Can you create new views via script?

I think the only think you can create is records.

Hello,

I got the same questions, and a little more:

• what you just asked ;


• how to programmatically (by Script Block) do what we can do while creating or modifying one table from UI:

• add FIELD ;


• modify FIELD type & its format ;


• move FIELD between other FIELDS ;


• rename FIELD ;


• delete FIELD ;


• create / modify Linked FIELD ;


• create / modify LOOKUP FIELD ;


• create / modify FORMULA ;
  
  …/…
  
  because I’m creating my own TABLE Templates
  
  then I would programmatically (by Script Block) rename, copy and/or move it into its BASE then Create-Read-Modify-Write-Move FIELDs as I just wrote.

@Kasra @Dru_Knox @Stephen_Suen

Best,

olπ

At this time, you cannot programmatically create or modify tables, views, or fields via the scripting block. You’ll have to manually perform those actions in the main table UI.

Thanks, Stephen (and all).

Humbly requesting this feature

Thanks, Ariel and Stephen

So do I

I can see this being very useful too - one example being to give subcontractors their own read-only view of work assigned to them without having to set them up manually.

Thank you @Stephen_Suen & Script-Block team !

I hope these instructions will be added in a future evolution of Script-Block, in a not too distant future, because I’m tired of cloning my tables-templates by adapting Field-Names and Field-Types and Views by hand.

Thank you for your understanding,

olπ

Automating creating Views, Dashboards… that would be a dream.

At the moment I have to do this manually and it takes ages…

1. New Project


2. Create 3 new Views – Add Filters (manually paste name of linked record)


3. Create Dashboard


4. Duplicate Blocks from existing Dashboard


5. Change all Blocks to use new Views

Please help me

Any updates on this?

Would love to have this option or even a block that can create multiple views.

hi @nino_regala,

Not (yet) a Programmatic Views Manager by Airtable,

but I could hope both these posts will help:

Not yet tried: I’ve first to play with REACT.js and that’s what I’m doing now.

olπ

Hey this great!,

is views.create / update / delete in the pipeline or in the making?

Many are looking forward to have this option - as it will be HUGE.

Thanks,

Onur

Yes, I’m thinking it’s HUGE too

and some workaround I had considered by use of

doesn’t seems to help because Fields Props (field.description eg.) seem to stay Read-Only against any request and expectation…

oLπ

This will be an awesome feature. Creating (and deleting and updating) tables, views and fields wold be a big game change.

Will give the opportuinty to programers to manage airtable in a more automated way.

One use case I wanted to do searching for this feature is to create a table to manage views and fields. I have a CRM with a lot of data, and a big headache is the management of a lot of fields and views with other team members if this part could be automated via this feature would be a big step on custom app creation via airtable.

In my case I wanted to create groups of data in a new table, so each group of data has it’s configuration, table relation and fields, so with automations would be able to create a self organizing groups of fields for my CRM.

Any update on this feature?

This will be game changer!

I would like this feature also

Would love this too!

Any news on this?

is views.create / update / delete in the pipeline or in the making?

@Airtable teams, could you tell us about this feature indeed?

It would be super useful: the use case I’m stuck with is the dynamic creation of forms (generating forms with questions/descriptions based on input data). Well, ideally I would have like to use dynamic forms to deal with it, but since it doesn’t seem to be in the roadmap I was thinking of using a script to duplicate a template form and update some questions/descriptions to make that work.

Thank you for your help on this, and for this wonderful product!

Ludo

Yes I need it too. At least allow us to create view based on automation.

E.g. when it is the first day of the month, new view for that month will be created.

Thanks!

Hi,

Yes, this is still relevant because the new INTERFACES are not Scriptable (for the present) nor Shareable like the Views are (for the present).

olπ

I was hoping to hear that this was possible, but sad to hear it isn’t. Perhaps I can get by with creating new tables. :crossed_fingers:

Would love a feature to create new views via script blocks.

Hi Stephen, I am also currently looking at this feature and would love to see something allowing these actions!!! I love Airtables I am forever recommending the platform to friends in my profession and this would only enrich the experience further:)

Kind regards,

Jordan

any update on this?!

Are there any changes on this issue?

really need this

I hope this will be added after ability to create Tables and Fields was added

+100 for View creating/updating feature!!