How Zapier Transfers works
There are a few simple steps that you need to take in order to set up the workflow that sends information from one database to the other. In this example, I am going to migrate my Airtable base to Google Sheets.
Step 1: Connect my Airtable Database
The first step is to connect my Airtable base as the source data in Zapier. Anyone familiar with Zapier will find this part of the process intuitive. Anyone new to Zapier, basically what you are doing here is asking Zapier to get your Airtable database that you can reuse in future steps.
Step 2: Setup your destination - Google Sheets
The next step is to define where we want our data to send and in what format. In order to do what you need to set up the destination of your data. In my case I am using Google sheets: I simply set up a column for each field I want to migrate over to Google Sheets.
Once this step is completed, I am ready to ask Zapier to transfer over everything from Airtable to Google sheets.
Step 3: Mapping Airtable to Google Sheets
Once you have defined your data source and data destination, it is time to map the fields up so that the right Airtable information gets sent to the correct field in Google sheets.
This process is once again very intuitive and one of the big reasons why Zapier is the most used automation tool in the world. Once the mapping is complete you are ready to review your data.
Step 4: Review and select records
Now, you are pretty much good to go. One thing that Zapier does really well here is it allows you to select certain records (in case you don't want to migrate your entire database)
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:32 Zapier Transfers Demo
08:26 First thoughts
09:18 Multiple destinations per transfer
09:48 Data manipulation steps
10:17 Preview data improvements
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