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In today's vast world of technology, businesses and organizations rely on information systems to make sense of their valuable data to help them understand where they currently are, what mistakes could have been avoided and how to move forward.  While it is an integral part to running and managing a business, high costs, thousands of lines of codes and months and years of development are just some of the many obstacles that start ups and medium enterprises are presented with. These days, who has the time? People are demanding faster solutions. If you can't keep up, you'll be left behind.

There is a need for faster development, faster iterations and for the majority of the small to medium businesses, access to custom solutions that do not break the bank. Enter the No-Code Revolution. Many software companies have built platforms based on the no-code principle because there is a bottleneck in the software development industry, and because the demand for accessible solutions is rising aggressively.

So what does this mean for the systems development arena?

Accelerate product creation and launch time.

Now, you don't have to wait for months or years to see your system plans come to fruition. With no-code development, your systems will be finished in just a few weeks. Faster turnaround time, faster iteration, faster results.

Economical Solution

You don't need a team of database administrator, web designer and systems developer - you just need ONE no-code/ low-code developer. Because of this, the cost of development is drastically lowered.

Fast deployment and hosting.

No-Code platforms have very reliable in-house hosting. After the systems creation, it can be published any time.

To find out more about how no-code development can help your business, get in touch with me.

Techy Polar

Airtable is a low-code platform that looks like a spreadsheet but is a powerful relational database system under the hood. It is simple, user-friendly, collaborative and allows quick and smart database creation. It is a centralized database system where users can migrate data from one database to another while maintaining data integrity.

Main features of Airtable:

Relational database

The primary benefit of a relational database system is the ability to create meaningful information by joining the tables in your database. It makes data manipulations easier and allows you to understand the relationships between the data.

Customized fields

Customize the column types in your table to any of the following:

• Single line text, Long text/ Rich text format

• Attachment

• Checkbox

• Multiple Select, Single Select

• Collaborator

• Date, Created Time, Last Modified Time

• Phone Number, Email

• URL

• Number, Currency, Percent

• Duration

• Rating

• Formula, Rollup, Count, Lookup

• Autonumber

• Barcode

• Button

Filtering & Sorting

Just like a spreadsheet, you can filter and sort data according to the information you need. It's a very simple feature but very powerful in that you are able to view only the specified set of data out of thousands of records you have in your database.

Customized views

You can create and save many different views in the same table. Choose to show only certain fields and hide the others to make for easier viewing. You can also hide fields with sensitive info if you need to share with other team members or external users. Views can also be used for conditional formatting.

Collaborative workspace

Work on shared bases across different teams. Organize, discuss and assign tasks according to your business workflows. Data synchronization is in real-time so everybody in the team is always updated.

Link records between tables and bases

Organize data points with defined relationships for easy access and lookups. Easy query and filter to extract information for reports. Because the data is structured, you only input the data once, then you can call and reuse it in different tables and bases, thus eliminating data input duplication.

Forms management

Create customized forms in seconds. Collect data from external users through forms and get the submitted data straight to your base. Airtable's native form has conditional logic so you can set rules or conditions that cause your form fields to change based on user input.

Blocks

Blocks are modular apps that enhance Airtable use cases. These can be charts, diagrams, maps, or timelines that help you see the overview of your data visually. You can also create letter templates that have dynamic information fields that get the data from your base.

Integrations

Airtable allows for a central software architecture that's able to seamlessly connect and pass data to other systems and this is possible through API integrations. This cuts down on the inefficiencies of dealing with multiple software solutions within a company and eliminates bottlenecks. It reduces communication delays and increases accuracy, making the business run much faster, more efficiently, and with far less human error involved.

Airtable is the power of a database with the familiarity of a spreadsheet. And by integrating it with other no-code tools, you can take your Airtable game to the next level.

To find out more about how this can help your business, get in touch with me.

Techy Polar