Summarizing Data with Rollups

This is a guest post courtesy of database design expert and author Tim Dietrich, an honorary Airtable MVP. Another great feature of Airtable is the “Rollup” column type. With this type of column, you can summarize data from records in a linked table. For example, suppose that you have an Organizations table that is linked…

Welcome Victoria Hay!

We’re delighted to share that Victoria is joining the Airtable team as our Office Manager. Victoria recently graduated from Georgetown, where she worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Government. Victoria is excited to work with the team that is giving tired spreadsheets such an impressive upgrade. She has found that Airtable allows…

Airtable and Slack: Keeping Your Team In Sync

Every minute you spend in status meetings and sending email updates is time you’ll never get back. We’ve teamed up with Slack to make those productivity drains a thing of the past. You checked something off your Airtable task list? You closed a deal with that important new customer? Now, when you make updates in…

How to Create the Perfect Employee Onboarding Checklist

The first day at a new job can feel like the first day of school. For some of us, everything is exciting and new – and a little overwhelming. We’ve created a handy checklist to use before your new employee’s arrival. This template will help you ensure that a new employee’s onboarding process goes off…

Migrating from FileMaker to Airtable: Part Two

This is the second part of a guest post from database design expert and author Tim Dietrich, an honorary Airtable MVP. Check out part one here. In Part 1 of this guide, you learned how to migrate data from FileMaker to Airtable. You migrated the Prospects table from the sample FileMaker database to Airtable, and…

Migrating from FileMaker to Airtable: Part One

This is a guest post courtesy of database design expert and author Tim Dietrich, an honorary Airtable MVP. To check out the second part of this post, click here. FileMaker users who are exploring Airtable often ask me what’s involved in migrating data from FileMaker to Airtable. So I’ve created this guide to show what’s…

Gumroad Helps Creators Share and Inspire with Airtable

Gumroad helps thousands of creators turn hobbies into professions. In the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco is an innovative startup that helps creators make money doing what they love. Since February 2012, Gumroad has succeeded in connecting thousands of creators with their audiences. Writers, designers, developers, musicians, artists, and filmmakers have turned their passions…

The Primary Column

This is a guest post courtesy of database design expert and author Tim Dietrich, an honorary Airtable MVP. The primary column (field) is a concept that many new Airtable users struggle with. In this tech brief, you’ll learn what the primary column is, how it works, and why it is important. Every Airtable table includes…

Automatically Generating Related Tables

This is a guest post courtesy of database design expert and author Tim Dietrich, an honorary Airtable MVP. The process of creating databases is often very fluid. While you typically have a pretty good idea of the types of information that you’ll want to track in the database, and what you’ll want to do with…

Candles, Jewelry and a Database: How One Unique Gift Company Stays Organized

Diamond Candles is not your average candle company – it’s a unique hybrid gift company that sells candles with the delightful hidden surprise of a ring inside every candle. The value of the ring varies from candle to candle, and that’s where the fun part comes in. Each candle has a ring valued at $10…

Connect Airtable to Over 450 Apps and Websites

Nothing makes us happier than hearing about the ingenious ways that people are using Airtable to organize their lives and their work.   Today, we’re releasing Airtable Integrations to help our community to get a whole lot more creative…and productive!  People can now connect Airtable to over 450 apps, including Slack, Twitter, Google Apps, MailChimp,…

Welcome Matt Bush!

Matt joined Airtable because he sees Airtable as the best organization tool he’s ever used, and wants to make it even more awesome for all of its users. Previously, Matt was a product engineer at Facebook, working on the Facebook Pages team. He uses Airtable for everything from organizing camping trips to annotating selfie photos….