Interface search bar cannot return partial match results

LWelding · ‎Sep 07, 2023

What is the proposed idea/solution? The interface search bar will return 0 results if the beginning of the string is not entered How does is solve the user problems? We use airtable to track our jobs. We have several jobs that start with the same 4 digits (2714XXX). When we search for a part we typically just enter the last 3 or 4 digits of the part number instead of the whole part number. For example a part number 27142264 we would just enter 2264 in the search bar. How was this validated? In our base if you enter 2264 in the search bar it returns 0 results, but if you enter 27142264 it returns 2 results. Who is the target audience? Anyone that uses the search bar and cannot remember the start of the string they are searching for or anyone that uses part numbers similar to our system.

matt_stewart1 · ‎Dec 19, 2022

What is the proposed idea/solution? When populating automation filters there is the option for choosing a static value or a dynamic value. This would be great to add ability to switch between static/dynamic values in regular View filters... How does is solve the user problems? I currently have a large number of fields used to compare data in 2 fields and flag when something doesn't match for example. It would cut down greatly on the number of fields I have if I was able to use the dynamic setting and adjust my View filters to say if Field 1 does not equal Field 2, then show in this view. How was this validated? ... Who is the target audience? Smaller teams needing to manually QA various datapoints without the need for additional field counts...

benomite · ‎Sep 06, 2023

I have an automation trying to update multiple fields of a record. Sometimes it fails and give me this error : Error: Field "fldKGWwykYE5qbRTG" cannot accept the provided value. Could you update the error message to provide the Field name instead of ID. Logging the "provided value" could also be very precious. It will be very helpful for debugging to understand what happened and how to avoid it in the future. Thanks a lot!

BenInDallas · ‎Apr 13, 2017

As we’ve been testing AirTable for our business’s project management needs, one thing we’ve had trouble setting up is something like an expense report, purchase order, or mileage report. Our typical reports would be a single printable document with several standard pieces of data (job name/number, purchase date, vendor info, billing method, etc), and a table containing purchase info (item, qty, price) with totals at the bottom. In Airtable, you can currently accomplish something like this with two tables (let’s call them “Expense Reports” and “Expense Items”) with the latter connected to the former with a “Link” field. But it’s a bit clumsy, because you’d have one table with each “report” and another table that contains lots and lots and lots of expense items that likely have nothing to do with each other. More importantly, it’s not really possible to export the data from each Report while including the Expense Item data. A more elegant solution would be a field type called “Nested Table.” This would create (within a record) a small table/spreadsheet with customizable columns, simple math functions, and the ability to add rows on-the-fly. Thoughts?

Andrew_Enright · ‎Apr 28, 2016

Please add a fit-to-width option for columns. Right now I have to manually shrink each column for short-data columns. Thank you!

Helena_Rose · ‎Mar 11, 2020

Hi there, We use airtable pro company wide with our 20 staff members. I’d really like to add them all as workspace collaborators to our main workspace so I can use the collaborator fields and send them emails etc when needed, but we have a few bases in the workspace with sensitive content that we cant share with the whole team, but we still need pro features on these bases. Therefore what would be AMAZING would be if airtable allowed workspace owners to password protect certain bases from other workspace users. This would improve my experience no end, at the moment I have to share 20 odd bases with each staff member individually as base collaborators and manually add / remove staff members for each base as people join/leave, plus the collaborator function doesn’t work so I have to also build staff members and email address as a separate tab in every base, which is clunky. Pretty please add this function if possible which would make the management of users in a workspace so much easier, and feels like it would not be a very difficult fix to implement? Thanks in advance! Helena

Isaacr · ‎Sep 02, 2023

What is the proposed idea/solution? Change the macOS desktop app icon to be a rounded square. The current icon looks out of place among other macOS app icons. How does is solve the user problems? It improves the appearance of the Airtable icon in users' docks and launchpad. The icon could be replaced with the iOS app icon, which is a rounded square. How was this validated? All macOS apps are supposed to have rounded square icons. Who is the target audience? All users of the Airtable macOS desktop app.

Renatto_Andrade · ‎Feb 15, 2024

I'd like the ability to open up a details side-page for a record by clicking a button in an interface page. For my use case, I have team members providing feedback via a "form", which is just a page layout with multiple editable fields. Occasionally, some peeps have wanted to see additional details to provide context to their feedback. These details come via a rollup from connected records in another table, and the delivery was very cumbersome, especially when there were many connected records involved. This often disrupted the original layout of the page, so I solved by creating a new interface page dedicated to hosting these details. Currently users can get there via a button to the 2nd page's URL. I think a slightly more elegant solution would be for the button to open up a record details side page, and allow me to display the rollup field there. This would let some of my team see the additional details if they wanted to, without disrupting the page layout, and without taking them away from the page.

paul_phillips · ‎Sep 30, 2016

How do you remove the Airtable logo (bottom left) when you embed an Airtable view on a website? Is this removable on the paid plans for Airtable? If not, I think it should be an option

Ambroise_Dhenai · ‎Aug 18, 2022

Following our discussion at Soon You'll Need a CDN - #15 by Ambroise_Dhenain Context With the upcoming change that will transform the currently public CDN into an internal CDN (where attachments can only be accessed from inside Airtable), Airtable customers are looking for a way to keep some attachments public. Proposal This could be gracefully handled with the ability to enable the “public CDN” option, for any “Attachment” field. Also, the ability to specify into which field to store the URL might be useful, the goal being able to know the public url of the attachment (one that doesn’t change!). Attachments configured this way would be properly stored into a public CDN, designated for that use case. The public CDN feature would have its own pricing and limits based on the customer’s plan. Motivations I’ve read that “Airtable doesn’t want to become a public CDN”, and that it shouldn’t be used for this purpose. I beg to differ slightly: Airtable doesn’t want to become a public CDN for free. The real issue at hand is for Airtable to store the attachments of all customers and support its cost. Also, there are real privacy-related issues about the current public CDN, because all attachments are automatically made public, which might not be GDPR-compliant, depending on what documents are made public this way. Aggravate by the fact there is no way to disable a public link ourselves to fix that manually. Airtable could imagine a few things: A free tier for public attachments, based on the customer’s plan (ex: 100 public attachments, 1000 public attachments for Pro, etc.) Something like “pay-as-you-go” where customers would pay additionally based on the number of public attachments stored, or size, or a mix of both (KISS, please) Make all attachments private by default (no public CDN, or more so “no long-lasting links”), while allowing us to enable public CDN (or so, “long-lasting links”) for the few fields where we really need it (and are ready to pay for it) Bring more options for Attachment fields where the public CDN has been enabled, such as: The ability to manually refresh the link (invalidate the old one, provide a new one) The ability to have “self-invalidating” links, that would expire after a set date (static or dynamic) It would make sense to propose such “public CDN” feature, which would be a good complement to the “internal CDN” that can only be accessed from within Airtable. Assuming it has its own pricing and managed differently, it would both provide great value, while forcing customers to only enable the public CDN for the few fields we need to have public. It wouldn’t be a hindrance to security, GDPR, or performances. I really hope such a system will be designed, better sooner than later, as it would help with the upcoming transition quite a lot. :crossed_fingers:

Interface search bar cannot return partial match results

Filter Records View dynamically

Update error message when updating a record fails

New Field Type: Nested Table

Fit-to-Width for Columns

Hide or password protect a base in a workspace

Use a macOS style icon on the macOS desktop app

Open Record Details side page using a button

Whitelabel embedded views

Feature request: Public CDN opt-in for attachments

Format Formula as Checkbox

CSV Import in Interfaces

React to Record Comments

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