Bring back support for Airtable views

[connorgreig]

Apparently you can no longer use Airtable views, and all filters have to be done in Softr. We’ve been told this was done in early January by Softr support. Although this is not seemingly a major change, if your pattern is to use Softr to ingest a smaller already filtered dataset (which is filtered in Airtable), or if you want to use a mix of OR and AND filters between the two, this is feature breaking. I appreciate this has been put down to “reducing API queries”, but I can’t see if this was ever announced…

[Ben]

@Jjenglert

Airtable Views

With the new data sync model, we’ve changed how Airtable Views are handled:

• Existing blocks using Airtable Views continue to work normally. These blocks will remain on the old syncing mechanism and won’t be affected by this migration.
• New blocks cannot be filtered with a View. When creating new blocks in the updated data model, you’ll need to connect directly to the Airtable table and filter with Softr conditional filters rather than a specific View

Hi @connorgreig. It was mentioned here, but the communication about it could have been better. For instance, what are “existing” blocks?Are they legacy, ‘newer blocks’, or current blocks that will be updated?

Also, a comprehensive list of which “newer” blocks actually work with the new Airtable connection would be helpful as well. I have already asked here twice with no response from Softr.

Airtable data source updates now live!

Greetings @Erin_Softr. Thanks for the update. What other blocks does the new Airtable connection officially work with (ex. List, Grid, List Details,…, legacy blocks, etc.)? @artur , never got a response from the poster here. Can you answer my question please?