# Ask for Help

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/c/help-how-to/27.md?page=836

[Latest](https://community.glideapps.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.glideapps.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.glideapps.com/tags.md)

**Page:** 837

---

## [User specific columns - can I make the data public?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-can-i-make-the-data-public/10650)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Yuval](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Yuval)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-can-i-make-the-data-public/10650 "2020-09-03T21:29:47Z")

</div>

Hi! I have some boolean user-specific columns, which record that one profile marked another profile as a “friend”. In some places in the app, I want to make this data available to all users - so that all users will be…

---

## [Thanks Glide team 👍](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thanks-glide-team/15232)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@S\_C](https://community.glideapps.com/u/S_C)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thanks-glide-team/15232 "2020-09-03T20:53:08Z")

</div>

Thanks for updating the icon for Joined list. Just like you guys we also appreciate when you listen to our feedback :wink:

---

## [How do I populate content for Menu Bar in the top left?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-populate-content-for-menu-bar-in-the-top-left/15217)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@smongia](https://community.glideapps.com/u/smongia)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-populate-content-for-menu-bar-in-the-top-left/15217 "2020-09-03T16:21:21Z")

</div>

HI, I am new to Glide Apps. I am creating an app and only the tabs at the bottom appear. I can’t seem to connect the spreadsheet to the tabs on the left. Where does that content populate from? In other words, where in th…

---

## [Using a checkbox to hide/show a Webview](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-a-checkbox-to-hide-show-a-webview/15211)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@NigelG](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NigelG)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-a-checkbox-to-hide-show-a-webview/15211 "2020-09-03T15:19:21Z")

</div>

I have tried this a number of ways and don’t think it is possible, but just in case … Can I use a checkbox component to make a Webview visible ? The checkbox isn’t linked to any user data, so they will need to do it ev…

---

## [Choice component: display "all" when no choice?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-display-all-when-no-choice/15176)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@AyS\_0908](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AyS_0908)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-display-all-when-no-choice/15176 "2020-09-03T14:24:48Z")

</div>

Hi, I have several choice components: 2 are “required”, and 2 are “not required”. Via Filters, an inline list is bound to be displayed according to the user’s choices. I thought that Glide would filter on the basis of …

---

## [Join Relation Column](https://community.glideapps.com/t/join-relation-column/15141)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Chagit](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Chagit)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/join-relation-column/15141 "2020-09-03T13:25:12Z")

</div>

Hi! I am looking for a way to join 2 relation columns into a third column. I need the 3rd joined column to contain only data that appears in both relation columns. Any ideas how? Thanks a lot

---

## [Comparisons @ platforms level (Strategy Post)](https://community.glideapps.com/t/comparisons-platforms-level-strategy-post/15201)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@adelhammoud](https://community.glideapps.com/u/adelhammoud)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/comparisons-platforms-level-strategy-post/15201 "2020-09-03T10:23:11Z")

</div>

A suggestion (might interest @david primarily): Has Glide considered to benchmark glide platform by comparing it with other competitors (e.g. Bubble, Appsheet, etc.)? Having such data will help “selling” glide for thos…

---

## [Activity feed](https://community.glideapps.com/t/activity-feed/8769)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Amanda\_Peterson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Amanda_Peterson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/activity-feed/8769 "2020-09-03T04:34:46Z")

</div>

has anyone tried to do an activity feed? where you have a feed and it shows certain actions users have taken, whether it’s liking or favoriting or choosing something from choices or buying something?

---

## [Database Connection](https://community.glideapps.com/t/database-connection/5811)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Ben\_Reynolds](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ben_Reynolds)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/database-connection/5811 "2020-09-03T01:29:25Z")

</div>

Have you thought of adding the ability to connect to a database directly? It would possibly alleviate the 25,000 row(and I’m sure other) slow down issue, provide a more “real time” environment, offline capability, and po…

---

## [Downgrading from Pro-Upgrading to Pro](https://community.glideapps.com/t/downgrading-from-pro-upgrading-to-pro/15182)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/downgrading-from-pro-upgrading-to-pro/15182 "2020-09-03T01:28:48Z")

</div>

I am a green green beginner learning Glide plodding my way through a tutorial app. Halfway into it and somewhere I made a mistake and given my beginner level of understanding and the distance travelled so far into the tu…

---

## [Tweet from Glidepapp with a @ and #](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tweet-from-glidepapp-with-a-and/15179)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@S\_C](https://community.glideapps.com/u/S_C)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tweet-from-glidepapp-with-a-and/15179 "2020-09-03T00:47:03Z")

</div>

Hello everyone, Has anyone figured out how to initiate a tweet from within Glideapp that starts with a new message with prefilled @user and #tag? Your suggestions are appreciated.

---

## [I need help formatting a date as month](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-need-help-formatting-a-date-as-month/15178)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@darder](https://community.glideapps.com/u/darder)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-need-help-formatting-a-date-as-month/15178 "2020-09-03T00:31:30Z")

</div>

Hi everybody I need some help about how to format a date MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM in a new calculated (Template??) column which show the MMMM for every single row. I put an example of what I mean using the google sheet but I …

---

## [Populate App With Food API (JSON)](https://community.glideapps.com/t/populate-app-with-food-api-json/15104)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jen](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/populate-app-with-food-api-json/15104 "2020-09-02T22:07:26Z")

</div>

Hi We need assistance in populating app with food from food databases with APIs. We’re using json. But aren’t having any luck in the query/food being populated.Once it does work it will go beyond a max of 25k rows whic…

---

## [Append text to a result of math column](https://community.glideapps.com/t/append-text-to-a-result-of-math-column/15166)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@labirda](https://community.glideapps.com/u/labirda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/append-text-to-a-result-of-math-column/15166 "2020-09-02T19:09:26Z")

</div>

Hi there, I want to append text from another column to the result I get from a user-specific math column. Is there a way to do that?

---

## [How to add a button to open a tab?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-add-a-button-to-open-a-tab/15150)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@FFT](https://community.glideapps.com/u/FFT)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-add-a-button-to-open-a-tab/15150 "2020-09-02T18:03:41Z")

</div>

Hi, very simple request, let says an app has two tabs (welcome + data). How do I add a button which switches the current view to tab 2 (data)? If I try this…add button \> features \> link to screen \> then associated with t…

---

## [QR code](https://community.glideapps.com/t/qr-code/15154)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@danilson\_vitor](https://community.glideapps.com/u/danilson_vitor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/qr-code/15154 "2020-09-02T16:22:48Z")

</div>

Good morning everyone . I’m creating a project where I need to integrate a QR code bed system so that when I scan a code, a form or spreadsheet is automatically filled out. Discover my English was translated by the goo…

---

## [Google Sheet UNIQUE is slow in Glide](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-sheet-unique-is-slow-in-glide/15149)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Renato\_Madrid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Renato_Madrid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-sheet-unique-is-slow-in-glide/15149 "2020-09-02T15:19:07Z")

</div>

Hi guys, I have and app for take orders. When you submit a new order, this will create an ID for that order, that ID is load in Shopping Cart with UNIQUE function in google sheet. The problem is when you go to the Cart…

---

## [User Sign-up with multiple roles](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-sign-up-with-multiple-roles/15061)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Siddharth\_Pandit](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Siddharth_Pandit)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-sign-up-with-multiple-roles/15061 "2020-09-02T13:46:39Z")

</div>

Hello, I am currently building an app where i have multiple user types. I want each user to see content based on their role. I have built a database, setup screen UI and some other features. I am stuck at the following…

---

## [Segment Maps](https://community.glideapps.com/t/segment-maps/15100)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Brad](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Brad)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/segment-maps/15100 "2020-09-02T13:25:15Z")

</div>

I’m using Glide apps for door-to-door canvasing for a state house campaign. I’ve got about 8K addresses I’m trying to track. I know the most you can pin in a single app is 1000, which is fine; I don’t need more than 10…

---

## [User data storage](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-data-storage/14958)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@B\_A](https://community.glideapps.com/u/B_A)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-data-storage/14958 "2020-09-02T11:18:34Z")

</div>

Hello Glide experts, I am building Glide app and could use some feedback on where user data is stored. For example, my app has few hundred users and my app has 10 sheets with 100 rows each. When I share my app with new …

---

## [Get Last Modified Date When Cell is changed](https://community.glideapps.com/t/get-last-modified-date-when-cell-is-changed/12359)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@mrurka](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mrurka)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/get-last-modified-date-when-cell-is-changed/12359 "2020-09-02T09:40:03Z")

</div>

Hey, could some help having “Last Modified” date appear and update when a particular cell is modified. I have a very simple Scripts formula in Sheets (see below). It works fine when I manually edit the sheet, but doesn’…

---

## [Capture Date Selected between screens](https://community.glideapps.com/t/capture-date-selected-between-screens/15074)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Marra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Marra)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/capture-date-selected-between-screens/15074 "2020-09-02T08:27:49Z")

</div>

Hi Guys, Trying to do something simple, but is stuck at the moment. I have 3 sheets, “Players”, “Events” “Responses” Players - names of players Events - Date and name of events Responses - to capture the response i.e…

---

## [How to use Zapier and integrate Zoom calling into Glide](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-zapier-and-integrate-zoom-calling-into-glide/15114)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Lyricster](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lyricster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-zapier-and-integrate-zoom-calling-into-glide/15114 "2020-09-02T00:50:33Z")

</div>

Hey everyone, I’ve been struggling for a week on this. I’ve gotten Zapier to connect to Glide with a button from my app so that I can integrate Zoom calling. The problem is, its all set to my personal account. Any sugges…

---

## [Show an item to a group that an individual selected](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-an-item-to-a-group-that-an-individual-selected/15092)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@labirda](https://community.glideapps.com/u/labirda)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-an-item-to-a-group-that-an-individual-selected/15092 "2020-09-02T00:38:03Z")

</div>

Hi there – I’m building a menu planning app that allows family members to log in and add the meals they want to make. There would be multiple families, but I want each user to only see data for the family they are in. P…

---

## [Listing app - payment method and process](https://community.glideapps.com/t/listing-app-payment-method-and-process/15079)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Lolo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lolo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/listing-app-payment-method-and-process/15079 "2020-09-01T23:09:04Z")

</div>

Hello all, I started using Glide this week and I am amazed on how I got to a pretty consistent but simple listing/classifieds app. All this without having serios experience in programming. However, I cannot figure out h…

---

## [Can you format data input cells?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-you-format-data-input-cells/15083)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@FFT](https://community.glideapps.com/u/FFT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-you-format-data-input-cells/15083 "2020-09-01T23:05:52Z")

</div>

this must be an FAQ, but I cannot find it…can you format input “number entry” cells containing simple numbers? (bold, heading), I can only seem to format output results? I thought perhaps I could add a text entry, format…

---

## [How to duplicate a form (and then edit the copy)](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-duplicate-a-form-and-then-edit-the-copy/15103)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@KeithD](https://community.glideapps.com/u/KeithD)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-duplicate-a-form-and-then-edit-the-copy/15103 "2020-09-01T23:02:41Z")

</div>

I want multiple forms to feed into the same tab of data in my google sheet I would like to create a copy of the first form, then edit it to create the subsequent forms. Please tell me this is feasible.

---

## [I can't log in on Glideapps.com](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-log-in-on-glideapps-com/15086)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@DareSteps](https://community.glideapps.com/u/DareSteps)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-log-in-on-glideapps-com/15086 "2020-09-01T21:22:49Z")

</div>

Hello all, I have a pro account and have been trying to log in since this afternoon using same email address, as usual, but keeps saying that the client is offline as it shows in this screenshot. Logging in on my phone …

---

## [QR Code link into specific page or form](https://community.glideapps.com/t/qr-code-link-into-specific-page-or-form/14670)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Hunter\_Paramore](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Hunter_Paramore)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/qr-code-link-into-specific-page-or-form/14670 "2020-09-01T20:42:25Z")

</div>

Hello! First, Glide is pretty dang cool. I am loving it quite a bit. I am building a test app as a prototype and am trying to solve a need in our department with it. Right now, I have a list of objects that everyone ca…

---

## [Bengali added to Glide languages](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bengali-added-to-glide-languages/15093)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/bengali-added-to-glide-languages/15093 "2020-09-01T19:30:16Z")

</div>

Thank you :rocket::+1::+1::+1::+1::+1: @Mark & Team Glide for adding Bengali to Glide languages. Just checked it out by switching iPhone language from English to Bangla. This means a great deal to me and future direc…

[Previous page](https://community.glideapps.com/c/help-how-to/27.md?page=835)

[Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/c/help-how-to/27.md?page=837)
