Airtable User Attributes

Readers: For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all readers, see:

Writers: For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all writers, see:

When writing to an Airtable table, if the user attribute type listed in the writer schema does not match the field type on the server, the server field type will be used instead. User attributes that cannot be matched to fields on the Airtable server will be omitted from the writer.

Please see Airtable Field Types Overview for a list of field types supported by Airtable.

Name

Read

Write

Description

Additional Representation Notes

barcode

Yes

Yes

A JSON containing barcode information.

 

button

Yes

No

A JSON representing a button field in Airtable

 

checkbox

Yes

Yes

A yes/no checkbox in Airtable.

This corresponds to a boolean value in FME.

computedCollaborator

Yes

No

An Airtable user who has access to the table. This value is set by Airtable and is likely to represent the last user to modify/create a record.

Only the email of the collaborator will be represented.

computedInt

Yes

No

An integer value computed by Airtable. This corresponds to Airtable fields such as autonumber.

 

computedTime

Yes

No

An ISO formatted string representing a date or datetime value computed by Airtable. This represents read-only fields in Airtable like created time and last modified time columns.

 

computedValue

Yes

No

A value computed by Airtable. This could be the result of a formula.

 

currency

Yes

Yes

A currency value.

In FME, this value will be displayed without the symbol.

date

Yes

Yes

An ISO-8601 formatted datetime string.

The writer also accepts FME-formatted dates in addition to ISO formatted dates.

datetime

Yes

Yes

An ISO-8601 formatted datetime string

The writer also accepts FME-formatted datetimes in addition to ISO-formatted timestamps. The inclusion of a timezone offset is optional – if it is omitted, all input will be treated as though it is UTC.

duration

Yes

Yes

A duration of time.

In FME, this value will be displayed as the number of seconds represented by the duration.

For example, a field that is configured to show h:mm will show 3:30 in Airtable and 210 in FME.

email

Yes

Yes

An email address.

 

externalSyncSource

Yes

No

An Airtable computed value used for integrated apps.

 

multipleAttachments

Yes

Yes

The URL to an attachment which will be uploaded to Airtable.

 

multilineText

Yes

Yes

A multi-line string.

 

multipleCollaborators

Yes

Yes

One or more Airtable users who has access to the table.

This is displayed in FME as the email of the collaborator.

multipleLookupValues

Yes

No

Field values for records linked to by a multipleRecordLinks field.

This is mapped to a list attribute in FME

multipleRecordLinks

Yes

Yes

A list of Airtable record IDs.

This is mapped to a list attribute in FME.

multipleSelects

Yes

Yes

One or more options from a list of predefined field values.

This is mapped to a list attribute in FME.

number

Yes

Yes

A numeric value. This could be a float or an integer.

The precision settings for a column in Airtable will not be used. Instead, the underlying value will be displayed

percent

Yes

Yes

A numeric value displayed as a percentage in Airtable.

In FME, the percent sign will be removed and the underlying value will be displayed.

For example, a field value of 75% in Airtable will be 0.75 in FME.

phoneNumber

Yes

Yes

A phone number.

 

rating

Yes

Yes

An integer between 0 and the field maximum (at most 10).

 

richText

Yes

Yes

A multi-line string.

 

singleCollaborator

Yes

Yes

An Airtable user who has access to the table.

This is displayed in FME as the email of the collaborator.

singleLineText

Yes

Yes

A short string.

 

singleSelect

Yes

Yes

A single string option from a list of predefined field values.

 

url

Yes

Yes

The URL to a website.