Manage team collaboration

With your teammates invited and on board, you’ll start to see your collaborative workflows come to life. But, as your base evolves, it needs active management to stay organized and secure. Try out these best practices to streamline collaboration as your team’s use of Airtable grows. 

1. Track updates with comments and record history

Comments give your collaborators context, updating them on progress, flagging potential issues, or notifying teammates with an @ mention. In your record’s activity feed, you’ll see the record’s revision history, along with any comments. 

2. Keep your views in order with view sections

As your base grows, and your team becomes more active inside Airtable, the number of different views can add up! Make these views easier to navigate by creating view sections. These sections organize your views into collapsible groups—like desktop folders on a computer.

3. Back up any base with snapshots

If something goes wrong in your base, you might want to roll back to an earlier version. Maybe some data got moved around, or a new function got implemented that was improperly set up. 

4. Restore important data from the trash function

If you (or anyone else) accidentally deletes important data, you’ve got a back-up plan: the trash function allows you to view and restore the past seven days of deleted tables, views, fields, apps, and records. You can also restore a record's individual cell values with record-level Revision history. 

Congratulations! With these best practices in place, your base will stay well organized as your usage evolves. Next, let’s check in on your Airtable launch goals and progress with your team.