Blog Posts
For the past couple of years, GAP Consulting has managed all of our ongoing leads, projects, payments, etc. (basically our entire business) from an Airtable database. I hope this comes as no surprise, seeing as this is exactly how we help our clients. As I mentioned in an email from a...
By default, Airtable is a relational database software. That's an important place to start, given that this post will be going into detail on Airtable Forms. Let's temper our excitement from the start - Airtable's purpose was never to create the most robust "form software" for the modern...
Confession time...
For several months, our development team has been developing in a system other than Airtable **gasp**!
This might come as a shock, since we've built a name for our firm as Airtable Experts. But, as is true with all software - sometimes you need additional functionality. As I...
Last week, I showed the power of using Conditional Form Logic - the end result is a form that adjusts as it is answered. Different questions become available based on inputs as they are received. As you might imagine, building automation for this type of form is more advanced, giving us the...
There are two common ways to get data into a database. You can either:
- Import a dataset in bulk
- Bring in data one with each new record submitted
For the most part, I recommend the first option, bulk imports, only when first setting up a database. Ideally, once the base is...
A lot of people have asked me how I learned to write Airtable formulas. I wish there was a silver bullet solution, but the truth is that formulas are one of the more complicated parts of any software. However, that's no reason for despair. In this vlog I put together three tips for...
