How to select and filter Airtable linked records in a dropdown
Make a linked record picker in Fillout. Optionally filter records based on prior inputs.
Video tutorial
In Fillout, you can even filter which records a user is choosing from. Here's how.
Let users choose from a filtered set of Airtable records
To get started, click
+
followed by Link to another record
field in your Airtable table that you plan to write or update. ![notion image](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%252F2a7ed980-5add-4b51-82ab-889415f57134%252F0b3548fb-0d43-4e16-b296-9ab3afd386f7%252FScreen_Shot_2023-09-14_at_4.15.45_PM.png%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D5dbb78d1-6a6c-42ad-99ad-d2c959200917%26cache%3Dv2&w=3840&q=75)
Now, go ahead and drag and drop that field into the Fillout form editor, and you'll immediately be able to pick from records in that associated table.
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Now, you can customize this field with many options like:
- Allow users to create new entries in a new (customizable) form
- Allow selecting multiple linked records
- Select which fields to show (can show images!)
- Limit to a view
- Pick which field to search by
- Filter which records to show based on form inputs or dynamic data
- And many more!