Tool Tips: A Primer on the Primary Field | Airtable

Welcome to Tool Tips, where every week we discover new and surprising ways to use Airtable. This week we're exploring how to create a strong primary field—and our favorite tip for building one automatically.

Learn more about the primary field: https://support.airtable.com/hc/en-us...

Add a formula field to your base: https://airtable.com/help_link/qt-for...

See you next week!

Chapters
What is the primary field? (0:00)
Picking the right primary field type (1:18)
Automate a strong primary field (2:20)

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