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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
Nickm
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

An update please!

Native reminders is a must

Silver_Ringvee
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Really? This is a real dealbreaker for us. Will check back in the future and really hope youโ€™ve added this feature!

Tom_Blake
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+5 (for my team) on date-related reminders/alerts - this is #1 on my wishlist.

Nicola_Rudolf
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

+8 for my teamโ€“โ€“need native reminders.

Lorraine_Montez
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

This is a make or break for us. We are deciding between you and a competitor. at any rate, agree with everyone above without the reminder prompt it really reduces the productโ€™s attractiveness for project management. otherwise itโ€™s a great product.

Mag_Miller
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I am looking to include reminders/push notifications for deadlines in my base. Is there any block or feature available right now in Airtable that can do this? Please advise. Thank you :slightly_smiling_face:

Miranda_Antonio
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I would love to see this!

I manage a doctorโ€™s office and have switched to using Airtable to manage tasks, procedure authorizations, and other things here at the office. Having a reminder/alert system would enable me to be so much more productive and reduce the amount of time I spend using the sort/group functions to manage deadlines. Here are some examples of how I would want to use a potential reminder/alert system:

  1. Reminders: The doctor escorts a patient to the lobby and tells me I need to follow up with this patient twice in relation to this visit. Once tomorrow to see how she is responding to treatment and again in two weeks to see how the new dosage of her medication has been working. Having something pop up in the notifications section for this would be ideal.

  2. Alerts: Patient Joe Bob has tricky insurance that requires me to get pre-authorization for his ongoing visits. These authorizations are irregular, sometimes telling me heโ€™s been approved for one month of treatment, other times telling me itโ€™s six months. Being able to put a date in a record signifying the expiration of Joe Bobโ€™s authorization, and having it alert me in advance that I need to get his upcoming treatments pre-authorized, would be wonderful.

If I could have it my way, I would suggest that a new field type be added rather than changing the existing Date field type. I use the Date type field on almost every page of our database to mark the beginning of something: a first-time visit, a new prescription, a new authorization. I donโ€™t need to be alerted about these dates. Iโ€™d like to see the reminder/alert date be a field all on itโ€™s own. I might be the only one, though. Anyone else have feelings on that?

Either way, thanks for such a great product!

Nathan_DeGrave
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Havenโ€™t seen any responses from Airtable in awhile, but I"m going to +1 this as a feature that needs to seriously be implemented. Most of us run businesses on here, and deadlines, reminders, and dates are crucial. Please consider this asap.

Alan_Nay
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Yes!!! A reminder function would be SO HELPFUL!.

Ella_Mark
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

My version is not showing the option for the notification. Any thoughts/advice?