How to Create a User Listing

Learn how to create an Airtable listing that only shows records linked to your user

Samantha Wong

Written by Samantha Wong

A user listing in Pory is used to display records from other tables that are linked to a user.

For example, you may want to create a listing that shows a user their applications, bookmarks, events etc.

Prerequisites

Example Airtable base

In this example, we will use the following Airtable base to create a listing that displays a user's support ticket.

Step 01: Create a User Listing

First, go to the editor of your portal

  1. Click Add Section
  2. Select a layout for the listing
Select a listing design
Select a listing design

Step 02: Connect Airtable data

  1. Click on Edit Listing
Edit new listing
Edit new listing
  1. Fill out the listing type, base and table information for the user listing
  • Specify if it's a User Listing: Select Yes (shows the records that belongs to a user only).
  • Select Table: The table to use i.e Users table
  • Select Table Field: The field that is linked to the user record i.e. Tickets
  • Select Airtable View: None (Optional if you want to display records using a view instead)
User listing settings
User listing settings

Step 03: Edit Listing

Fields

  1. Select the Fields tab (default)
  2. Select which fields from the table to display in the Listing of the selected layout.
Edit listing view
Edit listing view
  1. Select the Search tab
  2. Select which fields are searchable in the listing.
Filters
Filters

Filters

  1. Select the Filters tab
  2. Select a Filter Method. You can generate options using a single or multiple select field or using the table method if you want to use a mix of different field types and control what values to display.
  3. Select the fields options to use for your filter. For example, the company position field may include Software Engineer, Accountant.
Filters
Filters

Step 04: Edit Detailed View

  1. Switch to the Detailed View when ready.
  2. Build out the view with drag and drop blocks
  3. Click on Save Changes once you're happy
Design your detailed view
Design your detailed view

Step 05: Edit Permissions

Set permission for each user group to control who can view, edit, create or remove records from the listing.

  1. Select Permissions
  2. Select options (view only, edit, create or remove) each group
  3. Click Save Changes
Listing permissions
Listing permissions

Step 06: Creating Forms

Your listing may support creating and editing records. To design your forms to support this permission:

  1. Select Forms to change to the form builder mode
  2. Select the fields to add to the form using drag and drop fields
  3. Click Save Changes
Listing form builder
Listing form builder

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