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RunActions

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RunActions()

Have a single button run multiple actions

or stated otherwise...

Hey Coda, can I give you multiple actions for a single button to run in one press?

RunActions() has one repeating parameter:

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action

RunActions(action)

The action you want your button to perform.

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RunActions() simply allows a single button to perform multiple actions with a single push and can only be used in the formula configuration of a button.

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This formula is running 6 actions! All thanks to RunActions() While it looks complex this action allows a really smooth work-flow that enables project managers to draft soon to be projects in a systematic and controlled way. The Project Management system with this button is below and you are going to get to see the power of RunActions() by drafting your own quick project! Go ahead and Hide this pop-up ⁠ and draft yourself a project! ⁠ ⁠ ⁠

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Draft a Project

Please fill out each select below to draft your project:

Project Complexity

Give an estimate as to the complexity of this project

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Blank

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Project Group

The general bucket or type of your project

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Blank

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Project Start Date

When do you estimate the project will begin

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3/26/2023

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Project Name

Give a name to this project

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Project Manager

Who will be managing this project?

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Blank

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Fill out all fields above

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RunActions causes your document to recalculate between runs

Another unique feature about RunActions() is that it causes your document to recalculate between runs. This feature is better shown than explained.

Each of the two buttons below uses a ForEach() loop to add three random names to a table. But one button uses RunActions() while the other button does not. Press them both and watch how they behave differently

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Add names With RunActions

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The Formula

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Add names without RunActions

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The Formula

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Press the buttons above to fill me with 3 random names

Press the buttons above to fill me with 3 random names

Name

Bradley Rosales

Stacy Young

David Adams

Susan Holden

Cody Brown

Pamela Gibson

Ashley Alvarez

Lisa Saunders

There are no rows in this table

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How to use RunActions

RunActions() cannot be used inside the regular visual editor of a button. To use RunActions(), open the formula editor of your button using the little italic f button.

Once you have done that, merely type in RunActions() and in the parenthesis of that formula type in as many different actions that you want your button to perform all separated by a comma.

RunActions() can be used anywhere actions are used including automations!

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Practice: Cause a button to set two different date controls with the push of a button

Done

Create a logging table to know every time a button was pushed

Done

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