Random sorting doesn't seem to work

Need help APIs
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Hi,
I’m trying to randomly set a list from another dataset shown here:

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As you can see, I’m trying to add 4 random team members to a datatype called Startup: Team. Once the team has been created, the sheculde api workflow is called in the next action to call the this same api workflow to create a loop. The loop stops once 4 teams have been created. But as you can see here:

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the team members that are generated are not random at all.

I have checked, and I have much more than 4 team members to choose from. It is clearly choosing the same 4 people every time.
What is going on here?

Thanks in advance.

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So the random sorting in bubble isn’t really random. That’s a long-running issue.
I built a plugin that might help though: Random Order of a List Plugin | Bubble

Cheers,
Ranjit / Atomic Fusion - accelerate your Bubble development by reusing the community’s assets

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Awesome. Thanks so much. I will definitely give it a try in the next couple of days.

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Hi @atomicfusion
I just installed the plugin. It works great so thanks so much.

Quick question. Is there a way to get it to refresh the list with a new randomized list? I want a button that on each button click, the order of my repeating group gets updated.

This is a slightly different use case than my original post but I was finding the same general problem (just saying this in case you’re confused as to why my question doesn’t perfectly align with my original post)

Thanks,
Paul

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Yes, you can do that

Simply call the re-randomize action in the workflow

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Guess I probably could have looked a little harder before asking you.

Thanks so much for your help.

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It’s my pleasure to help
All the best :slight_smile:

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Can this plugin be run on the backend?