Update Field

Update a field

PATCH/meta/bases/{baseId}/tables/{tableId}/fields/{fieldId}

Use it in a workflow

Add a step and choose the Airtable connector.
Pick the Update Field action (under Bases & Schema).
Fill in the fields below, then reference the result from later steps as {{updateField.response.data}}.

baseIdstringrequired

tableIdstringrequired

fieldIdstringrequired

Enter the body as JSON in the step's Body field.

namestring

descriptionstring

optionsobject

json

{
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "options": {}
}

Returns 200 with an object. Read it in later steps with {{updateField.response.data.<field>}}.

idstring

namestring

typestring

Airtable field type, e.g. singleLineText, number, singleSelect, multipleAttachments.

descriptionstring

optionsobject

Type-specific configuration (e.g. select choices, number precision).

json

{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "type": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "options": {}
}

Need more? See the Airtable guide for connection setup and behaviour shared by every action.

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