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An option to require Unique Values for any given field

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Matthew_Billiod
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

I am glad each table in a base has one key column that must be unique (needed for relational databases), but instead of making this uniqueness requirement only available to the key column, please make this setting available to other fields also.

Some discussion on this topic has already been made (see Unique values in a column), but was listed under โ€œSupportโ€ instead of โ€œfeature requestโ€.

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Goce_Ristov
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

This is absolute essential for us as well. We would love to have an option where it wonโ€™t allow us to enter a duplicate value in the primary field which is a text field in our use case.

Please airtable support make this happen! Thanks!

Fahad_alahmadi
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Adding my voice to this.

Isaac_Montaine
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Yikes, this should absolutely be here

Bret_Park
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

A feature that is essential i would say. Voted

Ben_Harm
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Has anybody seen a response from Airtable on this issue? I just started evaluating Airtable and was super excited about how easy it was to create what I wanted until I ran into this issue.
How can they sell this as a โ€œrelational databaseโ€ without this feature?

B_L
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I agree. Please fix!

Stephen_Juth
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 for this feature!

Simone_Kre
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 for this request!

Nihad_Delic
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 we need this and all people that are using this.

Daniel_Melnech1
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

+1 for unique primary field aka Primary Key โ€“ Optional is fine โ€“ read more below

Obviously, if this was added at this point, would have to make it an option ELSE it could blow up existing solutions. Thatโ€™s fine. Adding as an option is great, and default being off is even fine. And if adding it to primary field, then allow uniqueness to be an option on any field. Please. Pretty please. Really. When is this coming?