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Submitted on
‎Feb 18, 2025
11:36 AM
Submitted by
Sean_Lake1
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‎Feb 18, 2025
11:36 AM

It'd be nice when searching for fields within the HIDE, if even though it's filtering that it still showed where that field was in relation to the others instead of hiding those other fields that don't match, perhaps greying out those fields and bolding the "found" fields? When you have a bunch of fields, it'd assist in finding that field quicker to see its position relative to the others.
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Submitted on
‎Jan 20, 2025
07:19 AM
Submitted by
JeffJohnVol
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‎Jan 20, 2025
07:19 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? A way to search a base to find references to a record, a field, or a piece of text that may exist in any of the scripts. Or perhaps have an info block on each table that would reference any automation that is triggered from it, or is referenced in an automation's javascript code. How does is solve the user problems? I am starting to get really good at automations and scripts, but sometimes I can't remember where I may have done a specific operation. Other than taking all of my scripts, pasting into text documents to search, there doesn't appear to be a way to search the platform. Having this would make development easier and allow users to avoid duplication. How was this validated? ...It would be a new feature, pretty easy to verify. Who is the target audience? ...Developers, auditors, anyone troubleshooting.
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Submitted on
‎Sep 30, 2024
03:06 AM
Submitted by
MarksAgency
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‎Sep 30, 2024
03:06 AM

Hello! The search bar in the "Data" section of Airtable should not only function as a search tool but also as a filter, similar to how it is already possible in interface tables. Users could access relevant records faster without having to switch between filters that don't consider all records and cannot be deactivated. Not having to set up the filters again each time would save a significant amount of time. Such a filter function already exists in interface tables and would offer more flexible search and filter options. The irrelevant records still show up, while all relevant ones aren't hidden:
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Submitted on
‎Aug 23, 2024
05:40 AM
Submitted by
matt_stewart1
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‎Aug 23, 2024
05:40 AM

There greatly needs to be a filter in an interfaces Revision History. It should show as a pill next to the word Revision History, just like the filter pill shows on the new Record List interface. Or it could be next to the bell icon for changing the watching comments option. This way if you are viewing revision history you can narrow in on a specific field(s) to see only those revisions.
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Submitted on
‎Aug 16, 2024
03:52 AM
Submitted by
TALLOUS
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‎Aug 16, 2024
03:52 AM

The UI search bar currently requires an exact match for records to appear in search results, which can be limiting, especially when searching for specific details like the last few digits of a serial number or microchip number. The Base table’s search bar offers a more advanced matching feature, allowing users to find records based on partial entries. To improve usability and efficiency, I suggest updating the UI search bar to offer similar functionality as the Base table search. This would eliminate the need to rely on the 'Filter' option for partial searches and better support workflows that depend on quickly finding specific data. Your urgent attention to this matter is appreciated.
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Submitted on
‎Jun 06, 2024
11:53 AM
Submitted by
rsmith-pivotbio
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‎Jun 06, 2024
11:53 AM

It would be nice to optionally enable Clean URLs for Airtable pages. Currently, Airtable urls are basically a random string of characters that give no information on what is at the url. So if I shared an Airtable link with someone, instead of seeing something like https://airtable.com/appdfvokijweroiwdroikj/tbldfvolkfgvlmkvblk/viweiociokjwefn and have no information on what they are about to click on, it would be something like https://mycompany.airtable.com/my-awesome-base/my-great-table/grid-view
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Submitted on
‎Apr 10, 2024
07:22 AM
Submitted by
MichaelSargent
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‎Apr 10, 2024
07:22 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? A global search bar for Interfaces. This would more than likely be in the form of an interface page but I could see it as a component for a blank interface page. This would pull up results pertaining to keywords with direct links to the records for the available interface pages. How does is solve the user problems? This would allow quick and easy access to various records in one action.
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Submitted on
‎Mar 11, 2024
12:45 PM
Submitted by
Mouser-IB-Admin
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‎Mar 11, 2024
12:45 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Right now when you search for a linked record, only exact results are returned. This means if I have a record titled "Texas State Fair - 2024 - Food", I cannot quickly grab that record by searching "Texas 2024" or "2024 food" because it's not exactly titled that way. I would have to type it all out, including hyphens, and if I had a lot of "Texas State Fair - 2024 - ###" records I'm going to have to look through them all every single time. How does is solve the user problems? Allowing a more relaxed search, semi-fuzzy of sorts, allows faster searching using the details a user remembers. It's very common to have the primary field of a table be a CONCAT formula to gather multiple pieces of data from a record (especially since you can only search for a linked record using that primary field and nothing else). By allowing less precise searches you can make it easier to find results, and there's nothing stopping a user from still being as exact as possible to further narrow down the results if they want. By loosing the tight restrictions, both types of search can still take place, but in the current design you can only use exact. How was this validated? Heavy use of linked records across multiple bases, and no ability to quickly search through thousands of records effectively to find the one I want unless I know its exact name in the primary field. Who is the target audience? Any Airtable user who has a base with linked records, especially if the base is large.
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Submitted on
‎Dec 20, 2023
09:39 AM
Submitted by
afassero
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‎Dec 20, 2023
09:39 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? ...when changing the name of a Field in a Synced Table, the updated name should also be Synced. This would likely require a feature, whereby a Synced Field and a local Field can have the same name without a conflict. This should not be a problem, because it's easy to determine what is synced field vs local due to the lightning bolt icon. How does is solve the user problems? ...without this feature, any changes to a Field Name are not propagated to other Synced Tables. This causes confusion. How was this validated? ...Try changing the field name of a Synced Table and find out! It's frustrating. Who is the target audience? ...all users who use Synced Tables.
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Submitted on
‎Dec 04, 2023
04:16 PM
Submitted by
afassero
on
‎Dec 04, 2023
04:16 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? ... A new feature that transposes the Rows and Columns of a View. How does is solve the user problems? ... It is useful to transpose the Rows and Columns of a Table for for viewing and / or calculations. In Airtable it is more efficient to create Records for time rather than Fields (e.g. each Row is a unit of Time like a Week, Month, Quarter, Year, etc. and not the column). The ability to see each unit of Time as a column moving from left to right is standard practice. How was this validated? ...This is a core feature to all spreadsheet applications. Who is the target audience? ...All Users
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