# Accessing Related Table Data in Big Tables **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [June 28, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/accessing-related-table-data-in-big-tables/63273 "2023-06-28T18:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
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Maybe a useful read. I found myself in a similar situation you are in a few months ago. (And I’m still in it.) @blairrorani > [@Glide Big Tables – Better than Glide (Regular) Tables?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-big-tables-better-than-glide-regular-tables/78680/2): > > Here a thread that you read: Limitations of Big Tables There are some features in Glide that aren’t compatible with a Big Table. These unavailable features are: Some Single Value columns that target Big Table columns. Multi [Lookups](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/lookup-column) into Big Tables (eg. Lookups via Multiple Relations or Lookups that target an entire Big Table column) [Rollups](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/rollup-column) are supported on [Math](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/automation/computed-columns/math-column), [Template](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/automation/computed-columns/template-column), and [IfThenElse columns](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/automation/computed-columns/if-then-else-column) only, and only if those columns target basic columns. The Delete Rows action cannot be applied t… > [@Glide Big Tables – Better than Glide (Regular) Tables?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-big-tables-better-than-glide-regular-tables/78680/5): > > I had a short and eye-opening talk with @tuzin.arts today about Glide Big Table. I’ll rephrase what I understood (my apologies, Art, if I misunderstood anything): By default he will build on Glide Big Tables and not on Glide (Regular) Tables If a table will expand in terms of number of rows, even if it’s a few rows every so often, he will use a Glide Big Table He will only use a Glide (Regular) Table for helper tables which have a fixed number of rows Glide Big Tables forces us the developer t… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/accessing-related-table-data-in-big-tables/63273)._