Automatic Links
Learn how to add an automatic link to any non-Noloco data source
An automatic link can be added to any non-Noloco data source, such as Google Sheets or Airtable.
It allows you to add a custom link to another collection/record from an existing record and then automatically sync that value with a lookup value.
For example:
If you have two spreadsheets, one named Software
and one named Suppliers
The Software
sheet has a Supplier Name
column and the Supplier
sheet has a Name
column. But there's no link between them (because it's a spreadsheet)
You can define a new Automatic link field on the Software
table: Supplier
Then you can make it automatically link when Supplier Name
= Supplier
Automatic links are bi-directional, so if you then update the linked field on a record (say the Supplier field), Noloco will automatically prefil the Supplier Name
field in your spreadsheet with the correct value.
This makes it much easier to work with, as it introduces better filters, better views and better permissions.
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