Bulk editing on a form, can we add new record using that?

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Hi all,

I understand that Appsheet allows us to update multiple records by clicking the button at the top right
Is there any chance that new records can be inserted using such method?
Thanks

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Yes, definitely!

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Sorry I didn’t explain clear enough.
I meant after I have clicked the button to allow bulk edit (see button attached), am I okay to add a new row at the end of the existing grid?

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I don’t believe so; QuickEdit in tables is only for modifying existing rows.

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thanks for the clarifications

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Steve:

I don’t believe so; QuickEdit in tables is only for modifying existing rows.

Correct. No way to add additional rows. There is also no way to attach any actions upon Save of the table edits or any way to control where the view natigates to after the Save.

This Feature Request has been added which can help with all three of these short-falls. Please vote it up!

[New Event Action for Tables: QuickEdit Save](https://community.appsheet.com/t/new-event-action-for-tables-quickedit-save/44284) Feature Requests

We have the “Form” save event, now we need the “QuickEdit” save event Being able to put a composite action into the save event for a form allows us to create incredibly complex apps, with conditional branching logic for conditional branching logic (^-^); but if the user bypasses the form save event, and instead uses a QuickEdit on a table, then all that logic is lost. Some logic, such as navigation actions, are fine to be lost; but other actions, like ref updates or action looping, will leave…

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