Automatically naming an Attachment

[Ross_Campbell]

Hello everyone, I’ve had a look on the forums and haven’t found a mention of this, but is it possible to have air table automatically rename attachments.

For example. If I have a record named Ross and there are four images attached for those images to be named renamed ROSS-1.jpg, ROSS-2.jpg, ROSS-3.jpg, ROSS-4.pg?

Thanks so much!

[Justin_Barrett]

It might be possible to pull this off with the help of Zapier or Integromat, though I’m still new to those services, so I’m not 100% sure if either of them will let you rename attachments.

[M_k]

Hi @Ross_Campbell

If you are interested to go the route of Integtomat, there is a Facebook group that you can post questions. I find that it’s cheaper then Zapier.

Here is the link:

https://m.facebook.com/home.php

Take a look and see what you think.

Mary

[Justin_Barrett]

@M_k That link is to the Facebook home page optimized for mobile, not directly to the group to which you referred. A quick search led me to this:

facebook.com

Integromat Community

The objective of this group is to bring together automation experts, enthusiasts and Integromat users. While this is not the official support channel, one can seek help from members of the community...

[Peter_Paulhart]

Also searching for a solution to automatically rename attachments. The filename should be generated from other fields content.

[Trevor_Haynes]

I would also be interested in this for the following use case:
Receipt Tracking

1. Uploads attachment (either from computer or by taking a photo)
2. In one field - I manually record the full price (Eg $100.00)
3. In another field - I manually record/select (Eg. Airtable, LLC)
4. In another field - I Manually record/select expense type (EG. ecommerce)

Then, I would like the attachment to be copied to a new field with the following filename:
“100.00_Airtable, LLC_ecommerce”
(Or something simialr)

It appears that I would need to use a service like Zapier or Integromat to accomplish this.

Bonus Point - After the file name is created it sends a copy of the renamed file to a google drive folder

[Kim_Trager1]

I’m looking for this too - does anyone know if this will be possible with a Script?

[Justin_Barrett]

This is definitely doable. I’ve helped at least one person set up such a system. I think the code might be elsewhere in the forum, but unfortunately I don’t have time to search for it at the moment.

[Kim_Trager1]

Thanks justin i’ll keep looking, I searched the forum, but couldn’t find anything.
If you stumble upon it let me know.

[Justin_Barrett]

My bad. I just remembered that this was a script that I wrote for a client, not something I’d posted to the forum. Sorry! :frowning: