Additional record tabs in Airtable

Create tab labels in new fields

In your table, add a new formula field for each Additional record tab you'd like.

The formula should output a string, e.g. 👥 Team members or📅 Meetings.

You can add additional dynamic data into this formula later.

Create same-table linked record fields for each additional tab

Add a new linked record field where the table is the current table (self-linking).

Tick the Show display name instead of primary field checkbox and select one of your tab detail labels from the previous step.

Fill in existing records, then Add an Automation

In your current table, fill in the existing records with a link back to themselves. The most reliable way to do this is to create a formula field called "Record ID" that exposes the records RECORD_ID(), then copy and paste that record ID into each of the new same-table linked record fields.

Automation for new records

Create a new automation that triggers when a record has one or more of the self-linking fields empty.

Set the only action in this automation to set the value of all self-linking fields to the record ID of the triggering record.

Add your new record tabs into a record detail

Add in each linked record field to a record detail interface, just like a normal field. Unless you're getting even more creative, we suggest setting "fields" to 0 visible fields to maintain the illusion that these are buttons.

Once each of your tabs are added in a row, you can select one of them and use the blue drop-down menu to Hide labels for entire row.

Configure your record detail layouts

Set each record tab to open a unique record detail layout. We recommend setting the title to the relevant tab detail label from the previous step.