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Using the Airtable Pack in Coda

Sync Airtable to Coda for smarter, streamlined workflows.

Teams often use Airtable for database management but rely on Coda for deeper collaboration, documentation, and decision-making. With the Airtable Pack, you can centralize these efforts—syncing data from Airtable into Coda, updating it in real-time, and even syncing changes back to Airtable.
What's covered
  • How to set up the Airtable Pack.
  • Why to use the Pack.
  • How to connect Coda tables with Airtable data.
  • How to enhance your workflows via the Pack.

1. How the Airtable Pack can increase flexibility inside Coda:

 These features help teams centralize documentation, action, and data in one place, a Coda doc.
Tables live inside docs:
  • Add context to your tables or the rest of your doc with meeting notes, PRDs, or decisions right alongside your data. No switching between tabs or tools.
Custom interfaces:
  • Use buttons, filters, and views to turn tables into trackers, approval workflows, or dashboards—no third-party add-ons required.
Real collaboration:
Scalable logic:

2. Set up the Airtable Pack in Coda

Install the Pack

  1. In your Coda doc, click Insert in the upper‑right.
  2. Select Packs, search for “Airtable”, and choose the Airtable Pack.
  3. Click Add to doc to install it.

Add your Airtable Pack via Insert

Add your first Airtable table

  1. Use drag-and-drop or select the base or webhook you want to sync.
  2. Authorize the Pack via Skilled Agents in Airtable. Choose access scopes, then click Grant access.
  3. Configure how often data should refresh and whether you can write back results from Coda to Airtable.
  4. To add more Airtable accounts, open the account dropdown and click Set up another account.

Drag in Airtable content

Enable two-way sync (optional)

 You can send edits from Coda back to Airtable—either immediately or via a button. This is ideal for teams working in both tools who need to keep data aligned.

3. Why do it in docs?

 You can do everything you were doing in Airtable in Coda tables, but if you have teams or colleagues still using Airtable, pull in those bases right into Coda and work where you want to work. You can even reduce Airtable licenses by letting users view and update synced data directly in Coda. Continue working seamlessly on the projects you were in Airtable, but now with the additional powers of Coda.
Consider these table enhancements:
  • Add Coda-native columns like canvas or people to extend imported tables.
  • Create relation columns to link Airtable data with other tables in your doc.
  • Use comment threads directly on rows and tables.

Add a relation column

Normalize inconsistent inputs

For example, if sales region names from your Airtable base vary (“East Coast”, “East_Coast”, “east coast”), in Coda you can:
  • Use formulas like Proper() or RegexReplace() to clean text (e.g., normalize “East Coast,” “East_Coast,” and “east coast”)
  • Or, add an AI column and ask it to do the work for you.
  • Create a new column such as Clean Region Name to house standardized values.

Custom interfaces and dashboards without a designer

Use buttons, filters, and conditional formats to give your team clarity and control—no additional tools required.
  • Use buttons to automate actions like changing status or syncing rows.
  • Add interactive filters so viewers only see what they need
  • Build connected hubs for ops, product, or finance teams

Example dashboards

Resource Scheduling Board
Combine hours, capacity, and availability; highlight scheduling conflicts or idle time.
Team Performance Dashboard
Filter by region or product line, show KPIs (e.g., number of high‑priority tickets resolved).

Now what?

  • Try syncing a key table from your Airtable base and enrich it with a people or canvas column in Coda.
  • Ready to build more? Create a dashboard that blends Airtable metrics with write-ups and feedback.

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