Connect Airtable or Notion as a Data Source
Authorize ChartBrick to read your Airtable base or Notion database, import a table, and build a chart from it.
Connect Airtable or Notion to build charts from your bases and databases. You authorize an account once per workspace, then reuse it for every import.
Start a new Airtable or Notion dataset
In your workspace sidebar, click New to open the New dataset picker, then choose Airtable or Notion from the available integrations.
You'll land on the import page for that source.
Connect your account
The first time, click Connect to Airtable or Connect to Notion. ChartBrick redirects you to the provider to grant read-only access, then brings you back.
For Notion, you choose which pages and databases the integration can access during authorization — share whatever you want to chart before continuing. Once connected, the account is remembered for this workspace; you can add more accounts later and pick between them in the Account selector.
Pick what to import
With an account selected, choose your data:
- Airtable — pick the Base, then the Table (the table list loads after you choose a base). Both dropdowns are searchable. If the table has saved views, an optional View dropdown appears.
- Notion — pick the Database. Only databases you shared with the integration appear. If one is missing, share it in Notion, then click Reload — Notion's index can take a few seconds, and ChartBrick keeps retrying for a short while right after you connect.
Import the dataset
Click Import. ChartBrick reads the rows, detects column types (numbers, dates, text), and snapshots the data so charts load fast. It then reads your columns and builds up to 4 charts for you automatically — bundled into a dashboard when there's more than one — and drops you straight onto the result. No setup needed.
Your data stays in sync automatically — new datasets refresh daily by default. Change the cadence (hourly, daily, weekly, or off) on the dataset page, or click Update data to pull the latest rows right now.
Manage the connection later
Go to Settings → Connections to see every connected source and the datasets and charts using it. Only workspace admins can manage connections.
Each connection has a refresh icon — Manage shared pages for Notion or Re-authorize Airtable for Airtable — to re-grant or adjust access, and a trash icon to delete it. If a token expires, the connection shows a red Reconnect required badge; use the same icon to reconnect. Deleting a connection keeps the data in datasets you already created, but they can no longer refresh from the source.
What's next?
- Connect a Google Sheet — import spreadsheet data the same way.
- Create your first chart — turn your new dataset into a chart.
- Refresh or replace a dataset — pull fresh rows into the snapshot your charts read.