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Submitted on
‎Dec 23, 2023
10:18 PM
Submitted by
Matt_Grzan
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‎Dec 23, 2023
10:18 PM

There is a need to increase the Find Records limitation of 100 records that either come from a specified view or matched conditions. With up to 250K records per base in 2023, finding only 100 records is very limiting. Increasing the Find Records limit to match the Repeating Groups Automation limit of 8000 items per input list would make a dramatic improvement.
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Submitted on
‎Mar 13, 2024
11:06 AM
Submitted by
ehigley
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‎Mar 13, 2024
11:06 AM

Hello, I am sure this is a heavily requested topic, so if this is on the roadmap great, if not I really think this process would help a lot of users. I use Airtable for a number of use cases and have multiple builds. One feature that is rather consistently peeking its head is parent child linking. The first time this arose, and my primary use case, is in a contract management system my team and I built in Airtable. The question arose whether or not Airtable can achieve parent/child linking. The general consensus was a resounding "NO." I took this on as a challenge and after many hours of trouble shooting and testing, I believe I created a working two way linking between two or more records in our contracting system that links the parent to the children and child to the parent. This bidirectional syncs allows for various contract managers to work and link the records as they come in. Further, using the OrgChart extension, we can now see the entire contract family in a visual manner. Now for the downside. This requires 5 separate automations with multiple actions and triggers which causes the linkage to be rather slow. I believe that if this was converted to a native backend process it would be speed up that linkage time and free up automation space in our base. Again if this is already on the roadmap great. However, if it is not and you would to explore the concept and would like to see how this works I am happy to provide a screen recording and screenshots. Regards, Eljay Higley
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Submitted on
‎Sep 28, 2023
01:41 PM
Submitted by
dmitryk
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‎Sep 28, 2023
01:41 PM

Currently, the button field allows you to run an extension script. I have to maintain separate automation and extension script that performs the same actions. Would be ideal to be able to run an automation like interface buttons do. Support for multiple triggers would also be helpful. For example, I could have a trigger for when a record meets certain conditions and a button trigger whenever manual execution is desired. An automation script where I think this would be useful is one that creates or updates a record/object in a third party system.
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Submitted on
‎Feb 14, 2023
01:38 PM
Submitted by
Karlstens
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‎Feb 14, 2023
01:38 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? With the recent updates to the Airtable API being more featureful with Record Comments - it makes sense to also give some love to no-code Automation Actions, allowing an Automation to post to the Record Comments, either as an Automation or upon behalf of a specified user. How does is solve the user problems? Currently, for example, an Automation can use conditional logic to email an Airtable operator of an issue with a record. It would be useful if we had other options too, such as the Automation posting to the records comment detailing the problem with that record. Who is the target audience? Any firm using Record Comments will find a benefit from an Automation no-code Action that can also write to a records comments.
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Submitted on
‎Apr 05, 2024
03:16 AM
Submitted by
hubkei
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‎Apr 05, 2024
03:16 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? An extra Action for the Button Field inside a table (not in the interface), where we can select "Run an Automation" How does is solve the user problems? At the moment there is no direct way to run a simple automation from a button field. it only works on buttons in interfaces. How was this validated? The press of the button should also "pass" the record ID to the automation, so any automation ran can use the record ID to specifically work on a record. Who is the target audience? This is useful for everybody who wants to use the button field in day to day simple operations.
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Submitted on
‎Jan 30, 2024
08:41 AM
Submitted by
JPhB
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‎Jan 30, 2024
08:41 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? There is currently no way to add an action after a repeat group in an automation, if i'm correct. This would however be very helpful. How does is solve the user problems? Currently i need to put in place workarounds to launch a step 2 automation after the step 1 has been completed, using delayed automations based on now() function etc. How was this validated? ... Who is the target audience? does anyone know if this was already submitted ? and how to check the community interest in it ? Thanks
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Submitted on
‎Jan 20, 2022
07:51 PM
Submitted by
Arno_B
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‎Jan 20, 2022
07:51 PM

Hello, The automation fields don’t currently allow calculations in fields. For example, I want to create an automation that pulls the date from a selected record and adds or subtracts a number of days from that. It would be a very useful feature to automate some project tasks without having to manually enter the dates. I’m giving an example with dates but automation would be largely enhanced if we could use formulas in fields. Thank you.
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Submitted on
‎Jul 15, 2024
03:02 PM
Submitted by
indimo
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‎Jul 15, 2024
03:02 PM

In automations I use scripts to make external api calls. These api calls may occasionally fail due to rate limiting / network issues etc.. I would love the option to automatically retry an automation step if it fails, preferably configurable like retry max 3 times with exponential backoff
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Submitted on
‎Jan 06, 2023
12:40 PM
Submitted by
Drew_Nemer
on
‎Jan 06, 2023
12:40 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Sometimes I have employees that desire to download CSV of views. we work exclusively out of an interface I built in Interface designer. I would like to create a download CSV button that will download the current configuration (filter) of the view of the grid i have hosted on the page How does is solve the user problems? Allow more flexibility in the Interface to download How was this validated? ... Who is the target audience? ...
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Some interfaces are made for data entry that requires copying a lot of items, and it would be absolutely helpful to have a little Copy to clipboard button instead of highlighting text and copying multiple times. This is especially helpful if: it's a link or an email—this feature will avoid accidentally clicking on them if done manually it's an editable field that usually requires copying than editing—this feature will avoid mistakenly editing the entry As my suggestion title implies, this is a toggle, allowing Interface designers to show or hide this option. It can also show up when hovered.
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