# External Collections - strange behavior

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/external-collections-strange-behavior/19027>\
**Category:** External Collections, Custom Actions & Collections\
**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/external-collections-strange-behavior/19027 "2021-10-29T00:17:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ugarovesk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/eada6e/32.png) [@ugarovesk](https://forum.adalo.com/u/ugarovesk)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/external-collections-strange-behavior/19027/1 "2021-10-29T00:17:11Z")

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@pford  
Hi, can You help me with this issue?

 ![InkedGeolocation_LI](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/c/ca29b999876e076d1e7bcabef432df5c53798ebf.jpeg)

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![pford](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/pford/32/4648_2.png) [@pford](https://forum.adalo.com/u/pford)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/external-collections-strange-behavior/19027/2 "2021-10-29T12:07:31Z")

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Probably because what was returned is just a single object and not an array of objects with `[]`. You could actually just make this a Custom Action instead of an external collection.