Expanded Options for Date Field

FormsUser · ‎Jan 20, 2025

I often develop Airtable forms for use in youth afterschool programming. Since many of our participants are minors, it is important that we document their ages. In Airtable forms, I add the date field for prospective participants to enter their DOB and make it a required field. I set the "Range Minimum" to the latest date someone could be born and qualify for program (so, if a program requires you be 18 to participate, the "Range Minimum" to the latest date someone could be born and still be 18 by the program start date). Problem is, you have to click through each of the months of each year to get to the far past. This is time-consuming, and having the ability to type in a date would really save time. Overall, the Airtable team should look into allowing the date field to be used for more than just tracking dates connected to things other than just project timelines. Who is the target audience? People who use forms and other Airtable features to track age or other dates that occurred in the far past. This is NOT for people tracking future deadlines or team project timelines, as it seems that the Date field is currently configured with those users in mind.

oreocereus · ‎Jan 19, 2025

It'd be really use to be able to generate notifications for the user on the mobile app (or desktop). Seems like it'd be simple to do. We'd like this, as we have really complicated automations running, that are not 100% infallible to human input error. Currently I manage this with a "notification" single select, whereby if an input error has happened and needs to be fixed, it's tagged with the relevant issue. Input views are grouped by the notification select, so the user can at least see next time they open the app there was an error with their data entry. But this is messy, can create multi-day delays in getting information rectified, and also takes up 1 of the 3 "grouping" slots (and I already find 3 not quite enough). There'd be lots of reasons to notifcations would be useful to others. Obviously email and slack are options for generating notifications, but we're a small team (3) who work in the field together, so we don't use slack, and we're not checking our emails. Everyone prefers their email notifications to be left off, and to deal with their emails when back in the office.

Sergej_Gastilov · ‎Jan 16, 2025

I think response time for automation is very important to improve. It would be also great to get an automatic response message as a Toast Component in Airtable Interface UI. (external server (external fetch request) can be busy, Interface User have to know the Status of the action). It would also important to have not to repeat same code as you see from Screenshot. (Solution: to make Api request new section)

Ariane · ‎Jan 14, 2025

What is the proposed idea/solution? Today an interface can only be created on a base from every table in this base. It might happen to wish to build an interface with information coming from different bases. Let's have an interface that can show data from all the bases!

MichaelSargent · ‎Jan 13, 2025

What is the proposed idea/solution? Somewhere within the Automations tab, it should show you how many automations you've created and how many are remaining out of your 50. Otherwise, users are forced to manually count how many automations they've created and then subtract, which seems completely unnecessary.

Frite666 · ‎Jan 12, 2025

Sems stupid to say the least but it is impossible to diplay most currency and units correctly because the Currency field dosen't allow the "currency symbol" to be displayed after the value. Adding a radio/checkbox to choise between the 2 options would be great. It could be added right here There is a post by @.Theo_Zachmann about it posted in 2017 (almost 8 years prior) and it has neither been anwsered by the Airtable Team or implemented yet.

Frite666 · ‎Jan 12, 2025

With Rating being a type, it should be possible to format look up and formula into a directly into Rating. Right now this is not possible, without the use of Automation even so a rating is a disguised Number. Adding this functionnaly would help application that have to deal with things like community ratings. Because a Rating is Number between 0 and a max rating, the resulting value in a formula should be clamp with 0 as the min and the max rating as the max.

dk82734 · ‎Jan 10, 2025

What is the proposed idea/solution? Writing Airtable scripts using JavaScript is very tedious. It would be great if you could have a way to prompt an AI to start building an Airtable script for you -- piece by piece -- similar to GitHub Co-Pilot. How does is solve the user problems? This accelerates the time to value in Airtable scripts and can make them easier to maintain for users. How was this validated? Simply poll your Airtable customer base to see how many of them write scripts and how many of them want to speed that process up. Who is the target audience? Airtable script writers

tracymf-tkk · ‎Jan 09, 2025

Currently, I have to make another table to track dates, holidays and weekends. This is a real pain. It would be nice if there were a setting somewhere either at the table or base level where I could select work weekends, yes or no, etc. Right now this is a really drawback.

Blake_D · ‎Jan 09, 2025

What is the proposed idea/solution? ...Introduce an option in Airtable's Interface Designer to hide or collapse elements within a page until a filter or record picker linked to it has a selection made. How does is solve the user problems? ...When navigating pages with numerous elements or multiple filter boxes (often due to information being pulled from various tables), hiding elements until a filter option is chosen minimizes visual clutter and unnecessary scrolling. This enhancement simplifies the interface at first glance, creating a cleaner, more focused user experience. It also reduces the number of pages required within an interface, consolidating workflows and reducing the number of clicks needed to access information. Overall, this saves users time and improves efficiency by streamlining their interaction with the interface. How was this validated? ... This idea is supported by user feedback highlighting frustration with current interface designs, specifically: Difficulty understanding what a page offers or the purpose of its elements without a visible breakdown. The need to scroll through an entire page to locate a specific element, which can be time-consuming. Challenges faced by new Airtable users or those unfamiliar with a particular page, as they struggle to quickly grasp its structure or find relevant information. These insights demonstrate the value of a cleaner, more dynamic interface that adapts to user actions, reducing confusion and improving efficiency. Who is the target audience? ...The target audience includes any users of Airtable, such as (but not limited to) project managers, data analysts, and interface designers who rely on complex, multi-table data interfaces to drive productivity. Additionally, casual users who benefit from simplified, intuitive workflows will also find value in this enhancement.

Expanded Options for Date Field

Automation Action: Generate notifications on app (or desktop)

Interface Button and external api Request

Interface on whole workspace

Remaining Automation Slots

Show currency after the value

Format into a Rating

Use Generative AI to WRITE SCRIPTS

Auto-generate or be able to set non-working dates and holidays by country

Interface Design

Hide a Table(s)

Format Formula as Checkbox

CSV Import in Interfaces

React to Record Comments

Allow Emoji reactions to comments