As you may know, Airtable has direct integration with Slack 'out of the box'. In this article, I am going to discuss how to use this to build an absence approval workflow, starting from an employee's request through to notifying them of approval (or otherwise) - and with a little help from Zapier along the way. Read More…

Zapier and Airtable work particularly well together for both integrating with other apps, and also automating processes within Airtable. However, there is a type of Zap, called a Push Zap with which many may be unfamiliar. Push Zaps require a browser 'extension' which is currently only available for Google Chrome but they provide the means of push button automation within your bases. Read More…

Checklists are a common requirement within many business applications - from Project Management to HR, etc.

So, in this Article, we are going to go through the process of automatically creating task lists in Airtable - with the automation handled through Zapier. In order to copy this you will need an Airtable account and a Paid Zapier account (all the features required are not available in a Free account). Read More…

Whilst Airtable offers a revolutionary new approach to relational databases, there are some things that are not immediately obvious and others that need external tools like Zapier to achieve. In this article I am going to look at how to send task reminders (the basic technique could be used for other scenarios) - in this case by email, but they could be sent via Slack, etc. just as easily. Read More…