[S09-E02] Full Podcast Summary for 09-21-2021
Season 9 Episode 2
This weeks Hosts: Kamille ParksDan Fellars
This weeks Segments:
Round The Bases –
Following Articles Used in this Segment:
[Reddit] Can I sell my airtable? : Airtable
[Twitter] (18) Amy Hoy on Twitter: "airtable is so awkward" / Twitter
[Reddit] Linking Records Across Bases / Pages : Airtable
An App a Day –
Watch as we install, explore, and showcase the Matrix App from the Airtable Marketplace. The app is described as “The Matrix app from Aitable allows for viewing 2 dimensional data by creating lanes for the intersection of 2 fields.”.
Audience Questions –
Kamille answers the Airtable question: “Estimated Delivery Date from todays date or date Payment is Received (nested if formula)”
View the question in the community
Answer: Kamille shows how to optimize the formula to be shorter and not repeat the field used (i.e. the DRY concept of Dont Repeat Yourself)
Scripting Time –
Explore Scripting with “Meta API”.
We highlight how to use the new meta apis in the scripting app to create new tables and fields. We discuss the shortcomings of the api and what is possible. We use live code examples to showcase these apis..
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