# Action button to do mass data entry?

**URL:** <https://community.noloco.io/t/action-button-to-do-mass-data-entry/2201>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [October 8, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/action-button-to-do-mass-data-entry/2201 "2025-10-08T13:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andrew](https://community.noloco.io/u/andrew)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/action-button-to-do-mass-data-entry/2201/1 "2025-10-08T13:55:29Z")

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Is there a way to use an action button to create multiple new records based on a pattern template?

For example, we use three-digit shot numbers that increment in units of 10, i.e. shot\_010, shot\_020, shot\_030, etc. I want to be able to enter the number of shots needed then have that number of records created using this naming pattern.

Attaching a picture of how it works in a software we use. Our form would need to include a “number of shots?” field too and I don’t mind hardcoding the other fields in the screenshot.

**BEFORE:**

 ![Screenshot 2025-10-08 at 9.53.18 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/2X/6/63488322e3054bb9e17e997e706d3b270c929ae7.png)

**AFTER:**

 ![Screenshot 2025-10-08 at 9.53.38 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/2X/6/61028b3d0d785a9384c632b4272fdd34e6198926.png)

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**Author:** ![MWorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MWorth](https://community.noloco.io/u/MWorth)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/action-button-to-do-mass-data-entry/2201/2 "2025-10-14T20:57:14Z")

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We used [Make.com](http://Make.com) to do something similar. Was easier to use that interface to create new records and use the repeater module rather than creating a workflow within Noloco with X number of duplicated create record steps.

As for config values (like your increment in units of 10), those could be settings in a specific config table or tied to each record and pulled into Make with everything else.

So far this method is good for the 10-20 range of new records, imagine it could go much higher but we don’t plan on it.