Adding Column (AirTable Source)

[halatkins]

I’m building an app in an effort to learn how best to use AppSheet. I’ve got two tables, both drawing data from AirTable.

Trying to figure out how to add a column to either table. Don’t see a way to do it in AppSheet, and when adding a column in Airtable - that column doesn’t show up in AppSheet (even after regenerating the data).

Am I missing an obvious way to add a column?

Thanks!

[TyAlevizos]

Hi,

You should be able to 1) add the column in airtable, and then 2) “regenerate data structure” for that same table inside of appsheet:

Hope this helps!

[halatkins]

@TyAlevizos - appreciate the help. The steps you list are exactly what I’ve done a couple of times, but it is still not picking up the new column in AirTable.

Any other ideas what I could be doing wrong?

[TyAlevizos]

Interesting. I just noticed this from our built-in help article:
“If the table isn’t empty but contains blank columns, all blank columns will be skipped by AppSheet.”

And in fact, I observed this behavior directly. I added two columns “TEST2” and “TESTFIELD” (see pic below) and left them blank at first. AppSheet ignores them. But if I put values into at least two rows/cells of data, AppSheet “regenerate data structure” picks them up. Give this a try!