Mar 07, 2019 04:01 AM
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!
Mar 07, 2019 12:32 PM
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.
Mar 07, 2019 02:20 PM
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
Mar 07, 2019 03:22 PM
@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:
Apr 01, 2019 07:57 AM
Also searching for a solution to automatically rename attachments. The filename should be generated from other fields content.
Jul 17, 2019 10:56 AM
I would also be interested in this for the following use case:
Receipt Tracking
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
Jan 07, 2021 03:09 AM
I’m looking for this too - does anyone know if this will be possible with a Script?
Jan 07, 2021 06:55 AM
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.
Jan 13, 2021 01:45 PM
Thanks justin i’ll keep looking, I searched the forum, but couldn’t find anything.
If you stumble upon it let me know.
Jan 13, 2021 03:04 PM
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:
Jan 14, 2021 12:47 AM
Do you of your top of your head help direct me to how I can access the attachment name?
Jan 14, 2021 10:27 AM
Here’s the info on how attachments can be set/retrieved by the scripting API.
Jan 14, 2021 12:50 PM
Thank you @Justin_Barrett I thought I had been looking apparently not!!!
Oct 21, 2022 12:50 AM
I came across this issue a while ago trying to rename attachments based on record fields. And I didn’t find a simple way to do it in Airtable without digging into the script’s code. So I created a (paid) extension to assist with renaming multiple attachments at once based on the records fields, ZekTec - Airtable Extensions, hope this can help anyone that is facing this in the future :slightly_smiling_face: