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Heimen
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Hi,

I would like to have a form where somebody could enter a number where I would like to field in the form to check if the number is already in the base.

Would that be possible?

BR

Heimen

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Are you trying to prevent duplicate records from being entered into your system?

If so, there is no built-in or automated way to do that, either from a form or from the built-in native Airtable tools.

You’d have to automate your own procedure after the form is submitted to look for duplicate values, or use the grouping feature to manually scan for duplicates, or manually use the Dedupe app to scan for duplicates.

However, this extension was created to stop duplicate values from being submitted through a form: