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Oct 12, 2018 11:21 AM
I have a table where I want all new entries (rows) to have a default value for a single select column. Is that possible?
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Dec 07, 2020 07:29 AM
Just discovered Airtable. Really neat tool. Strongly considering to become a paying customer and take our team of 7.
Field defaults feature is the very first thing I had to google for after I started transferring an existing app from google sheets/scripts. It should really be available, Airtable.

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Dec 07, 2020 07:46 AM
Oddly, some field types give you the ability to specify a default field value, but not others. For the others, you can now do it with Airtable Automations. Not the ideal workaround, but it definitely works.
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Feb 05, 2021 05:44 AM
I became a paying customer anyway :slightly_smiling_face:
Albeit I can live without defaults for select columns, it will be a nice addition once it’s gonna happen.
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Mar 04, 2021 01:04 PM
Just adding my voice to this. Workarounds like Kuovonne’s are possible but this basic feature should be available. C’mon Airtable, it couldn’t possibly be this hard.
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Apr 20, 2021 08:01 PM
I was able to work around this in three ways. Sorry if i don’t type my explanation out well:
- In form view, limit the number of “available” options to select and just pick the one you want to default to. Select ‘drop down’ and boom, its the only option by default in that form.
- Automation - Trigger - On New Record. Action - Write " Default " for field xx
- When grouping by a field, any new record in that grouping will default to the values of the fields grouped there by.

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Apr 21, 2021 01:47 PM
+1 on this as a feature

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May 04, 2021 06:15 AM
This would be a really nice addition! Have to go around with an automation for now

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Jul 07, 2021 04:05 AM
About time please Airtable!

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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 PM
+1 on adding this feature.

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Aug 03, 2021 05:32 AM
+1 for this simple yet powerful feature
