Must tables be linked record by record?

[Doug_Lerner]

I was trying AirTable on my iPad and read these instructions for linking between tables:

Airtable - Support

Let's make a base, Part 3: Linking tables

By this point, you should be comfortable with entering information into records, customizing field types within a table, and using the view functions to look at records in your tables. Ready for mo...

It said you have to link record-by-record.

Isn’t there a way of linking so that fields in one table are linked to records with that same field name in other tables? That is, have a common field between two tables? Like, for example, in FileMaker?

Thanks,

doug