How to use looping (recursive) workflows in Bubble.io

Recursive, or looping, backend workflows is a powerful technique in Bubble which mimics the concept of a loop in traditional computer programming. You can use them to create, update, or delete large amounts of data in your database while maintaining control over the process.

In this video I do a rather long-winded analogy about Christmas cards before showing you how to use recursive workflows to create a number of things in the database, and then subsequently update them.

00:00 Introduction and a real-life analogy
01:50 Explaining the concept with an animated diagram
05:05 Creating a list of things
12:15 Updating a list of things
19:40 Examples of when I use recursive workflows
21:20 Adding a notification when the workflow has finished
23:50 How to cancel a recursive workflow if you accidentally make an infinite loop

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