Explorer plan – is “Run Script” on button press available?

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Hi all,

I’m on the Explorer plan. According to the official pricing page, Explorer includes Workflows.

But in my app I can’t find:

App Interaction → Button pressed as a trigger in the Workflow editor

The Run Script action step

So my question is:

Can Explorer users run JavaScript via “Run Script” when a button is pressed?

Or is this only available on Business/Enterprise?

If it’s not included in Explorer, is there a workaround for triggering custom scripts?

Thanks for clearing this up — I want to make sure I’m on the right plan before restructuring my app.

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If you create a workflow, you can assign a button action to that workflow from the button itself. In other words, you don’t assign a workflow to a button. Instead you assign a button to a workflow.

I’m not sure what you are referring to with “run script” in the context of Glide. You can run javascript via a javascript column. What are you trying to accomplish when a button is pressed?

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I’m trying to run custom JavaScript (e.g., a voice recognition script) when a button is pressed, which I thought could be done with a “Run Script” action. The mention of JavaScript columns is helpful, but I need the script to trigger interactively on button clicks, not just on data changes. Is “Run Script” as a workflow step available in Explorer, or is it indeed limited to Business plans? If so, are there other ways in Explorer to execute JS on button press beyond JavaScript columns?
For now, I’m considering hosting a small web widget externally (with voice JS) that posts to Glide Tables via the API, as it seems to bypass these limitations. I’d love your thoughts on this or any Explorer-specific workarounds I might have missed. Thanks!

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Where are you seeing “Run Script” as even being a possible option for any plan? Is that a documented feature somewhere that I’m not aware of?

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