List of All Airtable Meta Data Included in On2Air Backups

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This is a full list of all Airtable meta-data included in an On2Air Backup.

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In this tutorial

What Meta-Data is included in On2Air Backups?
Base Overview meta-data
Table meta-data
View meta-data
FIELD TYPES
AI Text
Attachments
Auto Number
Barcode
Button
Checkbox
Collaborator (Single or Multiple)
Count
Created By
Created Time
Currency
Date
Date with Time
Duration
Email
Formula
Last Modified By
Last Modified Time
Linked Record Field - Link to another record
Long Text (Multiline Text and Rich Text)
Lookup Field
Select Field (Single and Multiple)
Number
Percent
Rating
Rollup
Single Line Text
URL

What Meta-Data is included in On2Air Backups?

On2Air Backups Airtable Meta-data includes:

Base Overview meta-data

Base Name
Base ID
Base Description
Table Names

Table meta-data

Table Names
Table IDs
Table Description
Primary Field Name
Number of Fields
Number of Views
View Names

Field meta-data

Field Name
Field Type
Field ID
Field Description
Select Field Options

View meta-data

View Names
View Types
View IDs
Fields inside Views

FIELD TYPES

Every Field includes a Field ID. Additionally, each field includes specific options related to that field.

AI Text

Type - aiText
State - "empty" | "loading" | "generated” | “error”
isStale - boolean If the cell should be recomputed due to a dependency change. This can either be a dependent field or the field configuration.
Value - The value that is shown to the user inside of the cell - otherwise null
ErrorType - A short string that describes the error
Options

Prompt -The prompt that is used to generate the results in the AI field.

Currently, this is an array of strings or objects that identify any fields interpolated into the prompt. The prompt will not currently be provided if this field config is within another fields configuration (like a lookup field)

Field ID - field ID string
ReferencedFieldIDs - The other fields in the record that are used in the AI field

The referencedFieldIds will not currently be provided if this field config is within another fields configuration (like a lookup field)

Attachments

Type
Field ID
Multiple attachments

Is Reversed - True/False

Auto Number

Type
Field ID

Barcode

Type
Field ID

Button

Type
Field ID
Button Label
Button URL - for “Open URL”, the compute URL value

Checkbox

Type
Field ID
Icon Type - "check" | "xCheckbox" | "star" | "heart" | "thumbsUp" | "flag" | "dot"
Icon Color - The color of the checkbox.

Collaborator (Single or Multiple)

Type
Field ID
Collaborator ID
Email
Permission Level
Name - User's display name (may be omitted if the user hasn't created an account)
ProfilePicURL - only included if it exists for the user

Count

Type
Field ID
Is Valid - True/False
Record Link Field Name

Created By

Type
Field ID
Email
Name - User's display name (may be omitted if the user hasn't created an account)
ProfilePicURL - only included if it exists for the user

Created Time

Type
Field ID
Date Format Name - Local, Friendly, US, European, or ISO
Date Format - example: M/D/YYYY
Time Format Name - 12/24 Hour
Time Format - example: h:mm:a
Time Zone option - Client

Currency

Type
Field ID
Precision
Symbol

Date

Type
Field ID
Date Format Name - Local, Friendly, US, European, or ISO
Date Format - "l" | "LL" | "M/D/YYYY" | "D/M/YYYY" | "YYYY-MM-DD" (l for local, LL for friendly, M/D/YYYY for us, D/M/YYYY for european, YYYY-MM-DD for iso)

Date with Time

Type
Field ID
Date Format Name - Options: Local, Friendly, US, European, or ISO
Date Format - "l" | "LL" | "M/D/YYYY" | "D/M/YYYY" | "YYYY-MM-DD" (l for local, LL for Friendly, M/D/YYYY for US, D/M/YYYY for European, YYYY-MM-DD for ISO)
Time Format Name - 12Hour or 24 Hour
Time Format - "h:mma" | "HH:mm”
Time Zone option - Client

Duration

Type
Field ID
Duration Format - "h:mm" | "h:mm:ss" | "h:mm:ss.S" | "h:mm:ss.SS" | "h:mm:ss.SSS

Email

Type
Field ID

Formula

Type
Field ID
Is Valid - True/False
Actual Formula
Referenced Field Names in Formula
Reference Field IDs in Formula
Result Type
Formula Formatting Precision
Formula Formatting Symbol

Last Modified By

Type
Field ID
Email
Name - User's display name (may be omitted if the user hasn't created an account)
ProfilePicURL - only included if it exists for the user
Referenced Field

Last Modified Time

Type
Field ID
IsValid - True/False - False if this formula/field configuation has an error
Referenced Field Names
Referenced Field IDs
Date Format Name - Options: Local, Friendly, US, European, or ISO
Date Format - "l" | "LL" | "M/D/YYYY" | "D/M/YYYY" | "YYYY-MM-DD" (l for local, LL for Friendly, M/D/YYYY for US, D/M/YYYY for European, YYYY-MM-DD for ISO)
Time Format Name - 12Hour or 24 Hour
Time Format - "h:mma" | "HH:mm”
Time Zone option - Client

Linked Record Field - Link to another record

Type
Field ID
Linked Table Name
Is Reversed - True/False
Prefers Single Record Link - True/False
Inverse Link Field Name
Inverse Link Field Prefers Single Record Link - True/False

Long Text (Multiline Text and Rich Text)

Type
Field ID

Lookup Field

Is Valid - True/False
Record Link Field Name
Field in Linked Table Name
Result Type
Linked Table Name
Linked Table
Lookup Field ID
Lookup Field Type
Lookup Field Name
Lookup Field Option Names
Lookup Field Option IDs
Lookup Field Option Color

Select Field (Single and Multiple)

Field Name
Select Field Option Names
Select Field Option Name
Select Field Option ID
Select Field Option Color -

values: "blueLight2", "cyanLight2", "tealLight2", "greenLight2", "yellowLight2", "orangeLight2", "redLight2", "pinkLight2", "purpleLight2", "grayLight2", "blueLight1", "cyanLight1", "tealLight1", "greenLight1", "yellowLight1", "orangeLight1", "redLight1", "pinkLight1", "purpleLight1", "grayLight1", "blueBright", "cyanBright", "tealBright", "greenBright", "yellowBright", "orangeBright", "redBright", "pinkBright", "purpleBright", "grayBright", "blueDark1", "cyanDark1", "tealDark1", "greenDark1", "yellowDark1", "orangeDark1", "redDark1", "pinkDark1", "purpleDark1", "grayDark1”