Understanding the Primary Field in Airtable

Building a smarter database, starts with understanding the basic and most useful field - the leftmost primary field. If you're not optimizing this field, you may be making extra work for yourself. Check out how to make it unique, identify its purpose, and use smart concatenate formulas. 👇 _________________________________________ Learn more at these links: 🔗 👇 Learn the basics of Airtable Automation! https://www.garethpronovost.com/webinar-registration Take our free Airtable Crash Course! https://garethpronovost.com/airtable-crash-course Getting Stuck? See how we can help! https://garethpronovost.com Get our Airtable Field Type download! https://www.gapconsulting.io/airtable-field-types _________________________________________ Table of Contents: 📖 👇 00:00 - What this video covers 01:44 - Understanding how the Primary Field is positioned in Airtable 04:08 - The importance of using unique identifiers in Primary Field 06:50 - Pulling Record ID Formula 07:27 - Examining the Primary Fields in Multiple solutions 08:00 - How to make Primary Field as Unique as Possible 08:58 - Make sure the Primary Field identifies what information is here 10:16 - Rely on Concatenate Formulas 12:10 - Limitations of Primary Field Identifiers 14:49 - Modify the visual appearance of the Primary Field 15:16 - Final thoughts and how to get more help! _________________________________________ Software Resources (may contain affiliate links): 💻 👇 Airtable - https://airtable.com/invite/r/v0eI3ASY _________________________________________ #GAPConsulting #GarethPronovost #Airtable