Workflows - Running them within the free plan

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Firstly, I am still on the free package which might be the cause but I’m not sure…

I’m looking at workflows, specifically in the Workflow tab along the top. I built a simple workflow and I assumed that it would run if I hit the run button, but it doesn’t appear to be doing anything. All it does is look at a table and if column 1 equals X or Y then set column 2 to “blah”. I get that I can’t integrate it into my app on the free plan but it appears that it should run if I manually go into the Workflow screen, select it and hit Run, but it isn’t. The last step glows blue but nothing actually changes. Should it?

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Correction. It is doing it to the first row in the table so I assume I need to set the workflow to say run again if more records (which I may or may not be able to do in the free version - I’m about to find out I guess)

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If you’re on a free plan, then the only workflow type you have access to is a User Interaction.
And yes, when you click on run it’s just going to operate on the first row in the table that the user you’re viewing as has access to.

To get it to operate on more than a single row, you need a paid plan with access to workflow types that allow looping.

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Yep, that is what I suspected. I got excited there for a moment as I could build a workflow but then realised it is only running on the first line of the table :joy_cat:

Can I quickly pick your brain about two other things both in the Data view?

  1. How do you get the “Search Columns” to actually search the columns? I type something in there that I know is in a column expecting it to search all columns for that but it never finds anything so I figure I’m doing something wrong.
  2. Is there a way to have the data screen show most recent at top instead of at the bottom. Or is there a fast way to go to the bottom rather than scroll scroll scroll?
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It searches the column headers, not the data. It’s useful for quickly locating a column that you want to check or edit. If you want to search the data, use Cmd-f (or Ctrl-f on Windows).

You can use Cmd (or Ctrl) plus the arrow keys to quickly jump around in the Data Editor. Place your cursor in the first row of the table and hit Cmd arrow down, and you’ll jump to the bottom of the table. Left, Right & Up work in the same way.

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Ahh! Thanks for those answers! Speedy as always! :slight_smile: