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Submitted on
Jul 16, 2023
09:31 PM
Submitted by
Tobias_LGKR
on
Jul 16, 2023
09:31 PM

I would love to see a detailed change log by Airtable where everything that is added or changed gets documented. Everything. Things get changed, added and improved constantly. Often small and helpful things (that I need) which go unnoticed for quite some time because they are not communicated. I would consult such a change log page every morning before I start my work to see what exactly is new. It could be an improved version of the existing "What's new" page but with every detail, not only three changes per month often published way after the fact. That page is already fed by an Airtable app. So it would be extremely low effort to plug every development team into that tool to communicate changes as soon as they are rolled out.
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Submitted on
Nov 07, 2018
01:06 PM
Submitted by
David_Krizan
on
Nov 07, 2018
01:06 PM

What I would personally like is the ability to add a comment to any given field for any given record (akin to the cell-level comments that appear as red triangles in the corner of cells in Excel). There are times when I want to add additional or qualifying comments/notes at a field-level in records without cluttering up the view. Excel examples: Add comment Comment indicator On-hover Edit comment I merely want what could be considered a comment mode/layer that could be applied to any given cell in any given field in any given table. Excel, Google Sheets, and many other spreadsheet-based applications provide this functionality. The purpose is to be able to collaborate or add additional notes or comments in context without affecting the data in the cells themselves. This essentially requesting the same functionality that is currently available for adding field descriptions to field headers, but also allowing this at an individual cell level. There are limitless use cases for this functionality: Carrying out a collaborative conversation Providing an editor’s note for a publicly shared table Adding a comment about an outlier result in a data table Adding notes about a set of images. Adding a disclaimer
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Submitted on
Jan 19, 2023
12:33 PM
Submitted by
amypolidore
on
Jan 19, 2023
12:33 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? ...Create a way to watch comments for multiple items / all items by selecting a box, and watch comments for all. Currently it is a very manual process and I waste a lot of time making sure I am receiving comment alerts for all records How does is solve the user problems? ...I don't have to manually perform this task if there was a way to do this in bulk How was this validated? ...I am able to do this with other platforms but I cannot in Airtables Who is the target audience? ...project managers, or gate keepers for info in a certain project base
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Submitted on
Jul 07, 2021
12:18 PM
Submitted by
itoldusoandso
on
Jul 07, 2021
12:18 PM

Can you please provide an alert that will warn me (notification or email or both) if there is an excessive run of Automations. Recently I had an error in my formula. Unfortunately that error caused an Automation to run constantly and it was running for hours, I don’t know how long but after a day or so I ran out of the 50,000 automations. That was completely unnecessary and I would have stopped by fixing the formula (or pausing automation and then fixing formula). Anyhow, I would say there should be a warning if I am reaching 50%, 75% and 90% of allocated automations. I am not asking Airtable to kick me off the grid and disable those Automations completely, but rather warn me about the situation. That would save resources on Airtable servers and prevent me running dry and then have to wait till the months is over to get replenished again. I know Airtable provides higher plan upgrade but I think in this case this is all just wasted electricity 😉
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Submitted on
Mar 14, 2019
09:46 AM
Submitted by
PTNTH
on
Mar 14, 2019
09:46 AM

When a user comments on a record they are automatically notified of updates to that record. Although this can be switched off by ticking “not watching”, it seems repetitive and annoying as it is the norm for me and my team not to watch records. I appreciate that for most users, commenting and being automatically added to watching the record is correct. It would be good (as the base admin) to be able to switch off the auto-watching for all base users.
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Submitted on
Jun 16, 2023
01:43 PM
Submitted by
RaymiFaria
on
Jun 16, 2023
01:43 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Summary count of record comments should appear on record lines in a grid in an interface (just like it does when viewing a grid in the base). How does this solve the user problem? When viewing a grid on an interface, you will know which records have comments. How was this validated? See screenshot. Who is the target audience? All interface users
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Submitted on
Dec 02, 2022
07:34 AM
Submitted by
sasha_at_ulta
on
Dec 02, 2022
07:34 AM

Current problem: When submitting a new record, the Microsoft Teams automation generates a message to a specified channel, but there is no ability to include "@ general" to notify the team assigned to the channel. Proposed solution: I would like the ability to include an @ mention in the automated Microsoft Teams channel message when a record is submitted. I would also like the ability to generate a direct message to a user rather than a post to a channel.
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Submitted on
Oct 08, 2018
06:14 AM
Submitted by
Mathias_Elmose
on
Oct 08, 2018
06:14 AM

Would like a chat block :pray: I know that lot of communication happens in Slack but I think that it would be useful anyway Here is how it could work: A chat block could be set to display comments from records across the entire base from the views of your choice. So it would be like a basewide activity feed. Like the activity feed, you could select whether you will see activity and comments or only comments. Sometimes I miss the ability to quickly see what has happened in the base since last. With the coming block dashboard you could create a dashboard for certain teams and add chat blocks only for them, and that would only show records comments from the views that were relevant to them I actually think that a lot of our Slack channels would end up as Chat blocks if this was an option. It would also give people a sense of being together in a base and not just working together on it.
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
Feb 05, 2023
04:09 PM
Submitted by
kristenreed
on
Feb 05, 2023
04:09 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? To be able to turn off notifications for all records within a database besides when you are @ mentioned How does is solve the user problems? As an administrator I create 100's of records and and constantly bombarded with emails everytime there is a comment or change. How was this validated? This would make the program more user friendly as previous systems we have used such as Monday.com have this feature Who is the target audience? Everyone
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Submitted on
Dec 27, 2020
08:48 PM
Submitted by
Maurice
on
Dec 27, 2020
08:48 PM

This has been driving me crazy for years now. Airtable is incredible, and I use it for so many things, but it’s never been suitable for high-quality collaboration because the email/notification system is really feature poor. The way @mentions, collaborator fields, and instant notifications work, it’s a total inbox nightmare. I realise Automations are one way of changing how emails and notificaitons work, but they only add to the inbox pool, as you cannot disable or change notification settings on a base-by-base basis. What’s even more frustrating is how simple these would be to fix with a few base-wide settings. Disable ALL notifications except @mentions Disable “Watching” on records Disable “Auto-Watching” when a collaborator is assigned to a record Any variation of those would instantly fix these issues for a lot of threads I’ve seen with similar complaints. Someone called it a “boy who cries wolf” inbox situation. Another, probably more complicated fix, would be queueing email notifications in batches (like Trello). Instead sending an email anytime anything changes on a record instantly, maybe queue them for a couple minutes, or add the option, so you have some leeway on accidently sending someone an incorrect email on an incorrect record change. Thanks team, this software is incredible, it just is in dire need of some notification attention.
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