Actions
Actions are the tasks that Bubble performs. All actions are part of a workflow.
This core reference entry is suited for beginner-level builders.
To learn about this topic more in-depth, we recommend reading the suggested articles below:
Workflows
Logic
Workflows is a part of the Logic series in the user manual.
Article series: Logic
Article: The frontend and backend
Article: Dynamic expressions Dynamic expressions are used both to set up conditions, and are highly useful in different actions that you may want to add to your workflows.
Article: Conditions Conditions are used to determine whether a workflow or action should run or not, by checking whether something is true.
Article series: Navigation Using workflows to let the user navigate between pages and page sections.
The frontend and backend
Frontend actions are actions that are triggered by your user interacting with your app, and backend actions are a part of workflows that are triggered and processed on the server in its entirety (such as API workflows).
The article below explores this topic:
Article: The frontend and backend
Debugging
All apps have the occasional bug, and our debugging tools help you squish them efficiently. The debugger helps you go through workflows step by step to see how they perform and the values they return.
Article series: Debugging your application
Bubble Academy: The Workflow Tab: Bubble Introduction Series [4/10] Bubble Academy: Understanding Workflow Execution Rules Getting started with Bubble: Workflows and logic: Getting started with Bubble
Actions give life to the app. They save data, charge credit cards, sign the user up, send emails, connect to external services, show elements, etc.
This section covers all of the actions in the core library and their respective parameters.
Account: actions that manage user accounts
Account actions are actions that create and manage user accounts in your app.
List of account-related actions
If you are unfamiliar with how user accounts work in Bubble, you can explore the more in-depth article series below:
User manual article: User accounts
Navigation: navigating between pages and pausing/canceling workflows
Navigation actions are used to navigate between pages, send different kinds of data to those pages and to add delays or even terminate a workflow altogether.
If you want to learn more about the different ways you can set up navigation and send data in Bubble, you can check out the more in-depth user manual article series below. This series also covers how you can set up both Single-Page Apps (SPA) and multi-page apps.
User manual article series: Navigation
Data (things): creating, managing and deleting data in the database
Data actions work with your database to create, change and delete data.
If you want to learn more about how the database ands its related actions work, you can check out the more in-depth user manual article series below:
User manual article series: Data
If you are new to app development, you may also be interested in learning more about how to structure your database. The two article series below give an introduction to database structuring, as well as a wide range of examples that cover different types of apps, written by expert Bubble developers:
User manual article series: Database structure User manual article series: Examples of database structures for different types of apps
Email: sending emails and calendar requests
Email actions let you format and send emails as well as calendar appointment requests.
Emailing in Bubble comes with some default settings, and the article below explains how you can customize those settings to suit your app's needs.
User manual article series: Email settings
Element: actions related to the elements on your page
There are many ways in which you can use actions to work with your elements, such as (not an exhaustive list):
Showing and hiding
Animating
Scrolling to their position
Setting customs states
Load data into containers
Scroll repeating groups
List of element-related actions
If you are unfamiliar with what elements are or would like to know more in-depth how they work and are organized into a hierarchy, you can explore the user manual article series below:
User manual article series: Elements
Custom: triggering custom events, recurring events and managing scheduled events
Using custom actions you can perform a lot of tasks related to how other events are triggered, such as:
Scheduling or triggering a with different parameters
Scheduling or canceling (workflows that run server-side)
Running recurring events (such as running a workflow every five seconds)
Other ways to learn
User manual articles
Actions
Actions are the tasks that are performed as part of a workflow. They are triggered by an event.
Article: Actions
Workflows
For a more in-depth look at how workflows work, check out the article series below. This covers how to combine events and actions to make your app respond to user interaction
Article series: Workflows
Conditions
Conditions are used to determine whether a workflow or action should run or not, by checking whether something is true. The article below covers how they work.
Article: Conditions
Dynamic expressions
Dynamic expressions are used both to set up conditions, and are highly useful in different actions that you may want to add to your workflows. If you are unfamiliar with this subject, we recommend reading through the guide below:
Article: Dynamic expressions
Debugging
All apps have the occasional bug, and our debugging tools help you squish them efficiently. The debugger helps you go through workflows step by step to see how they perform and the values they return.
Article series: Debugging your application
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