Add a "Loop on Items" step in Automations, similar to the functionality found in ActivePieces

Feature Requests
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What’s the feature?

Add a “Loop on Items” step in Automations, similar to the functionality found in ActivePieces.

Your use case

I write an array of data into a table using the Teable API. I then need Teable automation to loop through each row of that data, evaluate and process it, and send it to other platforms. Currently, I have to use ActivePieces alongside Teable to meet this requirement. It would be fantastic if Teable natively supported a similar “Loop on Items” step!

For example, if I send a JSON array containing 1,000 rows to a Teable automation via a webhook, I would like Teable to be able to loop through this array and add only the data that meets specific conditions into the table.

It might also be necessary to include a “Wait” step. For example, adding a 100ms delay within the loop—waiting 100ms after processing each row before sending the processed data to an external webhook. This would ensure compliance with the rate limits of external APIs.

2

Hi @OtakuSay , just to clarify, Teable does have a Loop action, but it doesn’t support conditional logic inside the loop. We’d recommend using a Run Script action. You can check our docs for more details:

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Thanks for the suggestion! While using a script action is a viable workaround, could you consider decoupling the Loop functionality into an independent “Loop” step in a future update?

Having a dedicated Loop step that allows for visual, drag-and-drop actions (like adding conditions or delays) inside the loop would be much more intuitive and user-friendly than writing custom scripts for every iteration.

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To be transparent, Run Script is where we’re putting our energy for automation logic right now — it’s intentionally built to be the flexible core for cases like this. We’ve noted the ask for a visual Loop step though.