Within an Automation Script, it's frustrating that we still encounter the inability to update the Single Select or Multi Select field options, with the error returning; "Airtable "Error: Cannot update field config from scripting automation" This limitation forces the user to reconsider the field type, with the alternative solution usually swapping it into a Single Line text field. Interestingly, it is possible to use an Automation Update Record action to do this exact same process, but for whatever reason it's not possible for an Automation Script to execute this very same process. Can this limitation please be reviewed and reconsidered by Airtable Developers? Without this feature, it limits the use of Single Select and Multiple Select fields within bases heavily dependent on Automations. ... View more

I have a table where the linked fields are references to other rows in the same table. I want to create a roll up field, but this isn’t allowed because the links aren’t to another table. Would it be possible to remove this restriction? ... View more

Airtable team, We have a relatively large team using Airtable across multiple departments. It would be awesome if the Collaborator field could be pared down to just the collaborators in a particular department. For instance, if we have a Collaborator field called Production, we would be able to only see the collaborators in the Production department. As it is, everyone from every department has to look through all the names to find there name. Thanks! ... View more

Is it possible to be able to have selectable charts in an Interface dashboard similar to those in AT Dashboard apps? It would be very useful to be able to select an objects on a chart (bar or pie or…) and have it either pop the record/s of that object or have it filter the view without having to use separate filters. sd ... View more

i create weekly task table for my activities, but adding tags with multi select is slow, Airtable Airtable: Organize anything you can imagine Airtable works like a spreadsheet but gives you the power of a database to organize anything. Sign up for free. it will be faster if there are tags fields that i can type it once in a place and use it in each column instead of using multi select and retyping the tags for each column fields ... View more

I find it strange that with the release of the blocks platform, users cannot create personal block views/dashboards. I think it diminishes the brilliance of blocks, and is definitely killing adoption for us. The single blocks view isn’t very useful when we have dozens of people using our base, all needing to look at different facets of the data. One of my co-workers said … “until blocks have personal views, they’re dead to me” ... View more

Hi Airtabl-expert, My name is Linh. My project AYA is creating a network of reusable cups for takeaways. Im creating an app to track users, participants and cups. My MVP built on Airtable is 70%. With 1 transaction, ideally, a participant will need to scan QR codes for each cup and for each user. However, there is no option to scan QR code from a form. Hence, there are many clicks for participants to scan. site 🙂 In this link below that shows the transaction form, a participant will need to type and search in a multiple drop-down menu. I think this feature would be important. The scanning QR code has become so huge, so popular. For an event, we can get attendees to self-check-in by scan the QR code of an event via " an arrial form". Would be so awesome if we can make this feature happen. P/S: if you have any suggestion for my site, let me know. ... View more

Hello 🙂 When an image is added in a cell, the only thing we can do on it is to add comments, which is fine but not sufficient IMO. A great addition would be the ability to make quick drawings (crosses, lines, rectangles for example) on an image. That would help a lot here ! Thanks, Regards. Nicolas Caplat ... View more

Units for numer fields Plain number fields can be highly ambiguous at times. E.g. does “width” mean widht in mm , or in inch ? When working in teams on the data, users entering data in the US might be more comfortable entering inch and users in europe would prefer cm . This could be fixed by creating field types for length, area, volume etc. But this would lead to a whole host of field-types and would make it harder to extend further when incorperating more exotic cases like electrical current, temperature or units of time. I would suggest to extend the number field time with an optional parameter to set it’s unit. User Input Conversion The Default unit is the used for by the API to return entered value. When entering a Value in a different Unit it should automatically converted. The JSON output should still be a simple number. The API-Documentation should be extended to show information about the returned unit. Mixed unit inputs like 6"2’ should automatically be turned into a decimal value. A user could change the unit to show in the column, without changing the base unit of the API. Conversion in API The API could be extended with a request parameter, to retrieve number values in a prefered unit. Formulas Formulas could be added, to work with units. E.G. Converting a given Unit into another (width-mm to width-inch). Or do calculate the Surface area by two given lengths. Use Cases A merchand dealing in different Countries. Measures entered into one Column in a metric Unit automatically update the column for Imperial units. A property manager could enter the dimension of rooms in an apartment, automatically calculating the area of. Developers get a unambiguous about the meaning within a number field. Entering Temperature Data that is given in kelvin (K), celsius (degC), fahrenheit (degF) Examples of Unit-Categories: ... View more