# Actions doesn't get triggered **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Tags:** airtable, api, actions\ **Created:** [March 12, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631 "2024-03-12T18:15:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pierre\_Richet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pierre_richet/32/85979_2.png) [@Pierre\_Richet](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pierre_Richet)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/1 "2024-03-12T18:15:20Z")
Hello everyone, I hope you’re having a wonderful day. However, I created an action and I have to admit I thought it would get triggered like Zapier but it doesn’t. Didn’t I miss something ? **What I’m trying to do :** When a new row is added to a table, those rows are also added to different tables. ![Capture d’écran 2024-03-12 à 22.12.39](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/7/7785998108567478b5c7fe17fddd8fd375b949f0.png) Thanks for anyone helping me ! ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/2 "2024-03-12T18:52:56Z")
Actions need to be called by something to run. They are not automatic. Do you have that action assigned to a button for maybe a form On Submit action? ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/3 "2024-03-12T23:55:27Z")
> [@Pierre\_Richet](#): > > When a new row is added to a table, those rows are also added to different tables. Can you also clarify what these add row actions mean in your flow? Usually I don’t see flows that add 2 rows to the same table like your screenshot. ---
**Author:** ![Pierre\_Richet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pierre_richet/32/85979_2.png) [@Pierre\_Richet](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pierre_Richet)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/4 "2024-03-13T13:39:07Z")
> [@Jeff\_Hager](#): > > Actions need to be called by something to run. They are not automatic. Do you have that action assigned to a button for maybe a form On Submit action? Ah I understand ! Actually, what triggers the action is a form outside of glide ---
**Author:** ![Pierre\_Richet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pierre_richet/32/85979_2.png) [@Pierre\_Richet](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pierre_Richet)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/5 "2024-03-13T13:41:46Z")
> [@ThinhDinh](#): > > > [@Pierre\_Richet](#): > > > > When a new row is added to a table, those rows are also added to different tables. > > Can you also clarify what these add row actions mean in your flow? Usually I don’t see flows that add 2 rows to the same table like your screenshot. Sure - the whole purpose of the flow is : 1. When a student of our online school fill a form 2. The row get added on the Airtable table linked to a data table in glide 3. Those row are then added into the “Users” Table so the user automatically added in the app 4. The glide app that was created is a chat app, so the row are also added to in a table allowing the users to chat to another user ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/6 "2024-03-13T15:08:12Z")
> [@Pierre\_Richet](#): > > When a student of our online school fill a form Is this form built inside your Glide app or not? ---
**Author:** ![Pierre\_Richet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pierre_richet/32/85979_2.png) [@Pierre\_Richet](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pierre_Richet)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/7 "2024-03-13T15:32:51Z")
No, this is in another app. But now, I created a form inside Glide. Now, it should work! Currently testing ---
**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:** [March 13, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/8 "2024-03-13T17:54:57Z")
> [@Pierre\_Richet](#): > > Actually, what triggers the action is a form outside of glide Glide actions cannot be triggered externally or automatically. They can only be triggered by the user doing something within the app that would call that action. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/actions-doesnt-get-triggered/71631/9 "2024-04-17T23:16:53Z")
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