Spot possible duplicate submissions in Airtable
Bring likely duplicate entries together for review before they create confusion in your intake queue.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Update multiple records
Updates multiple existing records in a specified airtable table; these updates are not performed atomically.
Why this helps
Repeated form submissions can clutter an Airtable queue and make it unclear which response to follow up on.
- Surface likely duplicates for human review.
- Use only identifiers present in the available responses.
- Keep the original information available for comparison.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Byteforms and Airtable once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, or tell Notis what you want from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to identify likely duplicate submissions using supplied identifiers and update the matching Airtable records to flag them for review.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one known duplicate pair and check that unrelated records were not changed.
Questions about this workflow
Will this automatically delete duplicate records?
No. This workflow flags likely duplicates for review using the Airtable update action. A human can decide what to do next.
What information can identify a duplicate?
Use identifiers available in the submissions, such as an email address if it is included. Similarity alone can be uncertain, so the workflow should flag rather than assume.
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Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Byteforms to Airtable. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Byteforms triggers
Airtable actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create base
Creates a new airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace; ensure field options are valid for their type.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Comment
Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.
Create Field
Creates a new field within a specified table in an airtable base.
Create multiple records
Creates multiple new records in a specified airtable table.
Create a record
Creates a new record in a specified airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column types.
Create table
Creates a new table within a specified existing airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.
Delete Comment
Deletes an existing comment from a specified record in an airtable table.
Delete multiple records
Deletes up to 10 specified records from a table within an airtable base.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Byteforms and Airtable, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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