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Today we’re excited to announce the launch of Google Drive + OneDrive connectors in field agents—a powerful new way to connect your files directly to your Airtable workflows. You can now direct field agents to search, reference, and summarize content from your Google Drive and OneDrive documents. Key use cases: Get up to speed with context: Instantly search for background information and insights from your Drive or OneDrive to ramp up on new projects—no more digging through folders or old documents. Summarize comment threads: Quickly generate overviews of conversations on a document, such as a product requirements doc, so you can drive alignment. Search knowledge bases to answer questions: Surface answers from documentation or support articles stored in your cloud drives to resolve questions faster and keep your team moving. Refer to specific documents from your prompt: Directly point your field agents at collaborative docs like brand guidelines, campaign briefs, or strategic plans, ensuring everyone has the most up-to-date context at their fingertips. How to get started: Create a new field agent by creating a new column and choosing a field agent type. Turn on one or both of the Google Drive and One Drive tools, and write in your prompt how you want the field agent to use the cloud drive. This integration is now available to all users. We can’t wait to see how you use it to power up your workflows!

Welcome to the October 2025 edition of The Airtable Effect —a monthly roundup of what’s new, what’s inspiring, and what’s possible with Airtable. Whether you're an everyday builder, a certified pro, or just getting started, this newsletter is for you. In each rendition of the newsletter, we’ll bring you: New product and program launches and updates The latest educational content from Airtable Academy Highlights from the Airtable Community Upcoming events you won’t want to miss You can find The Airtable Effect every month: In your inbox (are you opted into marketing emails?) On LinkedIn (make sure to subscribe to this newsletter!) In the Airtable Community (check the Onboarding Resources section) Let’s take a look back at what happened in Airtable last month -- and happy Spooky Szn! 🎃 🤖 Introducing Google Drive and OneDrive connectors for Field Agents We’re excited to announce the launch of Google Drive + OneDrive connectors in Airtable field agents, a powerful new way to connect your files directly to your Airtable workflows. You can now direct field agents to search, reference, and summarize content from your Google Drive and OneDrive documents. A few key use cases: Get up to speed with context: Instantly search for background information and insights from your Drive or OneDrive to ramp up on new projects—no more digging through folders or old documents. Summarize comment threads: Quickly generate overviews of conversations on a document, such as a product requirements doc, so you can drive alignment. Search knowledge bases to answer questions: Surface answers from documentation or support articles stored in your cloud drives to resolve questions faster and keep your team moving. Refer to specific documents from your prompt: Directly point your field agents at collaborative docs like brand guidelines, campaign briefs, or strategic plans, ensuring everyone has the most up-to-date context at their fingertips. Learn how to get started with the Google Drive sync → 🛠️ A NEW recurring event! Set the Table: Builder Basics Hosted in the Airtable Community, Set the Table: Builder Basics is our monthly, beginner-friendly workshop series designed to help you build your first Airtable base and learn the essentials step by step. These sessions are designed specifically for beginners or Builders who’d like a refresh in order to feel confident with Airtable. In these 45 minutes sessions, you can expect: Build Along Demo: Follow our Scaled Customer Success Managers in a guided demo, and build alongside them in your own practice base. Live Q&A / Expert Panel: Get your Airtable questions answered live. You can even post them ahead of time in the Community for our team to tackle during the session. Onboarding Plan Base: Leave with access to our onboarding plan base to continue learning after the event. Check out this post in the Community to see upcoming dates, share your questions, and save your spot! → ⚙️ Now live to Enterprise customers: Airtable Admin Panel sync Manage Airtable in Airtable? Why not! Admins can now sync data from their Airtable admin panel—users, groups, workspaces, bases, interfaces, and organizational units—directly into an app. This integration enables admins to use Airtable's app features and Omni AI to streamline and automate their workflows for managing their Airtable organization at scale. Learn more in this featured support article here → 🤩 Featured Change Maker: Paris Winfrey, Assistant Director at Ascend WV Our Change Maker ​@pwin25’s story is proof that with curiosity, community, and a willingness to experiment, anyone can harness technology to drive meaningful change. Paris’s team’s mission is to advance West Virginia University’s land-grant purpose by driving economic development through the state’s unique outdoor assets. The team focuses on strengthening the outdoor economy (building trails, supporting nonprofits and businesses) and attracting/retaining talent through initiatives like Ascend West Virginia, which brings remote workers to the state. Their ultimate goal is to help West Virginia grow, innovate, and keep its brightest talent. Check out the full spotlight in the Airtable Community, where Paris shares how he’s been using Airtable as a centralized system to manage complex grant funding and budgets across dozens of sources… and swipe his expense budget justification field agent use-case (+ prompt)! Read his story → 💡 ICYMI: Sign up now for a Community-led Airtable hackathon! Push the boundaries of what’s possible with Airtable and join a community-run hackathon to connect with fellow creators, build something impactful, and compete for recognition along the way. Organized by frequent Airtable Community top contributor ​@Mike_AutomaticN this event is targeting a November date and is open to everyone—from curious beginners to seasoned Airtable experts. Learn more about the hackathon (+ sign up!) here → 📅 Community Events Calendar We’re always planning an exciting calendar of live events, user group hangouts, and office hours. Here’s what’s coming up: October 14 | Set the Table: Builder Basics Join us for a beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop where you’ll build your first Airtable base and get your questions answered live. (Register here →) October 21 | Marketing User Group: Forbes' Game-Changing Airtable Strategies Forbes Advisor’s Director of SEO & Growth, Alex Smith, will share how Airtable powers 1,500 tasks and 10,000+ annual publishes through scalable, automated workflows. (Register here →) October 27 | Media & Entertainment User Group: Office Hours This interactive session is designed for professionals and enthusiasts in the media and entertainment industry to connect, share insights, and ask their top Airtable questions. (Register here →) October 29 | Airtable AI User Group: AI Assisted Project Management In this session, we'll build an AI-assisted PM console that turns messy intake into structured work, creates testable acceptance criteria, and rolls up blockers for daily and weekly reports. (Register here →) View all upcoming events → 🧑🏫 Academy Updates We’re always evolving Airtable Academy to reflect your feedback and learning goals: 🔁 Content Updates This quarter, the Academy team is hard at work updating all existing courses to reflect recent UI changes. The in-product video walkthroughs and interactive tutorials in the following courses now feature the updated Airtable UI: Intro to Airtable Learning Path: This introductory learning path for all persona types is now fully revamped! Learn to navigate Airtable, understand user personas, translate workflows, explore app infrastructure, and navigate interfaces through this learning path. Courses in this learning path include: Welcome to Airtable Navigating Airtable Translating Workflows to Airtable Personas & Permissions Understanding Airtable App Infrastructure Navigating Interfaces Introduction to Airtable Automation: Learn the essentials of Airtable automation, including triggers, actions, and proper setup, to streamline workflows and reduce manual work. Explore the full Academy catalog → 🚀 Product Launch Recap Catch up on the latest features that launched this month—built to save you time, streamline workflows, and unlock new use cases. ✅ Data Export Restrictions Admins can now block external collaborators (or all collaborators) from exporting data via CSV, print, or copy/paste, helping teams protect sensitive information and meet security standards. Use cases: Prevent external vendors from exporting customer lists or PII Reduce data leakage in shared apps across business units Ensure compliance with internal data governance or legal policies ✅ Sensitivity Labels Apply custom sensitivity labels to apps to improve data classification, visibility, and compliance across your organization. Admins can configure labeling policies, and labels are visible to all users. Use cases: Flag internal-only or confidential apps for company-wide clarity Filter and audit apps by sensitivity level in the admin panel Encourage responsible sharing and reduce accidental access to restricted apps ✅ New Appearance Styles for Single Select Fields Record Detail Pages now support two new display options for single select fields, 'Stepper' and 'List', giving teams better visual cues for status tracking and process steps. The Stepper style visualizes sequential workflows by showing users their current position within the entire process—perfect for approval chains, production pipelines, and multi-step processes. The List style displays all options vertically with radio buttons for easy selection—ideal for priority levels, categories, and status fields. Use cases: Use Stepper style for approvals, onboarding steps, or stage-based workflows Use List style for clean display of priorities, statuses, or categories Improve clarity for form submissions and data review in Interfaces ✅ Databricks Connector to HyperDB Enterprise admins can now connect Databricks to HyperDB, enabling massive datasets (up to 100M records per table!) to be integrated into Airtable via the Data Library. Use cases: Sync product telemetry or web analytics data for internal dashboards Connect machine learning pipeline outputs to Airtable for business use Provide structured teams access to high-scale data without managing pipelines ✅ App Sandbox Build confidently in a protected environment as App Sandbox allows structural changes to be made safely in a separate version of your base, and merged into production once approved. Use cases: Experiment with schema changes without affecting live workflows Develop new automations or interfaces while the team keeps using the base Enable structured review processes before publishing updates to stakeholders ✅ Timeline Critical Path Critical Path is now available in Gantt Timeline views within Interfaces—highlighting the longest sequence of dependent tasks to help teams prioritize work and mitigate project delays. Use cases: Identify bottlenecks in complex projects with multiple dependencies Focus team resources on tasks that impact overall delivery timelines Communicate critical milestones to stakeholders in exec dashboards View “What’s new in Airtable” → 🧑🎓 #AirtableAcademy in the wild… Spotlighting recently certified Airtable users, learnings, and celebrations from those using the #AirtableAcademy hashtag. via Caroline Kastner: I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Airtable Builder Certification from Airtable! Two down, one to go! #AirtableAcademy #CertifiedAirtableBuilder via Michelle Stone: I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Airtable No Code AI App Builder Certification from Airtable! #AirtableAcademy #CertifiedAIBuilder via Ibrahim Khan: I’m excited to share that I’ve passed the Airtable AI App Builder certification It’s been a journey of learning, experimenting, and building real apps that actually solve problems here at EuSopht. Why this matters: AI + no-code is changing how we build software. Tools like Airtable let you turn ideas into functional apps faster than ever. Certification isn’t just a badge; it’s proof that I can take AI concepts and make them work in the real world. Big thanks to everyone at EuSopht, and to my parents for supporting me along the way. If you’re thinking about leveling up your AI + no-code skills, trust me, it’s worth it. via Vanessa Assaro-Aluisa: I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: AI App Builder Certification from Airtable! #AirtableAcademy #CertifiedAIBuilder via Benita Muokebe: I’m happy to share that I just earned my Airtable Admin Certificate 🎉 This might look like a small step, but for me, it’s a meaningful milestone in my journey of learning and growing in Airtable, automation, and no-code tools. Every new skill opens the door to fresh opportunities, and this one has given me more confidence to keep building solutions that make work easier and smarter. Grateful for the progress so far and excited about what’s ahead. Did you find the Airtable Effect helpful? Any suggestions or recommendations for future editions? Want to learn more about the Airtable Academy and/or Community programs? Or do you want to be featured in an upcoming rendition? Reach out on LinkedIn and/or on the Airtable Community ( @kev ) and show us what you've built in Airtable!