Sync Issues Due to Airtable OAuth Outage
Airtable is experiencing OAuth integration issues for all of their third-party services. Airtable's outage may prevent your Glide app from syncing to your Airtable base. To resolve this issue, the Glide team recommends reconnecting to your Airtable base with your Airtable API key. You can add your Airtable API key by completing the following steps:
Open your Glide app
Navigate to the Data Editor
Click the plus (+) button next to Tables
Choose Airtable
Select Edit Airtable API key
Add your Airtable API key. If you don't know how to find your Airtable API key, refer to the Find your Airtable API key section below
Airtable is a spreadsheet-database hybrid with the features of a database but applied to a spreadsheet. Your apps can be integrated with Airtable bases, offering you a more robust approach to data management that you may not find in simple spreadsheets.
If you're new to Airtable or need a refresher, check out the resources in Learn Airtable below.
To create a new app, click on New app in your dashboard.
Name your app, select Mobile or Large screen view, then Continue.
Select Airtable as the data source, then Continue.
Sign in to Airtable, click on Add a base, add the Airtable base(s), then Grant access.
Select the base you want to use for your app and click Create Page to create your new app.
The sheets or tables in your base are added as individual Tabs to the Layout Editor and individual Tables in the Data Editor.
Airtable API Key Deprecation
Please note that Airtable ended the ability to generate a new API Key as of August 1, 2023.
Changing your Airtable account
There are two ways to change the Airtable account you want to use data from.
To create a new app, click on New app in your dashboard.
Name your app, select Mobile or Large screen view, then Continue.
Click on the dropdown arrow next to the Airtable API key and choose between Add another Airtable account and Add an Airtable API Key.
If you choose Add another Airtable account, you’ll be prompted to sign in to Airtable, click on Add a base, add the Airtable base(s), then Grant access.
If you choose Add an Airtable API key, enter your existing API key and then click Save.
Select the base you want to use for your app and click Create Page to create your new app.
Changing which Airtable account is integrated will change the data in your data editor and could change the behavior of your app.
Sync data between Airtable and Glide
Glide and Airtable differ in how they manage data, which may impact how the data syncs across both platforms.
Views
Airtable allows you to create different ways to view your information. This means you can switch seamlessly between looking at your data as rows in a grid, cards on a kanban board, or even events on a calendar. Each view has its own layout, sorting, filtering, grouping, and more.
When connecting your bases to Glide, keep in mind that any filters applied to an Airtable view will not be transferred to your project. For example, if you have a filter in Airtable that hides empty rows, those empty rows will appear in your data in Glide.
It's best practice to keep at least one view in your Airtable base that has no filters or customizations. This way, you can see all the records in that base and know what will be brought into Glide.
Columns vs. fields
In Glide, data is arranged in columns. In Airtable, these are called fields. Airtable allows you to create many different types of fields, but Glide doesn't support all of them.
All field types transfer to Glide, except for the Button type.
Basic vs. user-specific columns
The Airtable API does not allow Glide to add new fields to your Airtable base. Because of this, any new basic columns (e.g., Text, Number) you create in Glide will not appear in Airtable. Instead, they will become user-specific columns that are only accessible in the Data Editor in Glide.
It's recommended to add new basic columns directly to Airtable rather than Glide if you want to keep both data sources in sync. Once you add a new column to the Airtable base and save, you'll be automatically prompted to refresh your app's data to update it.
Links vs. Relations
In Glide, data is connected using Relation columns. In Airtable, these same connections are called Links. When you create a link in your Airtable base, it will show up in Glide as a Relation column.
You can use that data just like you would a normal relation. However, you will not be able to configure it in Glide since the configuration for the link/relation is set in Airtable. Connecting columns between data sources
Attachments
Starting November 8th, 2022, Airtable introduced expiring links for all attachments stored in Airtable. This means that URLs for attachments stored in Airtable will expire every few hours. You can read Airtable's full announcement here.
As a result of this change, attachments stored in Airtable bases connected to Glide will be automatically stored in Glide, so that these attachments remain accessible to users of Glide projects. These attachments count toward your Glide team's file storage quota.
Exceeding your file storage quota can result in your Glide apps becoming inaccessible to users until you upgrade to a higher plan. Removing an Airtable base from your Glide team (e.g. by deleting apps that use it) will free up storage space within minutes, and unused attachments are removed from Glide within 72 hours.
On your team's dashboard, you can navigate to the Usage page to check how much file storage your team is currently using.
Learn Airtable
If you're new to Airtable, check out the resources below to get you started.
Article: Airtable vs Traditional Spreadsheets
Video: Meet Airtable
Course: Intro to Airtable
Support: Airtable Support Center