Autofill (default value) a linked record based on current user's email address in Interfaces

[jcervantes]

While it's possible to autofill a "User" field type using the "Current User" that's logged into an Interface, it is not possible to auto-link a Linked Record using the currently logged in user. 

Use case: We have a custom table of our users that contains a number of fields including the user's email address. We would like to have the option to autofill (set the default value) of a linked record to the current user that's creating a new record in an Interface form. Currently the user has to select themselves out of the list and this adds an extra step to creating a new record and introduces opportunity for data entry errors (e.g. mistakenly selecting a similarly named user)

Example 1: Shows the properties of a User field where "Current user" is selected as the Default Value

Example 2: Shows the properties of a Linked Record where there is no option to use the Current User as a default value to auto select the correct linked record.

[JamesDavid]

Hey man, did you ever find a solution for this? Running into the same problem. 

[jcervantes]

This capability still doesn’t exist. You can limit the selection based on current user’s email but they will have to still select it. And that is not quite the same as defaulting, where you could still choose something different if you wanted. This feature would definitely be very helpful for our use cases because we use a table of employees to link. 

[JamesDavid]

Commenting here again in hopes Airtable see's having user permissions is futile if you can't default their selections for streamlined dashboarding. 

To clarify: you can have default assignee's, but not assigned users and that restricts certain fields from auto populating for forms, interfaces, and all kinds of functionality.