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Permissions | Owners and Creators |
Platform(s) | Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app |
This article details how to use Airtable insights to understand base and interface activity, identify ways to optimize bases and interfaces, and help with base maintenance.
Airtable insights glossary & metric definitions
Term | Definition |
View | A table view within a base |
Page | An interface page |
User | Both authenticated and unauthenticated users (unauthenticated users will be noted as anonymous users) |
Metric | Definition |
Daily active user | A unique user who has opened Airtable and/or made record edits in the last 24 hours |
Weekly active user | A unique user who has opened Airtable and/or made record edits in the last 7 days |
Overall activity | Count of unique users who have taken at least one action (view or page open/record edits) in any part of Airtable |
Base activity | Count of unique users who have taken at least one action (view open/record edits) in the base |
Interface activity | Count of unique users who have taken at least one action (page open/record edits) in interfaces |
Days active | Count of distinct days when a user takes any of the following actions: views or opens interface pages, or record activity, within the selected date range (Default previous month), using the user’s timezone. |
Opens | Navigating to, or refreshing, a view or interface page |
Record edits | Count of all edits a user made to records in either views or interface pages |
Record activity by base or interface | The total number of times there have been record edits in either the base or interfaces |
Top users | The total count of activity across all metrics on the top users table, ranking users from highest total to lowest |
Top places (bar chart) | The top 10 interface pages and views based on opens, ranked from highest to lowest |
Top places (details table) | The top interface pages and views based on the total count of opens plus activity, ranked from highest to lowest |
Accessing insights in Airtable
To access insights:
Open your Airtable home screen.
Create or open your preferred base.
Click Tools in the upper-right portion of the screen.
Select Insights from the dropdown.
Insights in Airtable overview
The Airtable insights details the following information:
Base suggestions
Base and interface activity
Top base and interface users
Downloading Airtable insights CSVs
To download insights CSVs:
Open your Airtable home screen.
Create or open your preferred base.
Click Tools in the upper-right portion of the screen.
Select Insights from the dropdown.
Insights are available for: Daily active users, Record activity surface, Top users, and Top places.
Click the dropdown ⌄ icon next to your preferred insight.
Click Download CSV.