Airtable

Connect Airtable to Jet Admin to put a real app — with permissions and workflows — in front of a base your team has outgrown.

Airtable is the most common starting point for teams moving to Jet Admin. Teams often keep their base and use Jet Admin for permissions, an interface for people who don't use Airtable, or joins with data from another system.

Jet Admin connects through Airtable sign-in, so you don't need to create or paste a personal access token. Airtable retired API keys in January 2024.

What you get

Jet Admin brings in each table you select from your base, using one view per table. It can also generate CRUD pages for those tables, so you have a working admin panel before designing your own pages.

Before you start

• An Airtable account with access to the base

• Permission to grant a third-party app access to that base or workspace

Connect Airtable

1

Add Airtable as a resource

In Jet Admin, click Add Resource from the Data section in the left menu, then choose Airtable.

2

Sign in to Airtable

Click Sign In to Airtable, then Add a base. Choose the base or workspace you need and click Grant access.

3

Choose tables and views

Click Choose tables, select the tables you want, and pick a view for each one. Click Add Resource.

You can use only one view per table. A filtered view brings in only the records it shows. Choose the All view unless you want that filter applied.

4

Choose your connection mode

Choose Sync to combine Airtable with Firebase, Google Sheets, a REST API or another source in the same tables. Choose Direct for live two-way edits against the base.

5

Generate your first pages

When prompted, select the tables for which Jet Admin should generate CRUD pages. You can restyle or replace the generated admin panel later.

Switching views later

1. Click Edit resource from the resource's settings menu

2. Click Choose tables

3. Select the views you want for each table

4. Click Update resource

Troubleshooting

Records are missing from a table. The selected view is filtered. Switch that table to the All view using the steps above.

A new Airtable field isn't showing. Run More → Sync Structure to pick up schema changes.

I can't see the base I need. Access was granted for a different base or workspace. Re-run Add a base and grant access to the right one.

https://docs.jetadmin.io/getting-started/migrating-a-project