# Airtable Quickstart Guide {% embed url="" %} {% stepper %} {% step %} ### **Clone "Employee Salary Report" Template** Clone the "Employee Salary Report" template into your Documint account by clicking the button below.

Clone "Employee Salary Report"

{% endstep %} {% step %} ### **Clone "Free small business budget template" Base** Clone the "[Free small business budget template](https://www.airtable.com/templates/small-business-budgeting/exp12tdSHGebHtVlN)" base template from the Airtable Marketplace to your Airtable workspace

Clone Airtable Base

Here is how you can do that: 1. Once you are redirected to Airtable's page, click `Use Template` 2. Then, select the Workspace where you want to store this base
You have now successfully cloned the base! :tada: {% endstep %} {% step %} ### **Add Airtable PAT to Documint** Once the base is in your workspace, it's time to connect Airtable and Documint. For that, we'll need an API key from Airtable. To get that, go here: [Create Personal Access Token.](https://airtable.com/create/tokens/new) 1. **Give the token a name**
2. **Add the following scopes**: * `data.records:read` (to read your Airtable data) * `data.records:write` (to potentially update records) * `schema.bases:read` (to access your table structure)
3. **Make sure to grant access to the specific base you want to use with Documint**
4\. **Create the Token**
5\. **Copy the Token**
Go to `Integrations` in Documint and select Airtable in `Connections`. Paste the PAT key and save it.
{% endstep %} {% step %} ### **Set up Airtable Connection** In the template, go to the three dots here in Custom Data Source in the Data pane, and the Airtable option will show up for you.
Select the `Small business budget` base. Then select the `Salaries` table. And that's it! The fields are all connected again.
{% endstep %} {% step %} ### **Set up the attachment field** Now, go back to the table integrated with Documint (Salaries) and create an attachment field to store the generated PDF. In this example, we've named it `PDF` however you can name it anything you'd like.
{% endstep %} {% step %} ### **Create the Generation Link for the Documint Template** And back to the template, go to the `Integrations` tab and select the Airtable option. Under the `Generation Link` tab, select the attachment field that you created in the previous step, then copy the `Generation Link Formula`.
{% endstep %} {% step %} ### **Create the Button field** In Airtable, navigate to the `Salaries` table, create a new field with a type of `Button`. Give it a label, then paste the **Generation Link Formula** in the `URL formula` field and save it.
{% endstep %} {% step %} ### **Generate First Document** Click the button and voilá! You have now created your first document, and the information in that record was merged with the template, resulting in a PDF.
{% endstep %} {% endstepper %} Here are other ways you can integrate with Airtable: 1. [**Automation Script**](https://docs.documint.me/integrations/airtable/automation-script): Automatically sends Airtable data to Documint to generate documents based on predefined triggers and actions. 2. [**Airtable Extension**](https://docs.documint.me/integrations/airtable/airtable-extension): Airtable Marketplace extension that lets you select a record and generate either a document preview or a live, unbranded document directly from Airtable. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.documint.me/introduction/platform-quickstart-guides/airtable-quickstart-guide.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.