# Button (Timer) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [January 18, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367 "2021-01-18T19:08:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrt224](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mrt224/32/490_2.png) [@mrt224](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mrt224)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/1 "2021-01-18T19:08:25Z")
Is there a way to create a timer so that every 5 or 10 min an action is performed instead of using a button? ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/2 "2021-01-18T19:20:51Z")
Not within Glide. This currently can only be done in google scripts inside google sheets. > [@Scripts, scripts, scripts!](https://community.glideapps.com/t/scripts-scripts-scripts/18965/54): > > How are you calling the function? It should be something like format\_sheet('Sheet 1') I actually use this within a wrapper function, something like this: function on\_sheet\_change(event) { var sheetname = event.source.getActiveSheet().getName(); format\_sheet(sheetname); } That’s a simple example, normally I’ll have a an if/then/else block that first checks the sheetname, and then only calls the format\_sheet() function for selected sheets. That was the long answer. The short answer is th… Here is a forum discussion witthe a script that can help. ---
**Author:** ![mrt224](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mrt224/32/490_2.png) [@mrt224](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mrt224)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/3 "2021-01-18T19:37:22Z")
I thought about using google sheets but I need to pull the Distance info from the glide table. The distance is not updated in google sheets. ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/4 "2021-01-18T20:19:26Z")
Yeah, I’m sorry. Until they add this feature we will be waiting. I for one have asked for this feature since April of last year. ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/5 "2021-01-18T21:38:06Z")
We call this feature Automations, and we really want to do it but have no specific plans yet. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/6 "2021-01-18T22:02:09Z")
> [@david](#): > > no specific plans But you’re saying that there ARE plans? 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![mrt224](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mrt224/32/490_2.png) [@mrt224](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mrt224)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/7 "2021-01-18T22:07:21Z")
Great and thank you. ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/8 "2021-01-18T22:16:34Z")
When it’s not specific it’s not a plan 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/9 "2021-01-18T22:57:11Z")
Touché ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/10 "2021-01-18T23:18:08Z")
@david. So we have a stopwatch can we not just add actions to the stopwatch when it ends. and add actions to allow us to start it. Thats all we need. once we have that we can do the rest ourselves. just make the stopwatch accessible via the compound actions. ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/11 "2021-01-18T23:19:16Z")
Or at least allow us to access the values of the stopwatch in compound actions. ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/12 "2021-01-18T23:48:50Z")
We also have no vague plans for Automations. ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/13 "2021-01-19T00:36:38Z")
But what about giving us access to the stopwatch ideas I mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![mrt224](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mrt224/32/490_2.png) [@mrt224](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mrt224)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/14 "2021-01-19T00:47:22Z")
That is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-timer/21367/15 "2021-01-19T02:32:31Z")
> [@Drearystate](#): > > But what about giving us access to the stopwatch ideas I mentioned above. You already have access to the ideas.