How to chart an Airtable base
Personal access token + URL.
Airtable's API requires a personal access token. Scope it to one or more bases, paste it here, and you're good. The token stays in your browser/session — we don't persist it.
1Create a personal access token
Go to airtable.com/create/tokens and click Create new token.
Under Scopes add
data.records:read. That's the only scope we need.Under Access, pick the base (or bases) you want to read. Hit Create and copy the token — it's only shown once.
2Grab the table URL
Open the table in Airtable and copy the URL. It looks like
https://airtable.com/appXXXX/tblYYYY/viwZZZZ. We use theappandtblsegments — view order and filters don't carry over.3Import
In Chart SaaS, click New chart → Import from Airtable. Paste the token and URL. We pull up to 500 records.
4Chart it
Describe what you want. The model picks columns and aggregation. Numeric fields stay numeric; multi-selects and linked records are joined with commas.
Troubleshooting
›“Personal access token doesn’t have access”
›“Base or table not found”
tbl, not a view name.