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Unknow Issue with Multiselect Field

I have a weird issue that I cannot find more information on. This is popping every time I try to input new option to my multiselect field. I do not believe I reached number limit (I'm on pro subscription). Appreciate if anyone know what this is  Erro...

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ThanhLong by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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Duplicate Record not working?

I've run into a strange issue that I can't figure out. For one of my tables, when I right-click on a record and select "Duplicate" it doesn't do anything. On all the other tables, when I right-click and select "duplicate" it works just fine. Could it...

JakeD by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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Structural organizational tips for an employee database

I want to build out an employee database. What I'm starting to run into is having 5000 fields in a single table, based off of employee name. There's a lot of data that doesn't need to be together, so while I can create 20+ different views, it seems l...

TamirN by 4 - Data Explorer
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Read-only records

Hello all,I'm wondering if it's possible to indicate certain records in a table as read-only. The idea is that once these records have been validated they should not be modifiable (except perhaps through a special procedure). It's for accountancy rec...

MarkS17 by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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Auto-populate fields with default values for imported records?

I want certain fields in my table to auto-populate with the designated default values I've given them. While it is working as expected when I add records manually, it does not work when I import records. I am trying to avoid using automations as I wa...

cdvlg12 by 4 - Data Explorer
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Send Finalized Record total for month to New Table

Hi there! Hoping someone can shed some insight!Context:My primary table tracks billing for the month for multiple clients.  The total amount billed for each client is calculated from a reference table based on the current services each client is usin...

KyleLaCour by 4 - Data Explorer
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Last modified time field updated with no evidence of how

We have a "Last modified time" field that updates when either of two other fields are changed. We discovered a group of records all modified on the same date and time (05/11/2023 at 12:50 PM) but when we opened each record to see the revision history...

Does anyone have a database with all cities in the world?

Does anyone have a database with all cities in the world? I'm hoping to use it so that people can select/search from a drop-down when selecting their location when filling out a form. I found one with all countries here.Many thanks in advance!

miyazhang by 4 - Data Explorer
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Recurring Events in Calendar

I tried to contact Airtable support for this and they refused to help me. Here is my question:John books Studio A on Mon 1-2PM and Friday 4-8PM from Sep 1 2023 to June 1 2024How do I set this up?

wefsdfd by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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Team Capacity Tracking Help

I'm looking for help calculating a team's weekly capacity on projects that have a bucket of hours spread over multiple weeks (i.e. Copy = 20, Design = 40, etc.). Currently my reporting pulls in the entire amount. Ideally Airtable would automatically ...

Linking Records with same name

I have two tables (Table A Projects); one with lots of high level data on multiple projects (size, location, date); and (Table B Costs) with lots of high level data on each of those project's itemised costsHaving summarised the costs per project in t...

Advice for building report tool

Hi all, Been experimenting if airtable can speed up my workflow for inspection reporting by using some forms and drop down fields. Right now I take photos on my phone and create a google doc report from a template then pdf and send to customer. Kind ...

Chriso by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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Undo actions became painfully slow

Hello, I obeserved a significant slowdown of the Undo actions in the past weeks/months. I was hoping this would be resolved over time but it reached a state where it can take minutes for an Undo action to take effect. Suffice to say this leads to ine...

Group multiple select in form

Hi, Let's say I build a form on top of a table with fieldsClassroom | Student name | Favorite classmateI'd like the form to allow each student (indexed by Student name) to pick their favorite classmate from a dropdown list that contains only the stud...

javage by 4 - Data Explorer
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Tables

Does anyone know if its possible to hide a table from some users within a base?

Rita_Spanu by 4 - Data Explorer
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Rollup a list of Collaborators?

Is it possible to make a rollup field where the output is a list of user records (linked records, not just flattened names)? Alternatively, is there a way to filter duplicates out of a Lookup field?My example:-Contracts table, Budgets table, Users (c...

Resolved! Editable Lookups

I have a base with 2 tables - Teams and Projects (as shown below). Every 3 months the leader changes. Now if I update the leader name in Teams table, it updates the leader names in the previous records too in the Project table (because of Lookup). Ho...

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mshah72 by 6 - Interface Innovator
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Resolved! Help with Variables

Hello, I'm just learning so I apologize for the ignorance.I'm trying to collect game statistics for my son's hs lacrosse team.I have a data table with fields of Statistics (like shots made, shots missed, etc.) and Player.I have a form that lets me en...

mrorstad by 5 - Automation Enthusiast
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