Summary extension
  • 05 Mar 2024
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Article Summary

Plan availability

All paid plans

Permissions

  • Owners/Creators - Can create, delete, and modify extensions

  • Editors - Can edit the configuration of previously configured extensions

Platform(s)

Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app

Related reading

Guide: Build your own Airtable extensions

Airtable terminology

Extension - Extensions are modular components that add visuals or functionality to a base, and were shown in the base's dashboard. Users can create custom extensions, or they can use extensions created by Airtable or other open-source extensions.

Getting started with the summary extension

The summary extension shows a summarization of a particular field with a custom label and color, which is useful for drawing attention to particular numerical values. You can use it to display the number of records in a given view, or apply a summary function to the records so you can see the sum, average, or maximum value of a field in a view.

After adding the summary extension to your base, you’ll be brought to the extension settings. Pick the table and view with the information you want to summarize.

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You have a choice of whether you want your extension to display a Count or a Summary.

Count simply displays the number of records that are visible in the view you specify.

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Summary, on the other hand, displays the result of a summary function performed on a specific field. If you pick summary, you'll need to select a field, and a type of summary function, like sum, average, or maximum. The available summary functions will depend on the field type.

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Once you've set up your count or summary number, you can customize it by picking a color, and giving it a helpful label.

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