The manual is woefully inadequate for it’s explanation of “**Display list in a repeating group”
It simply says : “**This action defines which list of things a repeating group displays. It overwrites the data source set at the element level.”
This is gross negligence with explaining anything. First, this sentence alone could be rewritten to read “This action overwrites the data source set at the element level with the data source you enter.”
But even this much clearer explanation leaves a gap. Why doesn’t it work sometimes? Do I need to set a delay?
I’ve had a workflow make changes to a thing, and when do the action “Display list in a repeating group” (A HORRIBLE NAME FOR THE ACTION) it doesn’t work. It’s not updating. It’s the same data source as the element has, but it doesn’t update based on the changes made to my thing. The updates only show when I refresh the whole page.
Any help?
Hi Bryan,
You’re right “Display list in a repeating group” can be confusing. Usually the issue is timing: the workflow updates the thing, but the “Display list” action runs before Bubble fully registers the changes, so the repeating group doesn’t refresh until a page reload.
Add a tiny delay (0.1 sec) between “Make changes” → “Display list”. Use a custom state to hold the updated list and point the repeating group to that state. Or set the repeating group’s data source dynamically (:filtered/search) so it auto-updates.
If you want, I can show a workflow setup that guarantees the repeating group updates immediately without a refresh.
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Ended up that deep down inside debugging there was some red text letting me know a privacy setting was preventing something from happening. By luck I had scrolled down after drilling into the value source in the debugger. I’ve been pulling my hair out for days (like 30 hours of work). It seems that when a privacy setting is preventing some data from coming that the designer intended to come across, you’d let the designer know more readily. But that’s just me.
