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Adrian_Sanchez
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

We use Airtable as a CRM and event management. These uses have been accomplished using separate bases but there’s been a growing desire for this process to be streamlined with an emphasis on leveraging the data already in the CRM. Ultimately, what I’m suggesting is Lookup Fields displayed on a Form View once a Link to Another Record Field is populated.

Here’s a use case:
CRM has a Table containing contacts with contact information (phone number, email address, etc.) and a Table for an event’s participants. The participant table has a Form View. The first field/question on the form is a Link to Another Record Field where the registrant selects their name. The next field/question would be a Lookup field displaying the phone number found on the linked record. The next field/question would ask if the phone number was still correct. The next field/question could be a question conditionally visible if the phone number was incorrect. We’d then repeat the process for the other data displayed by the Lookup fields.

6 Comments
Reba_Thomas
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

+1 for this use case.

Hannah_Wiginton
10 - Mercury
10 - Mercury

Hey @Reba_Thomas!

This would be a great feature in Airtable!

If you need this functionality, it’s possible with On2Air Forms. It will display your data from a field based on the selection from a previous field.

This example shows how it’s done. Once you select the Company name, it displays the Company logo in the form.

Moe
10 - Mercury
10 - Mercury

If you would like to show lookup fields on the form, this is possible using our Advanced Form for Airtable. You can check out the live demo here:

BarnabyMarshall
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Another +1 to add the ability to place lookup fields on forms. In my case, I'd just like to display contextual data (that is stored in a lookup field) that would help the user make the correct selections when filling out the form. It seems crazy that this is not possible out-of-the-box.

tgrier
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

+ 1 to Barnaby's statement. This would be very helpful in our form use.

Stephw
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Adding a plus one to this