# RowID - sending to Airtable when creating a new record

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-sending-to-airtable-when-creating-a-new-record/57038>\
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**Created:** [January 23, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-sending-to-airtable-when-creating-a-new-record/57038 "2023-01-23T16:29:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrew_davies/32/41838_2.png) [@Andrew\_Davies](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrew_Davies)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-sending-to-airtable-when-creating-a-new-record/57038/1 "2023-01-23T16:29:37Z")

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Hello

Am wondering if there’s a way of sending the Glide Row ID to Airtable when creating a new record.

I have tried creating a new record, then automatically adding the RowID in a New Form Container - but I guess because the record isn’t generated until after the form is submitted - the RowID doesn’t exist at that point (it actually enters the RowID of the first record in the table - which I don’t understand!

Have I missed something - or is it not possible (suspect the latter)  
Andrew

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**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:** [January 24, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-sending-to-airtable-when-creating-a-new-record/57038/2 "2023-01-24T00:57:16Z")

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I haven’t used form containers much. Does it have an on-submit action? On-submit actions have been pretty reliable if I want to use a rowID somewhere, because I assume it only starts after the row is added.

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrew_davies/32/41838_2.png) [@Andrew\_Davies](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrew_Davies)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-sending-to-airtable-when-creating-a-new-record/57038/3 "2023-01-25T19:35:55Z")

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Thanks for that - that worked. I added a custom action to the Form container - which updated a new column with the Row ID. Takes a moment or two to sync over to Airtable, but it works!

Thanks again!

Andrew

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**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:** [January 26, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-sending-to-airtable-when-creating-a-new-record/57038/4 "2023-01-26T00:22:20Z")

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Great to hear Andrew, have a nice day!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-sending-to-airtable-when-creating-a-new-record/57038/5 "2023-01-27T00:23:14Z")

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