Component that bypasses search page

I created a page and component where I bypass the search page. The purpose is for an employee to answer a few questions then click save. The answers are saved into a new custom table, keyed by emplid. The employee can go back into the page at any later date and view the answers. This works fine, almost...

My question is regarding setting the component search page primary action: 

- If it's set to Search, the first time in there's no row in the table yet for the employee, so the search page is displayed and the employee has to click on the Add A New Value tab. Saving the page inserts a row (keyed by emplid) correctly. Going into the page at a later date is perfect - the page comes up without the search page.