# Custom Actions Question
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-actions-question/51573
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-actions-question/51573 "2022-10-12T18:37:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@BobbyG77](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BobbyG77)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-actions-question/51573/1 "2022-10-12T18:37:41Z")
I have an app running on an Airtable base. It tracks (data entries by employees): employee timesheet entries, accomplishment of specific commissionable actions and rewards for receiving 5-Star Reviews (entries by Admins). That’s 3 different sets of data.
A Payroll Calculations table combines information from all three sources to determine an employee’s pay for a given Pay Period (which is Week # - Sunday to Saturday). So, when an employee makes a Timesheet Entry, a row is created in the Timesheets table the following values are to be passed to the Payroll Calculations table:
- Employee Name
- Time entry Start Date and Time
- Time entry Stop Date and Time
When an employee makes a Timesheet entry from an iPhone, the new record is created in the Timesheets table. I’d like it to also to create a record in the Payroll Calculations table and update corresponding fields (Employee Name, Start/Stop Date and Time). Should I create a custom action as part of the Upon Submit routine?
If not, what suggestion would be easier/better? I’d like the same thing to happen in the Payroll Calculations table when records are created in the other (Commissionable Actions and 5-Star Reviews) two data source tables.
Thanks in advance for any guidance provided.
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-actions-question/51573/2 "2022-10-13T01:49:43Z")
> [@BobbyG77](#):
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> When an employee makes a Timesheet entry from an iPhone, the new record is created in the Timesheets table. I’d like it to also to create a record in the Payroll Calculations table and update corresponding fields (Employee Name, Start/Stop Date and Time). Should I create a custom action as part of the Upon Submit routine?
Yes, you could have an onSubmit action that adds a row in your second table.
Might not be applicable here, but I’d be a little wary of creating too much redundant/duplicate data.
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### Author:  [@alexpress](https://community.glideapps.com/u/alexpress)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-actions-question/51573/3 "2022-10-13T01:54:41Z")
Hey, is there a way to trigger the Buy Button through a custom action??
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### Author:  [@BobbyG77](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BobbyG77)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-actions-question/51573/4 "2022-10-13T14:37:58Z")
Thanks Darren. Given your last comment, I think I’m going to change my approach to have all data posted to the Payroll Calculations table, rather than having individual tables for Timesheets, Commissionable Actions and 5-Star Reviews. It would eliminate duplicate data and make things a lot more efficient.
For individual sets of information, I’ll just create Airtable Views for Timesheets, Actions and Reviews.
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-actions-question/51573/5 "2022-10-14T00:20:56Z")
> [@alexpress](#):
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> Hey, is there a way to trigger the Buy Button through a custom action??
No, that is not an option now.