I’m dealing with this situation: I get fresh Airtable information through a connection that updates itself regularly. Every day I check this info but I keep having to set up the same filters and rearrange columns the way I like them.
What’s the easiest approach to automatically format this incoming data with my custom filters and column layout? I’m thinking about options like:
Exporting as CSV files
Working with Excel
Using Google Sheets (this would be my top choice since our team uses Google Workspace)
honestly, just export to csv and use a google sheets template. way less headache than scripting. set up your ideal sheet once with all the filters and columns you want, then paste new csv data in daily. takes 30 seconds vs fighting with apis. not fancy, but it works and won’t break when airtable updates.
Google Sheets is your best bet here. I’ve been doing similar Airtable imports for two years and Google Apps Script makes this almost completely automated. Set up a script that connects to your Airtable via API, pulls the data, applies your filters, and arranges columns how you want. It can run on a schedule so your sheet updates overnight or whenever. Since you’re not coding-heavy, tons of templates online let you just swap in your Airtable base ID and field names. Learning curve isn’t bad and once it’s running, you’ll save hours of manual work each week. Plus Google Sheets beats Excel for team collaboration if others need access to the data.