> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.synclify.cloud/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Airtable

> Authorize Synclify to read your Airtable bases and tables.

Airtable is the source side of a Synclify connection. Rows become Webflow CMS items; columns become Webflow fields.

## Connect the account

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Data Sources">
    Click **Data Sources** in the sidebar. (It also lives at `/sites`.)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add data source">
    Click **Add data source** and pick **Airtable**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authorize">
    Airtable asks which bases to grant access to. Synclify reads the bases, tables, columns, and rows you grant.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Once authorized, Synclify discovers your bases and tables. They appear in the source step whenever you create a connection.

## Preparing a table

Synclify syncs what it finds, but a little structure up front prevents most problems.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Give it a unique identifier column">
    One column whose value is unique per row and doesn't change: a `Slug`, a `Name`, or a dedicated ID column. This becomes the [identity field](/how-synclify-works#the-identity-field).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Match column types to Webflow field types">
    Synclify groups types into four families — **text**, **number**, **boolean**, and **date/time** — and refuses to map across families. A text column cannot feed a Webflow number field.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name columns like the Webflow fields">
    Auto-mapping matches on name. `Article Title` → `Article Title` maps itself. Anything unmatched, you map by hand.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill the required fields">
    Rows missing a value for a required Webflow field will fail on write. Webflow's required fields are shown in the mapping step and cannot be unmapped.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Adding a column to Airtable does not add it to a live connection. Mappings are fixed when the connection is created. To pick up a new column, [create an editable draft](/connections/edit-a-connection).
</Tip>

## Which bases Synclify can see

Only the ones you granted during authorization. If a base is missing from the source picker, reconnect the Airtable account from **Data Sources** and widen the grant.

## Account statuses

The Data Sources page shows a status per connected account:

| Status            | Colour | What it means                                                             |
| ----------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `active`          | Green  | Working.                                                                  |
| `degraded`        | Amber  | Reachable but unhealthy — often rate limits or webhook delivery problems. |
| `reauth required` | Red    | Token expired or revoked. Reconnect. Syncs are stopped.                   |
| `disconnected`    | Grey   | Not connected.                                                            |

## Other sources

<Note>
  Airtable is the supported source today. [Google Sheets](/data-sources/connect-google-sheets) and [Notion](/data-sources/connect-notion) are on the roadmap.
</Note>