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Submitted on
Jan 05, 2023
12:31 PM
Submitted by
Emery_Sheldon
on
Jan 05, 2023
12:31 PM

Simple Idea, I want to change a record in Interface via a button. My goal is to create a calendar with each month being a button. Clicking on that button would change the information on the dashboard just like a record picker.
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Submitted on
Jan 05, 2023
10:46 AM
Submitted by
larzbaecher
on
Jan 05, 2023
10:46 AM

Hi all! I think adding formatting options (bulleted/numbered lists, adding links onto text) and message reactions into the messaging of the activity panel would really enhance its use and overall functionality. How does is solve the user problems? Our company utilizes the activity panel a lot to provide feedback/notes for updates/etc. With longer messages, text in this panel gets hard to consume because there's no easy way to format with more structure and separate out action items. Also, when you just need to know that someone has seen your message in the activity panel, the only way to know they've seen it is for them to respond and @ you, which can then clog up the panel with unnecessary messages. Who is the target audience? Larger collaborative businesses, where lots of conversation needs to happen on records outside of the permanent fields
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Submitted on
Dec 30, 2022
03:08 PM
Submitted by
Jelani_Clay
on
Dec 30, 2022
03:08 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? For each new table, I like to create certain views and sections. It would be great to be able to add these quickly with keyboard shortcuts. How does is solve the user problems? It saves time. How was this validated? 🤷🏽♂️ Who is the target audience? All Airtable Users
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Submitted on
Dec 28, 2022
03:04 AM
Submitted by
Michael_Lever
on
Dec 28, 2022
03:04 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Use AI or such like to 'translate' questions that involve a Formula into instant solutions without having to learn/decipher the language of Formula. For example, say I want a formula that will display from at least 5 fields: Joe is coming to lunch at 2.21pm on 1 January 2023 which is in 4 days time. Instead of having to work out how to join the text, ensure that 2.21 doesn't need ROUND to be certain of 2 decimal places, and a formula for calculating the number of day from any given date, one would simply enter in a formula field: Joe is coming to lunch at 2.21pm on 1 January 2023 which is in 4 days time Behind-the-scenes AT would convert the question into the answer. the user wouldn't then have faff around with " and ( and, { etc ) " before being able to get on with whatever. (Long ago I invented a method of counselling for resolving (permanently) deep-seated psychological and emotional problems in about an hour and a half. I worked on the principle that people generally want answers on a plate and that a therapist should not expect clients to have to do all the hard work merely because the therapist might have spent months perhaps years of study to reach the stage at which the therapist's advice would be worth taking. I am not a therapist, at least not in the popular sense of the word but had I wanted to launch the method into a proper business rather than just something to do in my spare time I am told that the method could have put vast numbers of counsellors and psychotherapists out of business. With AT you have a superb product which would become excellent if instead of focussing on the superficial stuff more effort were put into transforming the hidden depths into simple to understand and equally easy to implement solutions.) How does is solve the user problems? The user would know that any question asked would be answered in a way that the user can understand. How was this validated? My experience transformed into an aopportunity for your business.
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Submitted on
Dec 26, 2022
06:40 AM
Submitted by
Kaley_White
on
Dec 26, 2022
06:40 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? An option to filter by number of values in a multiple-select or linked record field. How does this solve the user problems? Easily locate records associated with multiple other records. In my specific situation, a collaborator is asking why certain Tasks are linked to two projects instead of just one. (A hacky solution is creating a field with the array joined values of the linked field and then filtering by which rows contain the value separator.) How was this validated? ... Who is the target audience? Users who are refining Base designs, such as cardinality, based on feedback from non-technical users
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Submitted on
Dec 20, 2022
01:22 PM
Submitted by
Kaley_White
on
Dec 20, 2022
01:22 PM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Allow tabs ('\t') and newlines ('\n') in the prompt argument to input.textAsync. How does is solve the user problems? Multiline prompts would make longer prompts more readable. The following is, quite frankly, a mess: How was this validated? Tabs and newlines in the prompt string are not shown. The above mess is generated by the following code: const grps = ['Update Projects entry', 'Topic', 'Database', 'Results', 'Dev build', 'Initial meeting', 'Demo', 'Data sharing', 'Contouring', 'Model development', 'Interim analysis', 'Final analysis', 'Study proposal', 'Study protocol', 'Grant', 'Prospective data collection', 'CRA', 'REB', 'Abstract (will be published on its own)', 'Manuscript', 'Poster', 'Presentation', 'NDA', 'Privacy/security review', 'Cover letter'].sort();
var origPrompt = 'Record group to create. Choose a number.\n';
for(var i = 0; i < grps.length; ++i) {
origPrompt += (i + 1) + '.\t' + grps[i] + '\n';
}
origPrompt += 'Group number: '
await input.textAsync(origPrompt); Who is the target audience? Users who want more formatting options in scripts, especially for longer text prompts. - Note that this wouldn't be an issue if radio button inputs were supported.
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What is the proposed idea/solution? ... Have the chance to apply different conditions and/or filters to columns (like lookup) in different views. How does is solve the user problems? ... At this moment, the only way to apply different conditions to columns is to duplicate the tables and apply the new condition or filter. If we had the chance to create different views with better control of conditions and filters, we would be able to reduce the number of tables and have everything in the same table but with different views. Why do we need different conditions? if we want to apply automations and scripts is easier if we are able to filter the data and the columns in views. We can apply the automation to that specific view. Who is the target audience? ... Everyone that works with multiple kinds of products, clients, locations etc, and wants to analyze data based on a specific feature.
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Submitted on
Dec 16, 2022
10:20 AM
Submitted by
chguenther
on
Dec 16, 2022
10:20 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? A button or link to quickly download a CSV table of the data underlying a chart. How does this solve the user problems? The chart tools in Airtable are great. However, there are many times when charts need to be recreated in PowerPoint or another program (to customize formatting, to combine with information from outside Airtable, to add to professionally designed reports, etc.). As far as I know, this currently can only be done by manually creating a summary table in the other program – or, in some cases, by using formulas, automation, etc. in Airtable to create summary tables automatically. Both are time-consuming and prone to errors. If a user could instead just quickly download a summary table to paste into another program, it could greatly improve efficiency and accuracy. How was this validated? ... Who is the target audience? ...
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Submitted on
Dec 11, 2022
06:06 PM
Submitted by
tlloydthwaites
on
Dec 11, 2022
06:06 PM

We use RabbitMQ a lot to take action when certain record events happen. For example, when users are created in a table, this sends a message which triggers account creation in other systems. At the moment, we use scripting automations to send POST requests to our RabbitMQ HTTP API. This is cumbersome, and there's no way to listen to events without creating webhooks. We would love first-class AMQP integration in Airtable. This would look like: In automations, the ability to send an AMQP message with a routing key and payload Ability to listen to an AMQP topic and take action
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Submitted on
Dec 07, 2022
10:10 AM
Submitted by
Kyle_Johnson
on
Dec 07, 2022
10:10 AM

What is the proposed idea/solution? Make the Page Designer extension bi-directional. How does is solve the user problems? This would allow a user that creates reports from records to make changes to a record and the resulting report directly on the report itself. You could then potentially make edits to hundreds of fields on a record from a single page view that is highly customizable. I find there is far too much scrolling required when there are many fields that need to be filled in or changed, so the Page Designer extension seems like the easiest way to make the most customized and condensed views of a record as possible, and things like text fields, check boxes, and drop down fields could be very easily manipulated from this type of view. How was this validated? ... Who is the target audience? Users that create reports from records
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