# Repeat Group Refreshing **URL:** \ **Category:** Database\ **Created:** [February 25, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892 "2017-02-25T23:15:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shadsanders89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@shadsanders89](https://forum.bubble.io/u/shadsanders89)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/1 "2017-02-25T23:15:10Z")
I am trying to figure out how to refresh a repeat group. I’ve read a few of the other post but couldn’t quite find an answer. Here is what I am trying to do. I have two repeat groups 1.) Open Orders 2.) Claimed Orders Once a user clicks the “Claim Order Button” I want the order to disappear from the repeat group and populate the Claimed Order repeat group ---
**Author:** ![philip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/philip/32/17830_2.png) [@philip](https://forum.bubble.io/u/philip)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/2 "2017-02-25T23:25:38Z")
You will need to create a new workflow on button click for Element Actions -\> Group -\> Display Data Send the new search query to the repeating group of a certain type of data (orders in your case). This should force a refresh of the repeating group. ---
**Author:** ![philip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/philip/32/17830_2.png) [@philip](https://forum.bubble.io/u/philip)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/3 "2017-02-25T23:28:27Z")
In many of my apps I do something quite different though: I have a custom state set on the repeating group. ie: “Active Data Type” which is just a text string. I then have conditional statements on the repeating group that say "if the repeating group’s custom state Active Data Type = ‘open’ then data = ‘insert new search query searching for open orders’, same for closed orders. Edit: adding more info You then can create a workflow on button click that sets the new custom state. Element Actions -\> All Elements -\> Set State This state is a text string, ie ‘Open’, if the open orders button was clicked. By setting the data source to be a dynamic if/then variable you can swap out and sort data in a repeater pretty easily. ---
**Author:** ![shadsanders89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@shadsanders89](https://forum.bubble.io/u/shadsanders89)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/4 "2017-02-26T00:00:43Z")
Thanks! Works perfectly ---
**Author:** ![Rogelio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/rogelio/32/639_2.png) [@Rogelio](https://forum.bubble.io/u/Rogelio)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/5 "2017-05-21T00:45:29Z")
hey @philip I have a similar case and was hoping to see if you have any other suggestions. Creating a custom state as you’ve suggested here wont work in my case. In my case an Order is placed via a mobile app and I need the order to instantly appear in a repeating group of Open Orders which is opened on a screen on a tablet. At times it is taking up to 10mins for the Order to appear in the Open Orders queue. How can I force a repeating group refresh when an order is placed so that it instantly appears on the queue? ---
**Author:** ![philip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/philip/32/17830_2.png) [@philip](https://forum.bubble.io/u/philip)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/6 "2017-05-21T01:57:37Z")
Have you tried setting up a “Do when condition is true” workflow? > **[Bubble Reference](https://bubble.io/reference#Events.ConditionTrue)** > > Full reference for each Bubble element, feature, plugin. Bubble is a visual programing language. Instead of typing code, use a visual editor to build applications. ---
**Author:** ![Rogelio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/rogelio/32/639_2.png) [@Rogelio](https://forum.bubble.io/u/Rogelio)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/7 "2017-05-22T06:31:20Z")
I haven’t tried that, but I’m struggling to figure out the condition statement. ---
**Author:** ![andrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/andrew/32/3404_2.png) [@andrew](https://forum.bubble.io/u/andrew)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/8 "2017-05-22T06:57:10Z")
[You might check out this thread.](http://forum.bubble.io/t/prompt-a-popup-when-a-webhook-creates-a-new-db-record/13073/4) Similar concept except the method used to add the record is different, but the “do when condition is true” to create a popup or in your case, refresh RG data would be similar. ---
**Author:** ![Rogelio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/rogelio/32/639_2.png) [@Rogelio](https://forum.bubble.io/u/Rogelio)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/9 "2017-05-22T07:27:16Z")
thanks @andrew this is helpful… i’ll give this a try. ---
**Author:** ![Rogelio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/rogelio/32/639_2.png) [@Rogelio](https://forum.bubble.io/u/Rogelio)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/10 "2017-05-22T10:48:34Z")
thanks @andrew - worked perfectly! ---
**Author:** ![RobAtMeetSunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RobAtMeetSunday](https://forum.bubble.io/u/RobAtMeetSunday)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/11 "2021-03-09T23:19:41Z")
I have been using the method described in this thread with effectiveness. However, this method appears ineffective when the desired group is a nested inside of another repeated group. I target the outer repeated group with a call to display data and pass in a new “Date” header, but the inner group does not register that the data has changed. ---
**Author:** ![pathomap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@pathomap](https://forum.bubble.io/u/pathomap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/13 "2024-03-19T14:37:51Z")
How do you do it if there is a repeating group inside a repeating group? ---
**Author:** ![pathomap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@pathomap](https://forum.bubble.io/u/pathomap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeat-group-refreshing/10892/14 "2024-03-19T14:38:13Z")
> [@RobAtMeetSunday](#): > > I target the outer repeated group with a call to display data and pass in a new “Date” header, but the inner group does not register that the data has changed. I am also having troulbe doing this. Have you figured it out yet?