# Incrementing Airtable Value by 1 **URL:** https://community.make.com/t/incrementing-airtable-value-by-1/32745 **Category:** Questions **Tags:** airtable **Created:** [April 4, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/incrementing-airtable-value-by-1/32745 "2024-04-04T17:34:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Ben4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@Ben4](https://community.make.com/u/Ben4) #### Post date: [April 4, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/incrementing-airtable-value-by-1/32745/1 "2024-04-04T17:34:14Z")
I have an Airtable where I’m storing all of my email campaign data (notably ‘emails sent’ for this question). 1. When an emails sent, it triggers the webhook. 2. I locate the Airtable row for that email account. 3. I update the Airtable row’s ‘Emails Sent’ column, using the following formula: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/e/5/e5f288465f65ff0baabe428ae743a6d224334c35.png) If there’s a value present in the ‘Emails Sent’ column already, then we want to increment it by 1, otherwise, we will just output 1. Unfortunately, the value is never incremented, and the value stays at 1 at all times. Here’s a loom video I sent to a friend: [Email Sent Tracker | Make - 4 April 2024 | Loom](https://www.loom.com/share/d9fdccfbc93d41f8bb118d83f46d630a) Thank you! ---
### Author: ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew) #### Post date: [April 5, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/incrementing-airtable-value-by-1/32745/2 "2024-04-05T01:35:24Z")
Welcome to the Make community! You need to use an `if`, not an `ifempty` function. ![Screenshot_2024-04-05_090412](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/4/7/4751290b9a03b2a172c092b4d42ee19d9fc92e2a.png) The reason why ifempty always returns 1, is because your variable is either empty or 1. If it is 1, is it not empty, so it will return 1 (the current variable value). ---
### Author: ![Make\_Bot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/make_bot/32/14661_2.png) [@Make\_Bot](https://community.make.com/u/Make_Bot) #### Post date: [July 4, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/incrementing-airtable-value-by-1/32745/3 "2024-07-04T01:49:06Z")