An Airtable Blog
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A free extension for finding field columns
One of my frequent Airtable frustrations is the inability to search for field collumns in the data view layout. All I want is to type in the name, and be taken to the collumn. The search bar will let you search for field names, and will take you to them if you are lucky, however if the word is anywhere else in the base it will take you to allof them first. Looking for a field named “Budget”? prepare to be taken on a journey of all 156 uses of the word “Budget” BEFORE you get taken to your field.…
3–4 minutesRead more: Stop wasting time looking for fields -
Create mini graphs with emoji string manipulation
For new year, I was thinking about what feature’s of Airtable I never use. I came up with the repeat function REPT(), which takes a string and a number and returns the string repeated x times. I thought I would try and show this ignored feature some love, and it sent me down an Emoji wormhole. I figured you could use the REPT function along side some emoji’s to make graphs. The formula to achieve this is really simple. The only trap is ensuring you use an absolute when handling negative numbers as REPT won’t accept negative numbers: Watch the…
1–2 minutesRead more: The Power of Emojis