# Airtable external collection doesn't show values **URL:** https://forum.adalo.com/t/airtable-external-collection-doesnt-show-values/4346 **Category:** Get Help **Created:** [September 24, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/airtable-external-collection-doesnt-show-values/4346 "2020-09-24T22:17:04Z") **Posts on this page:** 5 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![altaguardia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/altaguardia/32/2834_2.png) [@altaguardia](https://forum.adalo.com/u/altaguardia) #### Post date: [September 24, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/airtable-external-collection-doesnt-show-values/4346/1 "2020-09-24T22:17:04Z")
Hey folks I have a problem when I connect and external Airtable conection to Adalo. The conection seems to run well, test success, but then, when I want to pick a value of the collection to included in a text field or whatever, the collection seem to be empty. Then, I tried with the Bookings collection, and it it almost the same, but there appears the calculated fields. Do you know what I am missing? Thanks! ![image (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/4/4a8a876ad67d51ab1d85c5b2e54a9ddb4efdd3f5.png) ![image (2)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/0/03a24ddd8fe06512e44539423babad9a68a3dc21.png) ![image (3)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/9/96a24ef24ba2284c81ac0de077a7e1d929146d8b.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/6/60185fdbbd0dabbe948bce9f7e53fa74065411b8.png) ---
### Author: ![vancewong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/82dd89/32.png) [@vancewong](https://forum.adalo.com/u/vancewong) #### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/airtable-external-collection-doesnt-show-values/4346/2 "2020-09-25T12:04:44Z")
Hey @altaguardia, you’ll have to use a custom list if you want to display the entire list of records. Individual text and image elements are more for static content, or content on screens for a selected record. For eg. when someone clicks a specific item on the list of records, they’ll be sent to a page with data corresponding to that record. That’s where you’ll place individual elements on that screen, and use the magic text to pull dynamic data corresponding to that record (for eg. Current Booking). Hope this helps 🙂 ---
### Author: ![altaguardia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/altaguardia/32/2834_2.png) [@altaguardia](https://forum.adalo.com/u/altaguardia) #### Post date: [September 30, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/airtable-external-collection-doesnt-show-values/4346/3 "2020-09-30T09:31:43Z")
Look at this, it doesn’t work with list… ![Captura de pantalla 2020-09-30 a las 11.30.22](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/1/13c3a9e7f0bae2aa8be874beaee3474953288e01.png) ![Captura de pantalla 2020-09-30 a las 11.30.26](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/f/f40440da95019ec8fed6e8d3f54a45e9ce14f82f.png) ---
### Author: ![vancewong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/82dd89/32.png) [@vancewong](https://forum.adalo.com/u/vancewong) #### Post date: [September 30, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/airtable-external-collection-doesnt-show-values/4346/4 "2020-09-30T13:39:03Z")
Have you selected the “Customer Airtable” list under the “Simple List” section? It’s above the “Title” section on the left panel. You’ll have to tell Adalo that it’s a list of your Customer Airtable table. ---
### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system) #### Post date: [October 10, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/airtable-external-collection-doesnt-show-values/4346/5 "2020-10-10T13:39:07Z")
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