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What is Airtable

Airtable is a cloud-based collaborative database and project management platform that combines the simplicity of a spreadsheet with the power of a database.

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Video tutorial

Check out this tutorial on using Fillout to create or update an Airtable base.

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How it works

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Create your database in Airtable

Note: If you already have your base created in Airtable, you can skip this step.
Log in to Airtable, and click Add a base.
Screenshot of the Airtable base creation page
Give your base a name, and create the fields you need. You’ll need one field for every question in your form (eg. Single line text for a short answer, Single select for radio buttons, Multi-select, etc).
Screenshot of the Airtable base creation page
If you are using the Select and Multi-select properties, make sure to type in the options you’d like people to choose from.Once you’ve added a field (and options, when needed) for every response field in your form, 90% of your work is now done.
Screenshot of the Airtable base creation page
Nice work! Now you’re ready to sync it easily with a new or existing Fillout form.
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Connect your database to your form

In your Fillout dashboard, click + Make a Fillout followed by Connect and choose Airtable.
Screenshot of the Airtable base creation page
Select your theme (don’t worry, you can always change this later). Then, enter your Account name and Connect to Airtable.
Note: After connecting, you can switch to use personal access tokens, as well, on the dashboard integrations tab.
After making the selections, click + Create form.
Screenshot of the Airtable base creation page
Troubleshooting: Don’t see your table in the dropdown list? Check you have connected to the correct base, and try refreshing the page or hitting the refresh icon.
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Map your questions

Fillout pulls questions and answer options from your Airtable base. Your Airtable fields now appear in the left sidebar. Simply drag & drop to build your form.
Screenshot of the Airtable base creation page
To connect a new question to your Airtable database, or check an existing connection, go to the dropdown menu inside Connected > Column to connect to in the right sidebar.
Tip: If you make changes in your Airtable base that you want to reflect in your Fillout form, hit the Refresh icon  , or refresh the Fillout page
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Publish & Share

Once you’ve finished creating your form, you’re ready to go! Simply Publish and share. Form responses will now automatically populate inside your Airtable database.
Good to know: Fillout has many powerful features like branching and conditional hide/appear logic. No matter how complex your needs are, there’s a way to build it in Fillout.

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Specify a condition

You can run your integration only when a specific condition is met. Check out this guide.

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Airtable specific guides

Update existing Airtable records

Edit existing records from Airtable and pre-fill fields.

Create new linked Airtable records

Let users create new records from your form’s record picker.

Prevent duplicate submissions

Stop duplicate entries from being saved to your Airtable bases.