Am I missing something or Airtable does not have an input method to select a user (aka Collaborator)?What I want to do: create a script that first asks to select a user.I know I can create a workaround (below) but that is not my question... is there ...
I have a lot of custom Airtable Apps.
This code base is spread accross multiple bases and tables.
To copy-paste or to update code, I have to open a base, open the Apps panel, scroll to the App, and edit the App. And that’s when I remember where the c...
In scripting block, when calling
input.textAsync("Your Name")
it would be convenient to have an optional second argument to provide a default value in the text field:
input.textAsync("Your Name", "Jane Doe")
To keep better track of product suggestions, I propose to add a “resolution status” field to posts in the actual Show and tell / Product Suggestions community forum.This is additional information to a “closed” status on a post: it indicates whether o...
We have “Description” texts for fields and views.They are displayed as tooltips for fields, and as a commentary in the views list.
I suggest to add such “Description” field for each of the views settings:
Hidden fieldsFiltersGroupingSortingColoringEv...
March 2024 update: still not available.There is a bulky workaround: create a "Record template".From there you can set a default value for a date field. Can even set it dynamically to the current date.But creating new records from a template is not as...
On big Airtable-based systems I have built for clients, this is not an issue because we end up having a User table anyway, with a lot of business logic attached to it (permissions, employee info, etc), and we sync it to other bases where we need to a...
I have no particular opinion about who should set this field: whether the OP or the forum admins.
Editable by OP:
+ more democratic
+ less work for Airtable staff
- risk of not being updated
- risk of long and confusing debate threads
Editable by Air...
