- Getting started with Airtable
- Introduction to Airtable basics
- Contacting Airtable Support Updated
- Airtable home screen
- Glossary of Airtable terminology
- Airtable technical requirements
- Feature differences between Airtable on desktop and mobile
- Airtable keyboard shortcuts
- Using Markdown in Airtable
- Adding descriptions in Airtable
- Finding Airtable IDs
- Airtable Automations
- Automations Overview
- Automation feature walkthroughs
- Integrated automation walkthroughs
- Airtable automation walkthroughs
- Linking existing records using automations
- Conditional groups of automation actions
- Repeating groups of Airtable automation actions
- Creating recurring records using automations
- How to delay Airtable automation runs
- Prevent automations from triggering by mistake
- Use automations to timestamp status updates
- Automation Triggers
- Airtable Triggers
- Airtable automation trigger: When record matches conditions
- Airtable automation trigger: When a form is submitted
- Airtable automation trigger: When record created
- Airtable automation trigger: When record updated
- Airtable automation trigger: When record enters view
- Airtable automation trigger: At scheduled time
- Airtable automation trigger: When webhook received
- Airtable automation trigger: When a button is clicked
- Airtable automation trigger: When email received Updated
- Integrated Triggers
- Airtable Triggers
- Automation Actions
- Airtable Actions
- Airtable automation action: Send email Updated
- Airtable automation action: Create record
- Airtable automation action: Update record
- Airtable automation action: Find records
- Airtable automation action: Sort list
- Airtable automation action: Run a script Updated
- Airtable automation action: Generate with AI
- Integrated Actions
- Airtable automation actions: Slack
- Airtable automation actions: Google Workspace
- Airtable automation action: Send MS Teams message
- Airtable automation actions: Outlook
- Airtable automation actions: Jira Cloud
- Airtable automation actions: Jira Server / Data Center
- Airtable automation actions: Salesforce
- Airtable automation action: Create post in Facebook Pages
- Airtable automation actions: GitHub Issues
- Airtable automation action: Hootsuite post
- Airtable automation action: Send Twilio SMS
- Airtable Actions
- Airtable Bases
- Using Airtable Cobuilder
- Airtable bases overview
- Creating and managing Airtable bases
- Structuring bases in Airtable
- Moving bases between workspaces in Airtable
- Creating and managing tables in Airtable
- Creating Airtable base share links
- Importing third-party data into Airtable
- Using insights in Airtable
- Troubleshooting Airtable base performance
- Airtable Betas
- Collaborating in Airtable
- Airtable Enterprise Support
- General Enterprise information
- External badging in Airtable
- Using app library and components in Airtable Updated
- Ask an Expert beta overview
- European data residency at Airtable
- Airtable user groups overview
- Airtable Enterprise API
- Creating and managing data retention policies in Airtable
- eDiscovery APIs in Airtable
- Airtable and data loss prevention
- Accessing Enterprise audit logs in Airtable
- Set up Jira Server / Data Center to connect with Airtable
- Admin panel pages
- Airtable admin panel overview
- Users - Airtable enterprise admin panel
- Airtable admin panel user details
- Groups - Airtable admin panel
- Workspaces - Airtable Enterprise Admin Panel
- Bases - Airtable admin panel
- Interfaces - Airtable admin panel
- Data sets - Airtable admin panel
- Managed apps - Airtable admin panel
- Components - Airtable admin panel
- Reports - Airtable admin panel
- Settings - Airtable admin panel Updated
- Managing Enterprise organizations
- Managing Enterprise admins in admin panel
- Using Organizations
- Organization branding for apps in Airtable
- Enterprise Hub in Airtable
- Enterprise Hub: Org unit assignment with user groups Updated
- Deactivating, removing access, and reactivating users in the admin panel
- Managing user access to workspaces and bases
- Airtable Enterprise Key Management Updated
- Custom terms of use New
- Enterprise SSO
- General Enterprise information
- Airtable Extensions
- Airtable Fields
- Fields Overview
- Attachment
- Date-based fields
- Formula
- Getting Started with Formulas
- Formula Foundations
- The essentials of Airtable formulas
- Formula writing tips for beginners
- Troubleshooting formulas
- Basic calculations
- Conditional statements
- Logical arguments
- Working with dates
- Displaying DATETIME_FORMAT using the date field in Airtable
- Working with date functions in Airtable
- Calculating the difference between dates in Airtable
- Supported DATETIME_DIFF unit specifiers in Airtable
- Supported DATETIME_FORMAT format specifiers in Airtable
- Using the DATETIME_PARSE() formula in Airtable
- Working with timezones
- Record functions
- Text functions
- Numeric functions
- Common Solutions: Beginner
- Common Solutions: Intermediate
- Common Solutions: Advanced
- Long Text Field
- Linked Record Field
- Linking records in Airtable
- Limiting linked record selection to a view in Airtable
- Dynamic filtering in linked record fields
- Linking to one, many, or a subset of Airtable records
- Converting existing fields to Airtable linked records
- Reordering record links in Airtable
- Understanding linked record relationships in Airtable
- Number-Based Fields
- Other Fields
- Rollup, lookup, and count fields
- Select and user fields
- Integrating with Airtable
- API
- Getting started with Airtable's Web API
- Creating personal access tokens
- Airtable Webhooks API Overview
- Service accounts overview
- Airtable Web API - Using filterByFormula or sort parameters
- Airtable API Deprecation Guidelines
- Airtable API: Common troubleshooting
- Managing API call limits in Airtable
- URL length limitations for web API requests
- Integration services
- Third-party integrations via OAuth overview
- Troubleshooting disconnected OAuth integrations in Airtable
- Options for integrating with Airtable
- Third-party integrations - Common troubleshooting
- Low-code integrations - Common troubleshooting
- Integrating Airtable with external calendar applications
- Visualizing records from Airtable in Tableau
- Visualizing Airtable records in Microsoft Power BI & Power Query
- Integrating HubSpot with Airtable
- Using Zapier to integrate Airtable with other services
- Using Zapier's Multi-Step Zaps to find and update records
- Using IFTTT to integrate Airtable with other services
- Integrating with AWS Lambda & DynamoDB
- Developer tools
- API
- Airtable Interface Designer
- Interface Designer overview articles
- Interface layouts
- Interface elements
- Adding and removing elements in interfaces
- Adding layouts to interfaces
- Formatting elements in interfaces
- Interface element: Button
- Interface element: Calendar
- Interface element: Chart
- Interface element: Filter
- Interface element: Gallery
- Interface element: Grid
- Interface element: Kanban
- Interface element: Number
- Interface element: Record picker
- Interface element: Text
- Interface element: Timeline
- Learning and Resources
- Managing Airtable
- Airtable Policy
- Airtable Records
- Airtable Sync
- Airtable Views
- Airtable Workspaces
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Introduction to Airtable basics
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Airtable’s intuitive yet powerful platform gives everyone the flexibility to create their own solution and make work flow faster. Use this article for a high-level summary of core Airtable features, along with links to explore more documentation for each area.
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Workspaces
Workspaces contain collections of bases and are tied directly to a plan type. You can have multiple workspaces each with its own plan type.
Bases
Bases contain all of the information you need for a particular project or collection, similar to a folder that contains individual files. Bases contain and use all of the features listed below (depending on your plan type).
Tables
Every base is organized into tables: distinct groups and sets of data you use in your work.
Records
A record is an individual item in your table. If you’re assembling a staff directory, it’s each person; if you’re tracking inventory, it’s a product.
Fields
Fields store rich custom details related to your workflow—and allow you to organize all that information so it can easily be sorted, managed, and analyzed. These are the vertical columns in your table, each one for a different variable associated with a record. Airtable has dozens of field types to enhance your record data.
Views
Views let you see the same information from different angles, and are specific to each individual table in your base. You can use views to show only specific fields or records, and apply other configurations to manage the information in that view. Views enable each team member to the full picture, whether they’re using the Grid view or other view types like the Form View, Gallery View, Timeline View, Gantt View, Kanban View, or Calendar View.
Bring your team onboard
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Collaboration
Collaborators are other people that are added to individual bases or entire workspaces.
Learn more about collaboration →
Permissions
Airtable collaborators can be given specific permissions that determine what they can and cannot edit in a workspace or base. Permissions are an important part of healthy team collaboration: with the right permissions, you can ensure that only certain people are permitted to change the information held within your bases.
Learn more about permissions →
Account
Your account page contains information specific to you—like your password, the email address associated with your account, and the number of credits you have. If you're an owner of any workspaces, your account page also gives you easy access to manage the settings (including billing) of those workspaces, as well as workspace and base collaborators.
Learn more about Airtable accounts →
Billing
Learn how to understand and manage billing for Team workspaces and self-serve Business plans in Airtable. For Enterprise billing questions, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager or sales representative.
Learn more about Airtable billing →
Enterprise Scale
Build a single source of truth that connects your data, workflows, and teams so you can all move faster, together. Every Enterprise Scale plan includes personalized guidance from our team of experts. We’ll get you started quickly and set you up for long-term success with our proven methodology.
Learn more about Airtable Enterprise →
Automate and customize
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Icons and colors
To provide an additional layer of organization and a splash of design to bases and interfaces Airtable offers helpful icons and different suites of colors (paid plans only). These simple features give a quick visual indicator of what kind of data is held in the underlying base or shown in an interface that end-users will view and interact with.
Automations
Automations help work to flow quickly and seamlessly, across all your tools and processes. They can trigger notifications, streamline redundant work, integrate your tools, run custom code, and more.
Learn more about automations →
Interfaces
Create custom interfaces that give each and every teammate the relevant information they need and a simple way to take action.
Extensions
Airtable Extensions plug into the workflow you’ve built in your base, but allow you to add extra functionality—like generating dynamic, at-a-glance summaries inside the base itself. Extensions also allow teams to import information and engage with external services. Like everything you build on top of your base, extensions update automatically and are easy to adjust.
Expand and scale
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Airtable API
Connect Airtable with your favorite apps and services through the Airtable Web API.
Learn more about the Airtable API →
External integrations
Know code? Build your own reporting systems using scripting, our extensions SDK, or by developing on our robust APIs.
Learn more about integrations →
Airtable Sync
Airtable Sync brings records from a view in a base (or an external source with a sync integration) to one or more destination bases, helping you keep information updated across your organization.