Updating Project status

I have built a project management app using softr and airtable. My project record has a field called “status” which was really meant to be a top level status indicator to tell if a project was “planning”, “in-progress”, “completed”. This is a manually populated field which I have been setting for each project.

My project load has grown and I need a way to look at the project list and know where each project stands once it is “in progress”. So I need to get more specific about where each project is in it’s lifecycle, which is likely a new field. Something like:

  1. Information Gathering
  2. Draft 1 Published / Awaiting Review
  3. Draft 1 Reviewed / Commented
  4. Draft 2 Published / Awaiting Review
  5. Draft 2 Reviewed / Commented
  6. etc, etc, etc

Preferably in a way that is automated, since I am not looking to created extra steps. So when a new draft gets published it updates and if/when a comment is added it updates etc.

I am having a hard time visualizing this since the suggested field will be on the project record and the draft records and feedback record are different tables.

  • Drafts are related to Projects
  • Feedback are related to drafts and projects.