See the running total while you’re still filling the form. We’re building calculated fields so a field can do its own math from the answers you’ve already given, updating the moment anything changes, and the number settles in front of you as you go.
Picture an order form: you enter a few quantities and prices, and the total keeps pace, adjusting with every edit so it’s right by the time you reach the end. Today an Airtable form works that number out only once the record is saved, so you fill it in without seeing where it lands. Air Fill will put the figure on screen as you type, so the number you submit is the number you meant.
It’s in active development now, and on the way.
The Airtable pain this solves
- Airtable’s forms are too basic Native Airtable forms cover the essentials and stop there.
- You can’t see a calculated value until after you save Airtable’s formula and rollup fields compute server-side and are read-only, so a form can never show a running total or calculated value while someone is filling it in.