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At its core, Airtable allows you to easily create a database that holds the information that matters for your work, then use it to power the visualizations, processes, and integrations that make up a custom application that's truly unique to you.

A linked record field represents a relationship between two different objects, ideas, or people. You can use it to link two tables together, like Artists and Albums. You can convert an existing field into a linked record to create a new linked table or you can link two existing tables together.

One of the unique aspects of managing your information in a database is the power of linking records together across tables. Linked records can eliminate redundancy, enforce data integrity, and enable new methods of automationturning your list of records into a fully fledged custom app.

It is important to link records when adding relationships, rather than just entering the name of the record in the Last name or Org name field, because linking indicates to the database that the relationship record is the same entity as the one being linked in the relationship.

When linking two tables together, by creating a linked record field, Airtable automatically establishes a co-dependent relationship by creating another linked record field in the second table. This relationship allows the two tables to share information freely with one another based on the records you choose to link.

Airtable is an easy-to-use online platform for creating and sharing relational databases. The user interface is simple, colorful, friendly, and allows anyone to spin up a database in minutes.

Airtable is like a spreadsheet and a databaseWhile programs like Excel function only as traditional spreadsheets, Airtable works similarly to both spreadsheets and databases. As a spreadsheet, you can structure information in a grid view with the expected format of columns, rows, and cells.