Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Feb 14, 2025
03:01 AM
Submitted by
asierorbe
on
‎Feb 14, 2025
03:01 AM
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What is the proposed idea/solution? It would be great to have the option to render a map as a component of Interfaces, similar to the Map extension on the case. How does it solve the user's problems? It's a really graphic way to visualize location-based data
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Feb 12, 2025
10:35 PM
Submitted by
ohthatjonathan
on
‎Feb 12, 2025
10:35 PM
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It would be really helpful if read-only viewers of public interface pages had the option of exporting grid-view content to a CSV (preferably matching their filtering and sorting). Currently (Feb 2025) the export to CSV option is only available to org members who are assigned to the interface and logged into Airtable. The option shouldn't be enabled by default, but we should have the choice to enable this if we want to. In our use case, we want external / public users — without Airtable access — to be able to view a simple price list and download it as a CSV.
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Jan 30, 2025
09:14 PM
Submitted by
Mike_AutomaticN
on
‎Jan 30, 2025
09:14 PM
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List views within interfaces, and List page layouts do not support/show the sum of values of a given field (e.g. number, currency, etc). However, this is actually supported for grid views. -see comparison in image below. Even if something similar can be achieved using different workarounds as mentioned by @ScottWorld and @ATSolutionist in this other post submitted by @Scott_Brasted, a native out of the box solution seems completely needed. Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Feb 12, 2025
01:25 AM
Submitted by
Anton_Pettersso
on
‎Feb 12, 2025
01:25 AM
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As we have view descriptions to identify the purpose of a view, it would be very helpful to implement the same feature in the forms list. In our case we have several forms for different purposes that are each tied to a number of automations. For the users editing the forms it's currently difficult to navigate the forms list and be sure you are editing the correct form as there is no description and/or internal name of it to indicate the purpose.
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Jan 07, 2025
11:48 AM
Submitted by
Michael_Andrew
on
‎Jan 07, 2025
11:48 AM
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I would be great if we could add buttons or links at the top of an interface sidesheets/full sheet record detail view to 'jump' to groups within the sheet. For record details sheets that are pretty long, this would be useful.
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Jan 13, 2025
07:16 AM
Submitted by
MichaelSargent
on
‎Jan 13, 2025
07:16 AM
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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.
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Jan 19, 2025
10:58 AM
Submitted by
oreocereus
on
‎Jan 19, 2025
10:58 AM
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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.
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Dec 02, 2024
09:30 AM
Submitted by
kuovonne
on
‎Dec 02, 2024
09:30 AM
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What is the proposed idea/solution? In the configuration screen for a linked record field, show the name of the backlink field. This could be either read-only or editable. For same-table links, state that the field is a same-table link and does not have a backlink field. When creating a new linked record field to a different table, state that a backlink field will be created and display the name that will be used (or let the user enter a name for the backlink). How does is solve the user problems? Many novice creators do not realize that a back link field is created when they create a new linked record field. This would let them know. Once users are accustomed to the creation of backlink fields, some are surprised and confused when same table links do not have backlink fields. This would make things clearer for them. Creators often don't think about naming the backlink field, as the default name usually works when there is only one linked between two tables. However, sometimes the default name doesn't work and should be changed, especially when there are multiple links between tables. Showing the name reminds creators to pay attention to the backlink field name. When deleting a linked record field, the backlink field also often needs to be deleted as well (versus hanging around as a single line text field). Showing the name of the backlink field will make creators more aware that they should delete the backlink field, and also make it easier to find the backlink field to delete it. When there are multiple links between tables, especially in legacy bases where backlinks were not named well, it can be difficult to figure out relationships. Although the Base Schema extension shows which linked record fields go together, in a large base, the diagram is a huge tangled mess and too hard to work with. It is also possible to identify backlinks by looking at field data, but this is cumbersome and depends on knowing the data values or having the ability to put in test data. The "Show Dependencies" tool lists the backlink field among all the other field dependencies. This is probably the easiest way to see the name of the backlink field, but the nature of the dependency is not obvious to new users. Scripting is another way of identifying backlinks, but that is also a niche skill. How was this validated? Personal experience maintaining bases. Who is the target audience? People with creator permissions who will be creating and maintaining linked record fields, including both novice and experienced creators.
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Feb 04, 2025
01:09 AM
Submitted by
Coups
on
‎Feb 04, 2025
01:09 AM
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What is the proposed idea/solution? Give List views that are on blank interface pages along side other elements the full functionality (Tabs and dropdowns) How does is solve the user problems? Much better interactivity when displaying lots of information on one page How was this validated? Personally unable to build the data analysis and planning tool I wish to without this Who is the target audience? Builders, data analysts, executive tier viewers
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Status:
New Ideas
Submitted on
‎Jan 07, 2025
05:17 AM
Submitted by
Mike_AutomaticN
on
‎Jan 07, 2025
05:17 AM
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What is the proposed idea/solution? Linked Records, Lookups and Rollups are currently sorted in the order in which the linked records have been linked. However, this is many times not enough, as we need a different way in which to show the data! The proposed solution is to have a sorting feature within the lookup (or even linked record, or rollup) to show the data differently -e.g. alphabetically. How does is solve the user problems? Will allow users to show their data in a way that makes more sense to the end user. How was this validated? Multiple Community Posts requesting for help/guidance on how to sort such values (which they actually cannot)! Who is the target audience? Users with specific needs on how data is displayed. Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation
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