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Airtable interface layout: Overview

Interface layouts
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Plan availability All plan types Conditional fields or groups in record details are only available on Business or Enterprise Scale plans Permissions Please consult this support article for a breakdown of Interface Designer permissions. Owner or Creator permissions are needed to create and publish interfaces as described in the article below. Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, Windows app, and Android app Related reading Getting started with Interface Designer - A general overview of the Interface Designer feature Interface layouts are the design framework within a given interface page. In this article, we will cover the Overview layout. You’ll customize the design of an interface page that will highlight key pages and other resources on a single landing page. Adding a new overview interface page With the interface editor open click the + sign on the left side of the screen to add a new interface or page. If you add

Using the web clipper browser extension

Web clipper extension
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This article details how to use the web clipper extension to gather information from a web page and use it to create records in Airtable. Plan availability Paid plans only Permissions Owners/Creators - Can install the web clipper extension and use it to clip information as new records in Airtable. Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app NOTE The Airtable web clipper browser extension can only be used when accessing Airtable in Google Chrome . Using the web clipper extension To install the web clipper extension in Chrome: Open Chrome and go to the Airtable Chrome extension . Click Add to Chrome . Click Add extension . A popup appears stating that you can, “ Manage your extensions by clicking Extensions in the Window menu.” To install the web clipper extension in Airtable: Open your Airtable homepage . Open the base where you want to add clipped records. Click Extensions next to the “Tools

Using Airtable AI in long text fields

Airtable AI
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Plan availability All paid plans Permissions Owner / Creator - Can ask AI questions and build using AI Assistant or configure AI fields Editor  - Can "Generate" content as an output in AI enabled fields All other permission levels allow you to ask AI Assistant questions about the data you can access hosted in bases and interfaces Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app Related reading Guide: Accelerate your work with Airtable AI This article covers the ins and outs of enabling AI in a long text field. We'll cover where this kind of field might be useful to insert into your Airtable bases, how to set up the prompt, limitations and dependencies, as well as some of the common questions users have about using generative AI this way. NOTE AI credits and enabling AI on the workspace level are required to use AI in long text fields. Why use

Using the Airtable app quick start process

Airtable Betas
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Note This feature is currently in limited beta and only available to certain users. If you have any feedback on this feature, please provide feedback here . Plan availability Limited beta availability only Permissions Owners/Creators - Can use the app quick start process and further modify base and interface structure and settings Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app only Related reading Getting started with Airtable Interface Designer Airtable bases Learn how to use the app quick start process to quickly set up a new interface that is built upon an underlying base structure containing tables, views, automations, synced data, and more. Why use the app quick start process? A blank canvas represents so many wonderful things—possibility, creative freedom, purity even—however, it can also be daunting, paralyzing, or tedious to think of everything necessary to fill that canvas. In Airtable, a blank canvas is a new base

Shared view URL filters

View Basics
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Plan availability All plan types Permissions Owners/Creators - Can add, delete, or modify views. Additionally, can lock or unlock views or delete other collaborators' personal views. Editors - Can add, delete, or modify views  Commentors - Can add, delete, or modify personal views Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, Windows app, and mobile apps Understanding and using shared view URL filters After creating a share for your view you can add filtering conditions in the URL that will determine which to records will be revealed when the view is loaded on a browser. For example, the URL https://airtable.com/shrsa57bWpEecPtzp?filter_Category=Industrial%20design will take you to a shared view where a condition is showing just the records where the “Category” field is “Brand identity”. Common considerations Users can easily remove this condition in the "Filters" menu, so you shouldn’t use this feature to hide private data . This feature

Timeline view overview

Timeline View
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must be set to the same timezone. Computed fields - Instead of using date fields, you can also use computed fields that output date values. However, if you use computed fields, you will not be able to manually adjust the start or end dates for your records by dragging the records on your timeline. End dates - In the Timeline view, end dates are inclusive. For example, suppose your start date for a record is January 1, and your end date is January 3. In that case, the record will appear three days long (spanning from the beginning of January 1 to the end of January 3). You can also adjust which days are shown on your timeline by toggling the Date visibility options in this menu. Changing the displayed timescale of a timeline view You can change the date range on the horizontal axis of your timeline by clicking on the

Adding and managing Airtable account details

Managing your account
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Plan availability All plan types/levels Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app  Related reading Managing Airtable account and workspace settings  Airtable's account overview page lets users update their account name, associated email, profile photo, and more. Updating your account name Open your Airtable account overview . Click Edit name . Enter your preferred name. Click Save name. Updating your profile photo Open your Airtable account overview . Click the circle hosting your existing profile picture. Click the + icon. Alternatively, you can drag and drop, or copy and paste files. Choose your desired image, click Save and then Upload . Updating your email address  Open your Airtable account overview . Click Edit email . Enter your new email address and current password. Click Save email . Unsubscribing from Airtable emails Open this form . Enter the email address associated with your Airtable account. Click Unsubscribe . By law, Airtable is required to send out certain legal

Getting started with Airtable sync

Sync overview articles
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domain-restricted? We respect password and email domain restrictions. For example, if the view share link is restricted to dundermifflin.com, a dundermifflin.com Airtable account will be required to sync that view to any base. Learn more about sync permissions here . What happens if the view share link is removed or regenerated at the source? The sync will pause until it is re-authenticated. You’ll see an error icon ⚠️, along with the time the table last synced. To re-authenticate, you’ll need a new syncable view share link. Then, click the dropdown next to the destination table, select Update sync configuration, and provide the new link. I have a linked record field linking to a Synced destination table. The record links are mysteriously unlinking. What is occurring? It’s likely the case that someone is adjusting the filtering conditions (or hiding records) in the source view

Airtable Sync integration: GitHub Pull Requests

Standard sync integrations
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Plan availability All plan types Permissions Owners/Creators - In order to create or update synced tables, you'll need to have creator permissions in the base where you are setting up the sync. Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app Related reading Sync - Basic setup - If you haven’t set up a sync before, we recommend first reading this article to become familiarized with how the Airtable Sync feature generally works. Airtable Sync FAQs - Answers to common questions that might help unblock you if you are encountering issues. Learn how to use the Airtable Sync integration feature to bring information from an external application into Airtable as a new table in your base. Sync integrations are always a one way sync from the external application into an Airtable base, so changes made in Airtable cannot be synced back to the external application that you are syncing with. This

Airtable Sync integration: Google Drive

Standard sync integrations
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Shared Drives” when setting up the Google Drive sync. How many files can be synced from a selected folder? Airtable will sync up to 10,000 files from the selected folder. This ensures that the synced table remains performant.

Adding and removing elements in interfaces

Interface elements
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4 . Adding elements connected to other elements If you have either the Record picker or Record list elements on your interface, they will populate in the side menu of the “Add element” menu below “All Elements." The Record picker and Record list elements will allow you to add elements that will display specific fields directly from the linked source of that element. The Record list element will tell you its current data source, so you know where the listed fields are coming from. In the image below, the Record list element gets information from the “📚 Content pipeline” table, so all the fields are from that table. Creating a new element with either the Record Picker or Record List element selected in the “Add Element” sidebar will create a new element directly connected to the chosen Record List or Record picker: You can also add a Comment element to

Interface element: Filter

Interface elements
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Note The information below covers legacy Interface Designer features. In some cases, you may find that element-based layouts lack certain functionality. If you are looking for the best and most well supported interface features, then we recommend using newer interface layout types covered in this article . Plan availability All plan types/levels Permissions Please consult this support article for a breakdown of Interface Designer permissions. "Owner" or "Creator" permissions are needed to create interfaces as described in the article below Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app Related reading Interface Designer overview - A general overview of the Interface Designer feature Adding and removing elements in interfaces - The basics of elements in interfaces Configuring elements in interfaces - A broad understanding of interface elements Note This element is only available in element-based Blank, Record review, and Record summary layouts. The filter element is meant to allow users to

Airtable attachment URL behavior

Attachment
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recommendations for Airtable attachments When sharing files with colleagues with access to the base where the attachment is stored, we recommend opening the attachment viewer window by clicking into the attachment field and pressing the spacebar—then copying/pasting the URL into your browser. (See GIF below.) This attachment viewer URL does not expire and will not expire unless the attachment is removed or the record is deleted. Links will only be accessible to users added as collaborators in the workspace or base where the attachment is located. If you are sharing a file with a colleague who isn't collaborating with you in Airtable, you will need to consider alternative ways of sharing the file attachment. We recommend navigating to the attachment in Airtable, downloading the file, and sharing it with the colleague via email, Slack, or another platform your organization uses. Alternatively, you can share a view with

Admin panel pages

Admin panel pages
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Interface element: Record picker

Interface elements
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Note The information below covers legacy Interface Designer features. In some cases, you may find that element-based layouts lack certain functionality. If you are looking for the best and most well supported interface features, then we recommend using newer interface layout types covered in this article . Plan availability All plan types/levels Permissions Please consult this support article for a breakdown of Interface Designer permissions. "Owner" or "Creator" permissions are needed to create interfaces as described in the article below Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app Related reading Interface Designer overview - A general overview of the Interface Designer feature Adding and removing elements in interfaces - The basics of elements in interfaces Configuring elements in interfaces - A broad understanding of interface elements Note This element is only available in element-based Blank, Record review, and Record summary layouts. The record picker element allows interface collaborators to choose

Integrating with AWS Lambda & DynamoDB

Integration services
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a request via cURL or Postman. Step 4: Add Lambda to an Identity Access and Management (IAM) Role Before the Lambda Function can write data to your Dynamo DB, it will need permission. This can be done in the Identity Access and Management Service (IAM) by assigning the Lambda to a role that has the ability to issue CRUD operations to your Dynamo DB instance. Within your AWS account, navigate to Identity Access and Management (IAM) In the sidebar, select Roles and select the Create New Roles button Select AWS service and Lambda Search for AmazonDynamoDBFullAccess and select the policy. Walk through the rest of the creation process and apply additional data as necessary. Go back to the Lambda Function you created and select Permissions . Next to Execution role click Edit . In the settings panel, select the policy you just created, and click Save . Step 5: Write your Lambda Code

Configuring SSO with OneLogin

Enterprise SSO
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Plan availability Business and Enterprise Scale only Platform(s) Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app  Related reading Configuring SSO in the admin panel Configuring SSO with Okta Configuring SSO with Google Configuring SSO with ADFS Airtable domain federation and verification   Setting up SSO for OneLogin The admin panel is a centralized tool to help Airtable admins manage their organization. Learn how to set up SSO logins for your organization. Note Before setting up SSO for OneLogin, ensure your OneLogin account is in "admin mode."  Step 1 Login to OneLogin.  Click Apps , then Add Apps . Search for and select "Airtable."  Add the "SAML2.0 app." Step 2 From the Airtable app page, click SSO . Copy and paste the "X.509 Certificate" and the "SAML 2.0 Endpoint (HTTP)" as they are required for the next step. Enter the "SAML 2.0 Endpoint (HTTP)" under "Sign On URL" and the "X

Sorting records in Airtable views

View Basics
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toggle is turned on and your grid view does not have grouped records, you will not be able to manually reorder records at all. Sorting in gallery view In gallery view , cards will be sorted first left to right, then top to bottom. If the Keep sorted toggle is turned on, you will not be able to manually reorder the cards in the gallery by clicking and dragging them. Sorting in calendar view In calendar view , sorting will reorder records with the same date on the calendar, and will reorder records in the record list sidebar. Sorting in kanban view In kanban view , sorting will determine the order or cards within stacks. If the Keep sorted toggle is turned on, you will be able to move cards between stacks; however, you will be unable to manually reorder cards within stacks. Sorting behavior from a view share link If you create

View Types

View Types
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Airtable Sync integration: Emailed data

Premium sync integrations
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strings. The header row cannot contain more than 500 columns. The primary field and unique ID must be present in the header row. Security and OAuth scopes There are no OAuth scopes needed for this external source sync. We’ve deliberately made the email address for the inbox used in this sync a unique, long, and random address to prevent any potential accidental CSV syncs. Note There is no separate plugin or app that needs to be installed for this sync to function. The data that we retrieve from the email inbox we create for this sync is transmitted securely via HTTPS and will not be used for any purpose other than the synced table. FAQs Who can view the email address generated for the sync? Only the owner/creator of the sync can view the email address that Airtable generates for the sync. Owners can view the email address