# When do actions count as updates?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-do-actions-count-as-updates/75730>\
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**Created:** [August 19, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-do-actions-count-as-updates/75730 "2024-08-19T22:23:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-do-actions-count-as-updates/75730/1 "2024-08-19T22:23:26Z")

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Do relations, etc. (Glide’s action components) count as updates if they have been applied to my external data source?

I am using a Glide table for dynamic data. The external data source is unchanged. However, I’m using Glide calculations, relations and lookups to tie the dynamic data to the static data in my external data source.

Is that the problem?

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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:** [August 20, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-do-actions-count-as-updates/75730/2 "2024-08-20T00:08:15Z")

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> [@Cynthia\_Blake](#):
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> Do relations, etc. (Glide’s action components) count as updates if they have been applied to my external data source?

Relations should not count as updates.

You can have a read on what counts and what doesn’t here.

> **[Updates | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/updates)**
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> An explanation of updates and how they relate to billing.