Workflow design series 3/4: 6 Common Airtable base design errors (and how to fix them)

You’ve worked out the basics of your workflow and created the start of a system where you can orchestrate your workflow.

In this video, you’ll learn step-by-step how to validate your base’s structure. By the end of this video, you’ll have the confidence that your base is properly structured so you can use it with your stakeholders to manage your workflow.

6 common design decisions (00:00)
Should my workflow be in one base or multiple bases? (0:34)
Should this live in a view or a table? (1:04)
Should this be a field or a linked record? (1:52)
Could formula fields reduce manual input? (2:47)
How should you structure your primary field? (3:37)
Could lookups replace an existing field? (4:35)
Next steps (5:21)

You can now be confident that you’ve got a great base! It’s time to think about how to efficiently include your stakeholders which we’ll cover in the final step of this series:    • Workflow design series 4/4: Get your ...  

Full series:
1. Start from your team's workflow:    • Workflow design series 1/4: Start fro...  
2. Design your base from scratch:    • Workflow design series 2/4: Design yo...  
3. 6 Common Airtable base design errors (and how to fix them):    • Workflow design series 3/4: 6 Common ...  
4. Get your team onboard:    • Workflow design series 4/4: Get your ...  

You can also follow along the series through our in-depth written guide: https://support.airtable.com/hc/en-us...

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