I switched from Airtable from Google Sheets/Forms a while ago and while I love it, I am really missing having the data validation features of Google Forms. I have a lot of forms that have very specific formatting for how data needs to be entered and it would be great to force my users to enter it correctly instead of expecting them to follow the help text, because they don’t.
Yeah, the forms in Airtable are extremely basic. But you could still use Google Forms to collect your data, and then have the information automatically sent into Airtable afterwards.
Hey Kiera, totally get where you’re coming from. Airtable’s lack of form validation is a big adjustment, especially when you’re used toGoogle Formsenforcing strict formatting.
You might want to try theDataGuardextension—it lets you set up rules so fields can follow specific formats, like usingregex patternsfor phone numbers, emails, or other structured data. You can also mark fields asrequiredand set limits on values or lengths, so users can’t submit incorrect info in the first place.
