If I generate the URL to the record, it doesn’t need the VIEW_ID, only the Base_Id and Table_Id are needed. But I can’t find way to get the base ID and Table ID. The issue is if I duplicate the whole table, the URLs pointing to the records or tables are wrong, they point to the original Base. I kn…

Well, it’s something I use for convenience, quite a bit because the button fields are customizable. But the links would point to linked tables so I can use the linked fields instead to achieve the same thing and they will not break. It’s just it would be nice to be able to use buttons. I guess thi…

There is no way to get a base ID in a formula without hardcoding it. There IS a roundabout way to get a table ID in a formula field. I did a writeup with screen shots in this page of Kuovonne’s Guide to Airtable . If you get pop-up asking you to sign-up for Coda, but are not ready to create an acco…

Ha, what a hack. I need to sign up for Coda now because all good tricks for Airtable are now on Coda. Everybody left to Coda now looks like… Okay, I see why… Very good thank you for sharing. [image]

There is no way to get the BASE_ID() and TABLE_ID() using a formula? Right?

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Kamille-Parks September 8, 2024, 6:58pm 2

In short, no. Its something tou have to hardcode in the formula.

How many of these formula fields are you modifying, and how often are you duplicating the base?

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There is no way to get the BASE_ID() and TABLE_ID() using a formula? Right?

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