Airtable - Subtask Workaround?

Posted by Ken
Jan 3, 2018 at 06:13 AM

Andy Brice wrote:
Ken
> >I have been using Airtable to create a CRM and reporting system for a
>charity I volunteer at. It is a slick system and improving (but with a
>few strange omissions).
> >As far as I know the only way to support hierarchy/sub-tasks is to allow
>a link from one record to multiple other records in the same table.
> >—
> >Andy Brice
>http://www.hyperplan.com

I have to admit that I was a bit surprised to see you using Airtable, but I’ll take that as a good sign. Like PPL’s IQ, I still want to find some time to try out your program for more than a spin, but as my employer is now issuing me a laptop in addition to my desktop, I am needing to re-evaluate my current use of MLO, the program that I currently use for task management. Work will tolerate no-install (portable) software, but if I am using two machines, that is not going to be a viable solution as we have been told that programs like Box and Dropbox are not to be used. Given this hardware change, I am mulling over using Airtable as I can use it on both machines without any installation, and it can be reasonably customized to my own needs. I have been playing around with it and find it well designed, albeit I am quite rusty on effectively setting up relational databases.

—Ken