# Manual Trigger - Can't delete or edit a row **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [July 21, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/manual-trigger-cant-delete-or-edit-a-row/83344 "2025-07-21T19:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mattthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mattthew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mattthew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/manual-trigger-cant-delete-or-edit-a-row/83344/1 "2025-07-21T19:50:48Z")
I have an automation that triggers manually. I can add the Delete Row or Set Column Values, but I can’t configure them. It won’t let me choose the row that I need to control. The pull down menu doesn’t work. I’ve tried to add it to different automations, and it won’t work on any manual automaiton. ![Screenshot 2025-07-21 at 3.49.48 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/7/e790106e5d1b5863e313a1585f4f7ea83ca88144.png) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/manual-trigger-cant-delete-or-edit-a-row/83344/2 "2025-07-21T19:58:59Z")
What triggers the workflow? Something like the App Interaction workflow runs client side and has a row to work with because it’s being triggered by a user while viewing a specific row. The Manual workflow runs server side, so it’s not connected to a user session and doesn’t know where to start. Something like that is usually part of a bigger loop or a Query that would first narrow in on a specific row or set of rows. You would need to set up that query and/or loop to aquire rows for the set column or delete row actions to work with. ---
**Author:** ![Mattthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mattthew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mattthew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/manual-trigger-cant-delete-or-edit-a-row/83344/3 "2025-07-21T21:33:13Z")
It’s tied to a button the user clicks. The button feeds the Row ID to the workflow. I was planning to have it point to that. However, the pulldown menu doesn’t open at all so I can’t select anything. ![Screenshot 2025-07-21 at 5.31.21 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/5/85c89a80412724c702acc1e7c46238ffa9862f17.png) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/manual-trigger-cant-delete-or-edit-a-row/83344/4 "2025-07-21T21:46:28Z")
Have you tried adding a query to the workflow that finds the correct row or rows based in that passed in Row ID? I believe the query should then be available for other actions in the workflow. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/manual-trigger-cant-delete-or-edit-a-row/83344/5 "2025-07-22T00:27:51Z")
Usually what I does is query out the RowID from the trigger’s body, then do a query/loop and filter to the right row using that RowID. ---
**Author:** ![Mattthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mattthew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mattthew)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/manual-trigger-cant-delete-or-edit-a-row/83344/6 "2025-07-22T13:49:06Z")
Thank you. That resolved it!