This isn’t yet possible in Airtable because we can currently only link tables to tables (not fields to fields), but it would be really awesome if we could link a collaborator field (that IS NOT the primary field) in a “Projects” table to a matching employee name (which IS the primary field) in an “Employees” table. That way, we could get all the extra features & benefits of a collaborator field, while simultaneously getting all the features & benefits of a linked field. 🙂 The workaround for now is pretty simple: We just have an extra field inside the Projects table which is the link to the employee table. (Only problem is that we now have 2 fields in Projects which have the exact same information in them.) ... View more

When you expand a record, it could be useful to have the option to split the screen and have the record on the left, and the attachment (or gallery if there is more than one) on the right. :point_right: This way you can complete your record while looking at the attachment (use cases: fill a bug report from a screenshot, copy details from a receipt, add tags about an illustration for a scrapbook…) ... View more

I asked a question and was suggested to post a feature request here. I’ve defined linked records between two tables, say, Customer and Order with a one to many relationship. In a view of Customer I can expand a cell in the linked order column to see a list of order records, but that list has a fixed format. I already have nicely configured Views for Order data. I would like expand cell to display the linked orders using one of those existing Views with an appropriate record query that filters to just the matching orders. Likewise, in a view of Order, I want to click on a linked customer record, or “expand cell” to display that single customer using an existing View of Customer that I’ve configured. Looks like there is no pre-built way to do this, nor scripted approach since a script can’t control the main table/view display. ... View more

Hi there, Please continue to invest in improving array functions (and other formula functions) within Airtable. The array functions are very limited right now in both scope & functionality. This recent thread highlights a few of the problems with arrays (e.g. they don’t work on text fields, they don’t work on lookup fields, there is no array function for display values that are duplicated across 2 fields, 2 arrays can’t be used as multiple inputs for another array function, etc.), but doing a search in the forums for “array” reveals a ton of possible direction for the future of arrays. (Similarly, it would be nice to see the other formula functions be improved upon as well.) I’m hoping that the new Javascript block doesn’t mean that Airtable is going to push all future functions in that direction. That would really hurt people like myself who aren’t JavaScript experts — so I’d love to see Airtable continue investing in their own low-code/no-code backend formula/function code. Thanks! 🙂 ... View more

It looks like some people are enjoying the map block, but it isn’t very helpful for us for these reasons: It simply gives a map with dropped pins of all the addresses that you are currently looking at in your current view. We don’t want to see all of our addresses simultaneously on a map at the same time — we just want to see the map location of the current record that we are currently interacting with. But — if you want to see the map location for just a single record in your view, you have to filter your entire list for just that one record. The map block also requires you to switch the block to full screen mode to see the map, which is not ideal. It would be great if it was viewable off to the side. Even if you just have a single pin on your map (i.e. you filtered your entire list down to just one record), the map block doesn’t zoom you into the pin. What our users want is just the most simple & common map request: Click on a record, and then have a map open up to the side with the location of that record’s address. (And zoomed into that address, too.) I think the underlying fundamental problem here is that the Airtable platform doesn’t really understand the concept of “clicking on a record and then having that record trigger some action based on that record”. So, since the Maps Block doesn’t really do what need it to do, we’ll just need to open the official Google Maps website in another tab in our web browser. So our solution is that we’re going to figure out how Google Maps URL’s are constructed for addresses, and then we will construct that URL as a formula field in Airtable. Then, users will be able to just click on that constructed URL for each record to take them to Google Maps in another web browser tab. If somebody knows an easier method of doing this instead of creating a formula field that results in a Google Maps URL, please let me know! 🙂 ... View more

Having different Views per table is great, but it would be great to have a curated menu (maybe as a Block in the left side) of views, as a simple & friendly UI for accesing different parts of the base/app. It doesn’t have to be a full tree-like structure, it can be 2 or 3 levels deep, maybe the first level being a category, defined by the table name. Custom icons/names would be a plus++ ... View more

I have been using the android apps for a while only to realize that its benefit is limited since there is no summary bar. If anyone knows where it was located, please point me out. If not, I really hope the developers will make it available in near future. Thanks :slightly_smiling_face: ... View more

I would love to be able to send row(s) emails based on templates, example: From: my@email.com To: {rcpt_emails} Cc: another@email.com Hey {first_name}, Thanks for submitting you information. blah blah blah... --- //Include row(s) summary/grid (as now) ... View more

It would be great if Airtable could support Slack Unfurling by providing the necessary metadata needed for the Unfurl to work. Looks like Tray.io already have it - Introducing App Unfurls for Slack ... View more