# How to repeat processes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** beginner, help\ **Created:** [September 22, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599 "2023-09-22T00:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![klugpufff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/klugpufff/32/161506_2.png) [@klugpufff](https://community.thunkable.com/u/klugpufff)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599/1 "2023-09-22T00:31:23Z")
Hi! I set the programming on what should happen when a screen opens, but I want to include a button that when the person clicks it it repeats the process (the app will have sorted a movie from a movie list and if the person clicks it it should choose another one). I tried some things like changing the variable by 1 and it didn’t work, does anyone know how to do that? ![screen1-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/0/5064b4d614cb60ee466e5897fe9642ea5f0b5004.png) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599/2 "2023-09-22T00:41:00Z")
Give some examples of what you mean with sample data. ---
**Author:** ![klugpufff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/klugpufff/32/161506_2.png) [@klugpufff](https://community.thunkable.com/u/klugpufff)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599/3 "2023-09-22T00:53:34Z")
So, what I mean is that I want everything above the “click” to happen again, I don’t know how I would add data to exemplify that. If I could, I’d put the two yellow blocks above inside this when click. So if the person clicks on that button, it will repeat that process (selecting a random item and extracting the image and text in that row in the data source). I’m really sorry I can’t even explain myself. ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599/4 "2023-09-22T01:32:28Z")
So you’re just wanting the app to choose a random row of your database and display several columns’ values from that row? ---
**Author:** ![klugpufff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/klugpufff/32/161506_2.png) [@klugpufff](https://community.thunkable.com/u/klugpufff)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599/5 "2023-09-22T01:51:25Z")
Sort of. I mean, yes, but this part I got covered, the programming for that works. (the one on the print above) Now, I want to create a button that initiates this sequence of actions again. Right now, the app makes a random choice whenever the screen opens and I want to build a “choose again” button so the app makes another random choice whenever a person clicks on said button. ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599/6 "2023-09-22T04:10:56Z")
You can put the blocks you want to re-use into a [function](https://docs.thunkable.com/blocks/blocks/functions) block and give it a name. Then, when you want to repeat those blocks, just use the named function block. ---
**Author:** ![klugpufff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/klugpufff/32/161506_2.png) [@klugpufff](https://community.thunkable.com/u/klugpufff)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599/7 "2023-09-22T20:38:26Z")
Thanks! It worked! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-repeat-processes/2607599/8 "2023-12-21T20:38:38Z")
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