# Action after submitting a form **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-after-submitting-a-form/26224 "2021-04-30T13:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-after-submitting-a-form/26224/4 "2021-04-30T14:06:06Z")
OK, yeah glide columns only stay in glide. Many people have had different results when using actions on submit. I honestly haven’t done actions on submit enough to know what does and doesn’t work. I think a lot of times it’s just timing and how fast the actions run. If a row isn’t finished writing then sometimes the On Submit actions don’t work right. You could either do the IF in the google sheet instead, or maybe use a horizontal choice component that writes 0 or 1 to a column instead of using a checkbox or switch. There’s a lot of other things you could do, like creating a custom form that temporarily writes values to user specific columns, then transfers them to your real columns. Then you could use and IF column to get your 0 or 1 and move that to the proper destination column. But doing it inside of an actual Form or Add screen can get tricky. > [@How do I create a custom form?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-custom-form/25014): > > I’m just dropping this here so I have something to refer people to when they ask. This is a simple concept app (copyable), that demonstrates the following techniques: Building custom forms for adding and editing list items (as an alternative to the native forms provided by Glide) Preventing duplicate new entries using [User Specific Columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/user-specific-columns) and [Relations](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/computed-columns/relation-column) Enforcing mandatory input items The use of visibility conditions and user specific booleans to control user flow There is nothing particula… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-after-submitting-a-form/26224)._