Hello I’m a new AIRTABLE user and I can’t manage to set up my first automation. I have a USER table and a TODO table As part of an onboarding process, when I add a new user, I want all the tasks in the TODO table to be assigned to that user. My attempts have been unsuccessful… can you help me? …

Is your list of todos static or chancing all the time? If it is static, maybe having the automation in your USER table to fill in a linked field in USER table. That field will be linked to all your todos in TODO table. That’s one way. If your list of todos changes all the time, it becomes more tri…

Hello and thank you for your feedback. The table must be updated dynamically, yes, and for all users, even existing ones. I think I’ve found the solution by looking around. I’ve added a check box column which will trigger an automation as described here: Linking Existing Records Using A…

Updating a table when a new record is added

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Hashe March 28, 2024, 10:28am 4

Hello and thank you for your reply.
I’ve finally found the solution to my problem with merge tables… the initial construction of my table was poor… Thanks again

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