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Submitted on
‎Feb 12, 2025
10:35 PM
Submitted by
ohthatjonathan
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‎Feb 12, 2025
10:35 PM

It would be really helpful if read-only viewers of public interface pages had the option of exporting grid-view content to a CSV (preferably matching their filtering and sorting). Currently (Feb 2025) the export to CSV option is only available to org members who are assigned to the interface and logged into Airtable. The option shouldn't be enabled by default, but we should have the choice to enable this if we want to. In our use case, we want external / public users — without Airtable access — to be able to view a simple price list and download it as a CSV.
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New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Nov 27, 2024
07:27 AM
Submitted by
Jesse2
on
‎Nov 27, 2024
07:27 AM

Idea: Enable copy or export of pivot-tables in interfaces. This functionality already exists in the pivot-table extention in the data tab. But not in the interface tab. User problem: I need to use the data from the pivot table in another tool. Copying or exporting is not possible. Printing to PDF has its own issues. Validation: Scoured all over the internet for a fix and actually got nothing that would work. How does it solve it: It solves the user problem because its the easiest solution. Just allow me to copy my outcomes. Target audience: anyone that uses airtable but needs added functionality outside airtable. Enable copy or export pivot-tables in interfaces Extra information: Hi Guys, am working on a project were I use Airtable as database. I have an payd account. For cummunicating the outcomes of the project I use Flourish. The reason for this is because I need quite complex functionality for the graphs. Which airtable doesnt have and doesnt need to have. However, I cannot copy the Pivot table outcomes in the interface while keeping the table structure intact. Also, if i want to print the table to PDF and use OCR or Excel to extract the data to a structured table. I cannot always print the entire table, because the print-tool from airtable interface does not seem to understand that a pivot table can be bigger than 1 A4. The consequence is that it prints only partly, there is no option to scale. This functionality does exist in the pivot table extention in the data-section. However, the pivot table in the data tab misses some basic functionalities like aggregating.
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Launched
Submitted on
‎Apr 09, 2024
02:32 PM
Submitted by
bcrossley
on
‎Apr 09, 2024
02:32 PM

It would be great if there was an option to allow for CSV imports within interfaces. 2 potential use cases are: The ability to upload CSV's in a list view that adds new records to the list The ability to upload CSV's in a Record Detail View that would automatically add child records to a list/linked record field I'm sure there are plenty more scenarios but these are the 2 I'm currently facing.
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New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Feb 08, 2024
10:31 AM
Submitted by
Michael_Andrew
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‎Feb 08, 2024
10:31 AM

'List' type objects need a way to export the data (should we choose to allow it). The workaround now is to create a shared view with the same data and filters, but to protect this data the only option is password. Since interfaces require log-ins and shared access, this protection is inherent. If we wish to allow users to export the data there should be a button for this available on the list views.
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New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Feb 02, 2024
11:15 AM
Submitted by
SamF
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‎Feb 02, 2024
11:15 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Enable a staging/pre-prod environment for bases, and their associated interfaces and data. The solution should allow each base to be logically linked to a pre-prod base, with two-way syncing that is fired manually. Changes made in pre-prod should be easily pushed to prod, which would include adding/removing/editing: fields & attributes (e.g. name, formula, links, etc.) tables & attributes interfaces data (to allow for data staging and cleaning, especially for ETL/ELT purposes) data syncs should be optional, and provide the option to either completely overwrite or merge with existing data How does is solve the user problems? This allows users to make changes to either base structures, logic, or interfaces without affecting live / production data and interfaces. How was this validated? Staging and Prod environments are best practice in any development process. Who is the target audience? Everyone who values data integrity.
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New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Dec 29, 2023
09:25 AM
Submitted by
fionaholmes
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‎Dec 29, 2023
09:25 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Enable integration with Sharepoint spaces and OneDrive folders/documents How does is solve the user problems? Some of us don't use Google docs/sheets/form/etc. but Microsoft Sharepoint and OneDrive docs and it's very hard to extract value from Airtable without those essential integration with our everyday workflows. How was this validated? I am project manager and program lead who designs Airtable for wider org to adopt. Who is the target audience? All Sharepoint or MS Office users (all of Walmart employees to start with!)
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New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Oct 31, 2023
05:44 PM
Submitted by
royalassistants
on
‎Oct 31, 2023
05:44 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? This will help me to create a full duplicate of a table to another based with or without the data... How does is solve the user problems? Having to copy and pause the table details and have to relabel form questions ... ...
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New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Oct 19, 2023
05:24 PM
Submitted by
Kimberly_Gamez
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‎Oct 19, 2023
05:24 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? An option to integrate my data with Canva to be able to customize documents, add logos, create invoices, etc. How does is solve the user problems? A much easier way to customize and download PDF's from entering data ONCE into airtable vs. having to re-enter the data to make PDF's. (Page designer does not help me with this because you have to input the data one piece at a time & it separates data to its own page which is very annoying). How was this validated? ... Who is the target audience? Any business owners, designers, project managers, any and all Canva lovers.
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New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Oct 11, 2023
11:21 AM
Submitted by
zmaj
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‎Oct 11, 2023
11:21 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Allow snapshots to be downloaded locally in a compressed/encrypted format native to Airtable only. How does is solve the user problems? I think this would meet the never ending demand/requests to have better backup options off-server. How was this validated? I understand Airtable's caginess to restrict moving all of a user's data off the server, they want to keep customers, that's cool, I want to stay here too. The problem is data often needs redundancy by keeping it separate on completely different systems. Currently, providing a CSV/JSON/API export only allows the data to move, but not the rest of the airtable features like formulas, scripts, automations, interfaces etc. If I were to lose a base for some reason (malicious intent for example), even if I have the CSV exports I would not be able to rebuild my base. If this happened I would 100% not bother to attempt to return to airtable because I know it's pointless. Airtable already provides options to duplicate bases and create snapshots (also duplication) of older states. I don't think it should be unreasonable to be able to have a feature to be able to keep these snapshots in an encrypted format offline on a local machine. The intent would be the ability to reupload this back up to airtable after a critical failure event (loss of account control for example, malicious deletion via API perhaps, loss of snapshots?). Considering it would contain other airtable exclusive features like interfaces, I don't see this being useful to attempt to port it elsewhere. If it was encrypted and formatted in a way that could only be imported/exported through airtable then this would protect airtable's IP. Password protection on this downloaded file would also prevent it from being reimported maliciously if the files were stolen. Who is the target audience? Anyone who cares about their data and don't want their eggs all in one basket. Also people who don't like to have to take their eggs out of the basket by having to crack them open, hoping to put them back later but it's just leaking through the bottom. If you can't offer an option to both backup and RESTORE user data, then it's not a backup feature, it's just a customer exit feature.
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Sep 22, 2023
12:37 PM
Submitted by
jacedh
on
‎Sep 22, 2023
12:37 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Add more imported data from each email imported from Outlook via Automations. Specifically I'm missing "Conversation ID" that could be very useful to automatically group emails that are part of a longer conversation. If possible, also being able to get at least PDF attachments would be amazing. How does is solve the user problems? I have to rely on one or more services to get these features today (Power Automate (has more data from each email) to Google Sheets, then using automations to import from Google sheets. As you already have a Outlook integration, adding a few more data points should be easy. How was this validated? Other services provide much more data points for Outlook emails. Who is the target audience? People that use Outlook and Automations to import emails from their inbox to Airtable.
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