What is the proposed idea/solution?
Allowing forms to create NEW linked records, rather than only allowing to select from a list of already existing linked records. In other words, the ability for a form to have its Parent form submission, and one or multiple Child form submissions (for the linked records). See Fillout's solution as an example.
Dummy scenario: If I want to submit information for a Family (Family table) and for the members of the Family (Members table) which can be one or multiple, I would not be able to do this from only one Airtable Form. I would need to submit one form for the Family information, and separate forms for each Member.
How does is solve the user problems?
Would avoid having to integrate different softwares, build dirty automations, or handling re-directs, just for the sake of creating linked records.
How was this validated?
This issue comes up with plenty of my clients, multiple questions have been asked on the Community on how to handle this, and it has been a topic of discussion with fellow builders and consultants. However, I'm not sure whether it has been actually submitted as a "New Idea"/Feature Request (if it was already, I'm super sorry -however it might be useful to bring it up again!).
Basically, Airtable forms do not allow to create NEW linked records from the form itself (i.e. we can currently only select from a dropdown of already existing linked records). There are obviously several different workarounds such as:
(i) using other form softwares (e.g. Fillout which I really love, but is still a pain to need additional integration just for this);
(ii) handling the creation of new linked fields from interfaces rather than forms (i.e. would mean treating the interface itself as a pseudo form);
(iii) having temporary fields on the main table which are only used to push data via an automation for the creation of the linked field (super dirty solution which I would almost never recommend); and
(iv) others.
However, all of those solutions are far from ideal.
Who is the target audience?
Airtable users who need to capture information via forms for a base with multiple linked tables (I'd say almost every Airtable user).
Thanks!!
