Create Airtable Records for New Tally Responses

What This Workflow Does

This automation solves a common pain point for businesses using Tally forms to collect information - the manual transfer of responses to a structured database. Every time someone submits your Tally form, this workflow automatically creates a corresponding record in your Airtable base with all the response data properly mapped to your preferred fields.

The solution eliminates hours of tedious copy-pasting while ensuring your Airtable database remains perfectly synchronized with your latest form submissions. Whether you're collecting leads, processing applications, or gathering customer feedback, this integration keeps your data flowing seamlessly between systems.

How It Works

1. Monitoring for new responses

The workflow regularly checks your Tally form for new submissions at intervals you configure (typically every 15-60 minutes). When new responses arrive, they're immediately processed.

2. Data transformation

Each form response is parsed and prepared for Airtable. The workflow handles data type conversions and can apply basic formatting rules to ensure clean data entry.

3. Field mapping

Your Tally form questions are matched to specific Airtable fields according to your configuration. The mapping preserves all response data while adapting it to your database structure.

4. Record creation

The processed data is used to create new records in your designated Airtable base and table. The workflow confirms successful creation before completing the cycle.

Who This Is For

This workflow benefits any business or team using Tally for data collection that needs to:

• Centralize form responses in a relational database
• Trigger downstream processes based on submissions
• Analyze form data alongside other business information
• Share collected data across teams without granting Tally access
• Maintain a permanent record of submissions beyond Tally's storage limits

Common use cases include lead generation forms, customer onboarding, event registrations, feedback collection, and internal request systems.

What You'll Need

1. A Tally form with submissions you want to track
2. An Airtable base with a table ready to receive the data
3. A Make.com account (free or paid)
4. API access to both Tally and Airtable (included with standard accounts)
5. Approximately 15 minutes for initial setup

Quick Setup Guide

1. Clone the template in your Make.com account
2. Connect your Tally account by authenticating with OAuth
3. Select your form from the dropdown menu
4. Connect your Airtable and choose the target base and table
5. Map form fields to Airtable columns in the configuration panel
6. Set your polling interval (how often to check for new responses)
7. Test with a sample submission and verify the Airtable record appears correctly
8. Activate the scenario to begin automatic processing

Key Benefits

Eliminate 100% of manual data entry between Tally and Airtable, saving 2-5 hours per week typically spent copying and reformatting responses.

Reduce human error that occurs during manual transcription, ensuring your database contains exactly what respondents submitted.

Enable real-time reporting by having responses appear in Airtable within minutes of submission, rather than waiting for batch updates.

Create a permanent archive of all form responses in your controlled Airtable environment, independent of Tally's data retention policies.

Build on your data immediately by connecting other automations to the Airtable records as soon as they're created.