation in Airtable we previously used Zapier for to try and streamline some self-fulfilling on-demand educational resources. The way I currently have it set up is in one Airtabl...

AirTable x Twilio

Hello, It is my company's first attempt at using Twilio. We already have our account and phone number. Was wondering how do I set it up so we can test if the message was successfully sent to this number.  Such as updating a Single Select field in Air...

Drew_Nemer by 8 - Airtable Astronomer
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Consulting?

Hi Airtable community,Does anybody here utilize any third-party consultants to help set up automations and integrations? If so, are you able to recommend any quality consultants that our company can reach out to? Thanks!

brolis by 4 - Data Explorer
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Automation Code help

I am trying to assign 4 different users records as the come in.  I found this code const collaborators = [ {name: "Person 1"}, {name: "Person 2"}, {name: "Person 3"}, {name: "Person 4"} ] const chosenOne = collaborators[Math.floor(Mat...

Alg by 4 - Data Explorer
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Automation to restrict modification

I have a field where an agent selects a status and it will show last modifed by his name.But when another guy redo the same thing, it is changing to his name. How can i restrict modifcation of a field which is already done by one agent.

Thasleem by 4 - Data Explorer
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Need assistance for grouping

Is it possible to do a header / group each section? I am looking to put a few points under different sections but I cant seem to find the option to add a heading or a divider. Kindly assist.

MeganC by 4 - Data Explorer
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Price Builder

Hi all! I am reaching out in hope of finding a solution. So I work for a music instrument manufacturer where we track each job (all instrument specifics) in our airtable database. I am trying to find a way to have a price column that calculates as yo...

Adding a bulk reference between tables

I would guess this question has been asked and answered before, but I can't find an answer.I have a table of contacts and a table of campaigns. I would like to be able to filter the contacts by whatever criteria, and then add a bulk cross reference t...

Dan_Smith by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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