Table Talk #3: Fields | Airtable

Introducing Table Talk: a weekly stream where an Airtable expert answers your questions live. This week, we're covering everything you need to know about fields! Got a question? Ask it here: https://airtable.com/shrj1xfA3lOiz2SBk. Today's questions Stream starting soon (0:00) What is a field? (2:12) When should I use a formula field vs a rollup? (11:00) How do I vlookup in Airtable? (20:50) What are some powerful but lesser known fields? (30:12) Why can I only use certain field types for the first field? (40:41) What field is a good alternative to the collaborator field if all of my users don't have their own Airtable account? (46:05) Can you demo field formatting options? (48:25) Using a duration field in a formula (50:00) Can you read the full list of every field type? (53:14) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🎙 More table talks! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Linked records: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-linked... Apps : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-apps Fields : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-fields Views : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-views Automations : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-automa... Formulas : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-formulas Collaboration : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-collab... Sync : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-sync Interface Designer : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-interf... Behind the scenes of Interface Designer : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-interf... Ask Us Anything : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-ama Year In Review With Andrew Ofstad : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-year-i... How To Plan (And Track) Your Goals in Airtable : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-goal-p... Conditional Automations : https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-cond-a... Airtable's 2022 product plans with Peter Deng: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-tt-produc... More links 🔗 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🎓 Want to keep learning Airtable? ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Sign up for free: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-sign-up Subscribe to our channel to keep learning: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-yt-subscribe Watch a training: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-webinars Join our community: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-community Read our guide to building in Airtable: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-guides ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🚀 Looking for inspiration? ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Use templates to get started faster: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-templates Read how customers use Airtable: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-customer-... Check out our universe of user-submitted bases: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-universe ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🥁 Join us on social ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Twitter: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-twitter LinkedIn: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-linkedin Instagram: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-instagram Facebook: https://rebrand.ly/airtable-facebook