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Calendar view enhancement requests (reminders, delete prompts, persistent view)

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Dean_Toland
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

I would love to see some kind of reminder or alert system for items that are setup to display on Calendar views. One of my bases has a table that is used to keep track of follow-up calls to potential customers. If theyโ€™re called once and we schedule a follow-up, I have a column with a date/time format and a calendar based on that field. Without alerts, users are advised to check their calendar each morning and afternoon for upcoming scheduled follow-ups, but it would be great when adding a date/time to a column that is tied to a calendar if there could also be an option for reminders or alerts. Maybe something like Outlook reminders, 15 minutes before the time and the option to snooze for 5 minutes or dismiss completely.

Additionally, Iโ€™ve noticed that the view of records in the Calendar doesnโ€™t persist when you leave and come back in. For instance, this table has over 1200 records but only some are going to have follow-up times on them. I change the view in the top right corner from โ€œall recordsโ€ to โ€œrecords with datesโ€ but it doesnโ€™t stay that way if I leave and return. Due to the nature of the table and its size, displaying all records will never be useful so Iโ€™d like to avoid having to change it each time.

And finally, something I just noticed and am very concerned about, is the โ€œdeleteโ€ option when viewing an item from the Calendar. I just tested it and it doesnโ€™t just delete/clear the info in the relevant date/time field, it deletes the entire record. Thereโ€™s no prompt to confirm anything, so a simple misclick could completely remove a record from the table and this is a bit scary. I would think it would be far more often needed to simply clear the date field than to delete an entire record, especially from the Calendar view, but maybe it could be solved by asking which theyโ€™d like when clicking delete? I think any kind of data removal could benefit from a bit of an extra step to be sure that removal is intended.

Thanks!

91 Comments
Scott_Tousley
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 to reminders in Airtable records. Itโ€™s crazy Airtable doesnโ€™t have this functionality yet.

julien_caron
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 to native reminder/notification tool, Airtable is great but the feature is definitely missing

Katie_Olson
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1. Iโ€™m surprised this hasnโ€™t happened yet. Iโ€™d also like a way for reoccurring tasks to come back after I check them off.

Mark_Davies
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I would also like a reminder option, we use this for sales pipeline and i need to set reminders for when i need to action something

Jordan_Lim
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Reminders would be incredibly helpful! On the mobile and desktop versions.

Nickm
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

I would also like to see reminders - native support is much easier and cleaner that using anything else currently available!

Daniel_King1
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Hi Katherine, I think Vicky means a function that would make Airtable notify you (via push, email, or text) about a Field Due Date. It would be even better to have an email containing โ€œall items due todayโ€ and โ€œall items due this weekโ€

Daniel_King1
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Agreed! Itโ€™s ostensibly a project management tool so itโ€™s surprising/frustrating to me also.

Bob_Perez1
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 for this feature.

It is straightforward enough to use Zapier to handle this but having something built-in would be great.

Lisa_Owen
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

@Airtable_Team @Airtable_Support Is this function something that you are working on or will look to add in the near future? Airtable is extremely valuable to our teamโ€™s functioning, and a reminders capability that could be added to any date field would improve our workflow and this tool significantly.