# Allow actions on any table, not just current table

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-actions-on-any-table-not-just-current-table/37191>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 14, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-actions-on-any-table-not-just-current-table/37191 "2022-01-14T18:36:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-actions-on-any-table-not-just-current-table/37191/1 "2022-01-14T18:36:21Z")

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Hi, I often want to implement a custom action on a different table than the one I am working in.

Support (and another user) recently suggested I implement a shuffle to resolve an issue I am having.

But the issue is on a table that has a relational link to the table I am working on.

So when I show detail item, I could have used a shuffle on the related items – shuffling the items in the current table would have no impact on the issue, and actually could cause issues.

But when I select shuffle, there is no option to select a table to act against.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/1/c105ab062b351e459337cfad25118ef90f50b8da.png)

Other actions would also benefit from this ability. For instance, if I am on a custom form, and I want to add a row to a subordinate table, it would be great to add a row to that other table (which I can do), and then allow the user to _edit_ that row, but the edit and show form do not allow selecting the table to act on.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/4/c42b2346a7b9a36a76389e264c82b5d93a608afd.png)

Right now I need a custom action that uses a “temporary” field, and this is just to allow them to choose one value. Suppose they need to fill out the entire form on the subordinate table?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/2/f28778ea8f0d0d21ce47c82f09b99f61b0a59198.png)