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Early this year I wrote a script1 to help a user organize some sequential events, where one event would start when the previous event ended. Rather than continue to post updates to that original thread, I felt it would be best to start a new one.
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Every so often someone asks how to format numbers in a string the same way that they appear in a number or currency field. Various formulas have been created in the past (including some that I’ve posted in threads on this topic), but a recent thread ...
Is anyone experiencing odd problems with view controls (filters, sorting, etc.)? They’re suddenly not working correctly in my bases, and none of my records are appearing at all when any filter is applied. Only if a view is unfiltered can I see any re...
A question arose recently that’s come up a few times in the past: is it possible to give form users the ability to either pick an item from a predefined list or add their own “other” option, and have manually-added options actually appear in the list...
@ebefort_DDP wrote:I just assumed they were tired of replying so they deleted their responses.It's more likely that they were either spamming or providing a lot of misleading answers. Not sure how the banning process works here, but their content has...
Hi @ebefort_DDP . Unfortunately you were seriously misled about formulas being able to handle this situation. (Guessing that whoever replied to you has been removed from the forum, as their posts don't even appear any more.) For one thing, there is n...
@ebefort_DDP The techniques I outlined in my original post should still work even after all the changes that Airtable has gone through since then, though frankly it's a bit of a clunky hack that I wouldn't recommend for a production environment. Thes...
Check to see if your field name contains a trailing space after the “m”. The only way to check for this is to edit the field, as the space won’t be visible in the field label.
@Julia_Barry I'm glad that my earlier solutions were useful for you! I'm sorry that I haven't responded sooner to your follow-up questions. I don't visit the forums any more for a variety of reasons, and the account where I receive email notices of p...
