Automation library · Data collection

Fetch hierarchical data records from Airtable

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable. 32 steps, 2 branches, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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32 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
2Branches: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 26Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Execute Workflow TriggerExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  2. 2InputsSetLogic
  3. 3Airtable - Get Target RecordAirtableService
  4. 4Get Airtable CommentsHttp RequestService
  5. 5Airtable SchemaAirtableService
  6. 6Rename commentsSetLogic
  7. 7Filter Main TableFilterLogic
  8. 8Merge2MergeLogic
  9. 9Split Out FieldsSplit OutLogic
  10. 10Filter Link To fieldsFilterLogic
  11. 11Add Inverse LinkTo Field nameSetLogic
  12. 12Get Linked records without Link To fields Except for Level 3Http RequestService
  13. 13If Has Level 3IfLogic
  14. 14Loop Over L2 records arrays having L3 children to fetchSplit In BatchesLogic
  15. 15Merge1MergeLogic
  16. 16Repeat L3 links of current L2 tableSetLogic
  17. 17Level 2 recordsSplit OutLogic
  18. 18Add origin LinkToSetLogic
  19. 19MergeMergeLogic
  20. 20Insert linked records to originRecord & Clean Field NameCodeLogic
  21. 21Loop Over L2 Records for a given L1 fieldSplit In BatchesLogic
  22. 22If markdown to htmlIfLogic
  23. 23Aggregate to record listAggregateLogic
  24. 24Split Out L3 Potential LinksSplit OutLogic
  25. 25Rich Text Fields listSetLogic
  26. 26Prepare HTTP CallSetLogic
  27. 27Markdown to HtmlCodeLogic
  28. 28Get L3 Linked records without reverse Link To fieldsHttp RequestService
  29. 29Preparing aggregationSetLogic
  30. 30Aggregate1AggregateLogic
  31. 31Code to single field propertyCodeLogic
  32. 32Merge with original field propertySetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
32, with 2 branches, 2 loops or waits
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
Connects to
Airtable
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 32 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 32 steps before you point it at anything that matters.