# Debugging error with airtable blocks **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** airtable\ **Created:** [September 4, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035 "2020-09-04T15:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Giuseppe_Geppo_Catta)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/1 "2020-09-04T15:00:32Z")
Hi, I’m trying to create a new record in an Airtable table using datasource block “create row in…”. Something is going wrong, but I can’t figure out what. How can i debug to find the problem? I’m using Live Test to test the app. ---
**Author:** ![bobsunscreen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bobsunscreen/32/85667_2.png) [@bobsunscreen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bobsunscreen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/2 "2020-09-04T15:08:01Z")
Hi @Giuseppe_Geppo_Catta! If you feel comfortable, could you please share your code? ---
**Author:** ![Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Giuseppe_Geppo_Catta)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/3 "2020-09-04T15:26:32Z")
Unfortunately I’m away from pc right now. This is what I can share with phone. ![Screenshot_2020-09-04-17-21-42-053_com.android.chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/a/aadb8934cb87c503287359e1b6c6a516e70616d4.jpeg) clicking button I get some records, then with create row, I would like to copy those rows in another table but It doesn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![bobsunscreen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bobsunscreen/32/85667_2.png) [@bobsunscreen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bobsunscreen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/4 "2020-09-04T15:40:46Z")
If you want to retrieve data from Airtable, there’s no need for the Web API component. You can just use the [Airtable component](https://docs.thunkable.com/spreadsheet) and the “Get Cell,” “Get Row,” or “Get Column” blocks. If you want to create new records in Airtable, instead of using a data source, I would use the Airtable component and the “Create Row” block. And there’s no need for the “count i from 1” block you have. Could you please tell me a little bit more about the purpose of your app so I can better understand what you need Airtable for? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Rogulla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@Michael\_Rogulla](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Michael_Rogulla)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/5 "2020-09-06T17:15:03Z")
@Giuseppe_Geppo_Catta, the “WebAPI”-blocks and the Airtable blocks work asynchronly. You can see it because they have the “then do” expression inside. That means, you start a WebAPI-call and at the same time the next green block “from WebAPI URL…” is executed, maybe before the purple Web-API block is ready. That said, try to shift **all** following blocks into the “then do” notch, and don’t forget the “then do” section from airtable. I tried to show this with a little painting tricks, this is not really done with thunkableX but with a graphics editor: ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/8/3822b6dc6685ee55cbe15b2abd6f483fb35c2938.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Giuseppe_Geppo_Catta)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/6 "2020-09-07T06:58:32Z")
> [@bobsunscreen](#): > > Get Cell,” “Get Row,” or “Get C I use WebAPI 'cause Airtable components doesn’t allow to filter result. I need to retrieve and show only some data from my Airtable table, so I need to make a query based on content of some cells on it and Airtable component doesn’t allow this. When I create I use count 'cause I bring data from another table so I use index to select which row from the other table to paste in the new table. I give you an example of my app. I have 100 guys. Every guy have an events calendar. So i Have a table with the list of guys, and a table with all the event (not a table for every guy 'cause there will be too much tables) From the app you can select the guy, and then you should see a list of events for that guy. My problem is that I would like to use dataviewer list and it needs a datasource that is not programmable. You MUST set it up when programming. So I linked my dataviewer list to an empty partial table with the same structure of the events table. Every time you select a guy, the app takes, events for that guy from the global table, and paste it to the partial table and show it with a dataviewer list. If you select another guy, the app must empty the table first and then do the same thing as before. **So mainly my problem is that dataviewer list and grid don’t allow query on tables when retrieving data.** ---
**Author:** ![Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Giuseppe_Geppo_Catta)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/7 "2020-09-07T07:10:21Z")
I’ve tried your solution but nothing change. And mainly, it is a possible solution but not a way to debug. I have the same problem as before. The app doesn’t do what I need But there are no debug messages to know why ---
**Author:** ![bobsunscreen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bobsunscreen/32/85667_2.png) [@bobsunscreen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bobsunscreen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/8 "2020-09-07T13:24:48Z")
It is actually possible to filter data from Airtable. The easiest way is to upload your data and display it as a list using the list viewer component. From there, you can use “if then” statements to filter it. ---
**Author:** ![Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Giuseppe_Geppo_Catta)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/9 "2020-09-07T13:47:20Z")
It Is not a way, being an event calendar table,I could have a big table after some time, and it’s really unusefull to get the whole table and filter it in app instead of getting only data I need using a query ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/10 "2020-09-07T14:27:08Z")
You would be better off creating a custom list viewer I would think. Have you tried that route? It seems like you’re trying to pull filtered data into the localDB to display the data in the dataviewer. Is that accurate? ---
**Author:** ![Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Giuseppe\_Geppo\_Catta](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Giuseppe_Geppo_Catta)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/11 "2020-09-07T14:41:42Z")
Yes, This is what i aim to do. Because i really don’t know where to start to create a custom list viewer. At the moment i can get filtered data from an Airtable table correctly but I can not write them back to another Airtable table or to a local datasource table. If i could get this step, then diplay them in a dataviewer it will be easy. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/debugging-error-with-airtable-blocks/793035/12 "2024-11-08T12:24:10Z")