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Create & Capture

How do I get new information into the system?

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Pattern · Demo Autosave The system persists changes as they are made and reports the save state continuously, so "have I saved?" stops being a question anyone has to hold. Edit & ManipulateCreate & Capture Pattern · Demo Minimal Form Ask only for what is needed to create the thing, and collect everything else later in the context where it matters. Create & Capture Pattern · Demo Quick Add Create a record from one field, in the place the record belongs, without leaving the screen or opening a form. Create & Capture Pattern · Demo Smart Defaults Fill the field with the answer that is right most of the time, from context you already have — so the common case needs no decision and the exception is still easy. Create & CaptureEdit & Manipulate Pattern · Demo Spreadsheet Import Bring an existing spreadsheet into the system by mapping its columns, previewing what will happen, and reporting per-row results — never all-or-nothing. Create & Capture Pattern · Demo Validation Errors Tell someone a value is wrong next to that value, at the moment it can be fixed, in words that say what to do — and never take away what they typed. Create & CaptureEdit & ManipulateFeedback & Recovery Exemplar What Airtable Figured Out That people already know how to use a grid, and that the winning move is to make the spreadsheet a real database rather than to replace it with forms. Edit & ManipulateScan & UnderstandCreate & Capture Pattern · Demo Wizard A long, genuinely required task broken into ordered steps with visible progress — so the person faces a few decisions at a time instead of forty at once. Create & CaptureMove Through Workflow