Choose Dropbox or Google Drive for attachment storage

[Hashim_Warren]

I would love for my attachments to get sued in my Dropbox. This would allow me to use Airtable as a digital asset manager

[Hashim_Warren]

I evaluated a DAM solution that would cost me 800 a month to do what I’m asking Airtable to do here.

That’s how valuable this feature is in the marketplace

[John_Yu]

Adding my voice of support for this feature!

I’m working in hardware product development and manufacturing, so we are looking to use Airtable as a tracker for products, the factories/vendors that make the products, POs that get sent to the vendors, Engineering Change documentation, etc. for all phases of a product lifecycle (ideation, development, DFM, pre-production, production, sustaining, EOL, etc).

Being able to manage documents that are not your typical Google Docs/Sheets is key (everything from Adobe artwork files, 3D CAD files, PDFs for contracts, etc), and allowing the Attachment field to sync with any file in a Google Drive/Dropbox account would be amazing. That way the latest version of a file is always in a visible and accessible central location for the team. This almost harkens back to Microsoft SharePoint, where entries in a database can be linked to specific MS Office documents or other files on a local file server, only this wouldn’t have the physical limitations of an intranet…

[galliani]

Any updates on this request?

[Markus_Wernig]

The fact that downloading a CVS file as a backup leaves all attached files behind is exactly the reason why this feature would be so valuable.

[Moe]

Hashim_Warren:

This would allow me to use Airtable as a digital asset manager

We’ve built an extension that makes managing digital assets a bit easier by creating a folder in Dropbox for each Airtable record and then add its link back in Airtable automatically.

miniExtensions

Create Dropbox Folders For Airtable Records - miniExtensions

A better way to manage your Dropbox attachments in Airtable. Generate folders in bulk, name them after an Airtable field and then add their links to Airtable

Dan_Kang1:

What I would want is a way to back up an entire base into dropbox in an automated way

This extension allows you to backup your Airtable to Dropbox automatically.

miniExtensions

Export Airtable Base as CSVs to Dropbox - miniExtensions

Automatically backup your Airtable base in Dropbox. Instead of manually downloading and importing CSV files, now you can export them automatically to Dropbox

Markus_Wernig:

downloading a CVS file as a backup leaves all attached files behind

Another extension of ours lets you download all Airtable attachments together.

miniExtensions

Bulk Download All Attachments from Airtable - miniExtensions

Downloading one attachment at a time? Don't. This automation downloads Airtable attachments in bulk! The attachments can be any file: images, videos, PDFs, etc.

[Stevan_Popovic]

Has this been solved? Seems like you can now sync from Google Files or Dropbox here

[Lawrence_Hiner]

@Stevan_Popovic posted an interesting screenshot, however, the next step seems to “upload” the file from Google Drive to Airtable rather than “linking” to the file. No?

Is this feature on an update roadmap or is it available and hiding somewhere?

[Tristan-ARG]

+1 to this, would be amazing