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Welcome to the very first edition of The Airtable Effect —a monthly roundup of what’s new, what’s inspiring, and what’s possible with Airtable. Whether you're an everyday builder, a certified pro, or just getting started, this newsletter is for you. In each rendition of the newsletter, we’ll bring you: New product and program launches and updates The latest educational content from Airtable Academy Highlights from the Airtable Community Upcoming events you won’t want to miss You can find The Airtable Effect every month: In your inbox (are you opted into marketing emails?) On LinkedIn (make sure to subscribe!) In the Airtable Community (right here in the Onboarding Resources area!) ✨ Introducing the New Airtable Community We’ve redesigned the Airtable Community experience to make it easier to connect, collaborate, and grow your skills. Highlights include: An overhauled content structure Share your latest build or get inspired by others on the Builders Board and get your questions answer

Hi Dear community I'm new on airtable and looking for how to control my stock Inventory management Need your help or if you have sample database Most welcome

Hey Airtable enthusiasts! 👋🏽 My name is Anisha Prema and I am a Scaled Customer Success Manager at Airtable. I’m passionate about small businesses, love flower arranging, and most of all, enjoy helping customers make the most of Airtable! I’m excited to host April’s Onboarding Office Hours on April 22 , where you’ll get to connect with other new users and pick up best practices to set yourself up for long-term success. ✅ What to Expect: A quick recap of recent Airtable updates and announcements A walkthrough of key onboarding resources Best practices for building your first app in Airtable Practical tips to help you get the most out of Airtable Open Q&A — ask me anything about getting started! 🚫 What We Won’t Cover: Technical troubleshooting or bug fixes Billing, account, or subscription questions Product feature requests (submit those via our Product Ideas board!) For technical or account-related questions, your Account Executive or our Help Center are great go-to resources. Click

Hello all, good morning! Just wonder if I could get some help please! I am trying to use both softr and airtable to build a forum. I like the sample forum that it provided but would like to give it a bit more personality. As per the photos attached, I have a table for users and a table for post. I am using the table of “posts” for my forum so it is not linked to the user table. The issues are: I cannot link the user table to this forum so I cannot add “avatar” field from user table to the forum. I cannot seems to add another attachment photo into that specific space next to the author’s name and post date...

We are thrilled to announce that as of today Airtable Academy is now open to all customers! Whether you're using our Free, Team, Business or Enterprise Scale plan, you can now access this invaluable resource to elevate your Airtable skills, onboard new team members, and demonstrate your platform expertise through certification. What is Airtable Academy? Airtable Academy is your go-to resource for learning everything about Airtable, from the basics of database management to advanced features like automations and integrations. Our self-paced courses are designed to help you master the platform and unlock its full potential, no matter your level of expertise. Whether you’re just getting started with Airtable or you’re a seasoned pro, the Academy offers tailored coursework to fit your needs. With modules ranging from introductory topics like "Navigating Interfaces" to advanced content involving automations and formula-building, Airtable Academy provides a learning path that meets you where

Join us for our March edition of our Onboarding Office Hours event series! You'll get to connect with other new users, and learn best practices to help you find long term success with Airtable. ✅ Here's what you can expect: A recap of recent, important Airtable news and announcements A guided walk-through of essential onboarding resources Hand-picked best practices for building your app in Airtable Open Q&A where you can ask questions and get general advice from an Airtable Onboarding CSM Practical tips and recommendations to help you unlock Airtable's full potential ⛔ What We Won’t Cover: Technical troubleshooting or bugs Billing, account status, or subscription questions Product feature requests (feel free to submit those through our Product Ideas board) For technical issues or account questions, your Account Executive is a recommended point of contact and/or our Help Center is always a great resource. We hope to see you there!

Hi Airtable Community! I'm Matt, a Software Engineer here at Airtable. We're excited to announce some new features of number fields that give you more control over how numeric data is formatted and abbreviated. To access these updates, create a Number field or configure an existing Number field. What's included in these updates? Format numbers for different languages. Using the new “Thousands and decimal separators” setting, you can format numbers automatically based on users' language preferences with the new “Local” option. For example, an English-speaking user sees 1,234.0 while a German-speaking user sees 1.234,0. You can also choose a specific format that applies to all users regardless of language preferences. Support for additional languages and regions will be available over the coming weeks. Control whether thousands separators are shown. You can choose to display a number or currency field with thousands separators (1,234,567.0) or without (1234567.0). Abbreviate large number

Hello! I’m Ayesha, a Product Manager here at Airtable. We’re so excited to announce that we now have Portals available in Beta for customers to unlock guest access for their organization. What are Portals and why would you use them? With Portals, you’ll be able to invite users outside of your organization as guest users to your interfaces. These guest users will see a custom sign-in screen and be able to collaborate inside your interfaces together. We recommend using Portals for key use cases like: Client portals Ex: A marketing agency giving their clients real-time access to project updates and deliverables Vendor management Ex: A plumbing supply distributor who works with major appliance brands and needs to centralize vendor info Customer support Ex: A digital product organization who is giving customers a way to see their roadmap and provide suggestions How do you get access to the beta? If you’re on a Team, Business, or Enterprise Scale account, please visit airtable.com/account fo

NOTE: This blog was updated on 2/26/25 Hey Airtable Community 👋 You might have noticed a little something different with the community, and we wanted to share a little bit about what we’ve been working on! The community will experience disruptions starting Friday, Feb 28. Why, you ask? Well, we always want to create a better experience for our members guided by what our members find most important. Based on feedback that we’d been hearing, we realized that meant redesigning a community experience tailored to better connect, engage, and empower all of our members! We’ve put a lot of thought into what this will look like and, in just a few more days, we can’t wait to unveil the new community that we’ve been hard at work building for you. However, because you’ve been such a prolific community (give yourselves a pat on the back 👏), that means we have a ton of data over the years that we want to make sure is migrated properly. This is why the Airtable Community will be in read-only mode u

Today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of a groundbreaking new feature called Airtable Cobuilder. This innovative tool enables users to transform ideas into fully functional Airtable apps with just a simple prompt. What is Airtable Cobuilder? Airtable Cobuilder is the fastest way to create transformative apps. It uses AI to spin up hyper-specific, customizable apps that can solve any problem—from operationalizing clean energy to powering a retailer’s product roadmap. Cobuilder empowers anyone with an idea to: Create a hyper-custom application to tackle problems and explore new ideas . Cobuilder redefines the app-building experience by allowing users to generate applications tailored specifically to their job, industry, problem, or goals. Unlike traditional templates, Cobuilder delivers hyper-custom solutions that align perfectly with the unique needs of each user. Incorporate Airtable best practices into easy-to-use work management software . Every app generated by Cobuilder come

With the new trash dialog, you can now restore mistakenly deleted items for up to seven days after deletion! More specifically, collaborators with creator and editor permissions can open up the trash to see the tables, views, fields, and records that have been deleted in a base in the past seven days. Creators can restore all items that appear in the trash, and editors can restore records and fields. Please note that the tables, fields, views, and records you delete will now be visible to editor- and creator-level collaborators for seven days unless you click the empty trash button from within the trash dialog. Emptying the trash will permanently remove everything in the trash, and only creators can empty the trash. For more information, check out the support article.

Hi there! I’m Rosalind – a product marketing manager at Airtable focused on helping teams build powerful, custom applications that make work more efficient. I’m eager to share that we have just launched support for pivot tables in interfaces! Starting today, all users on a Teams plan or higher will have access to pivot tables directly in interfaces. What is a pivot table? A pivot table is a powerful data analysis tool for succinctly summarizing and analyzing large datasets. The format of a pivot table lets you rearrange and aggregate data dynamically, making it easier to identify patterns, trends, and insights. Historically, the only way to use pivot tables in Airtable was via the Pivot table extension . With the launch of this new feature, you can easily add pivot tables directly to an interface page without relying on an extension. How can you use a pivot table? Aggregate and summarize your data . Pivot tables allow for the aggregation and summarization of large datasets into managea

Hey Airtable Community, It’s the month of 💕 LOVE 💕 so it’s only right to shower some love and gratitude on our top contributors today! If one of these members has helped you out, show them some appreciation in the comments below. Reminder, top contributors are our outstanding members who go above and beyond to elevate the Airtable experience for all by imparting knowledge and bringing a spirit of positivity and encouragement to the community. When recognizing our Top Contributors, we look at the quantitative data (e.g. most kudoed, most solutions), as well as the quality to make sure everyone follows our Community Code of Conduct and Guidelines in their activity. In January, our Top Contributors provided 53 solutions, 280 replies, and received 120 kudos. Congrats to all, and thank you for being a part of the Airtable Community! Top Solution Authors 🧠 @TheTimeSavingCo - 22 Solutions Authored @Mike_AutomaticN - 9 Solutions Authored @kuovonne, @Alexey_Gusev, and @ATSolutionist - 5 Solu