# Airtable image field not available to image picker

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-image-field-not-available-to-image-picker/44412>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [July 13, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-image-field-not-available-to-image-picker/44412 "2022-07-13T17:00:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shawn\_T](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shawn_t/32/44968_2.png) [@Shawn\_T](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Shawn_T)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-image-field-not-available-to-image-picker/44412/1 "2022-07-13T17:00:27Z")

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I’m building an app to display a series of products. Airtable has previously entered data.

The app’s tile view successfully displays the image; when I click on the image, the detail view also successfully displays the image. However, on the add/edit product screens, the image picker field was not included by default.

So, I added an image picker field, but then was not able to associate image field in my data with the image picker.

I emptied the image field in airtable, and was then able to associate the field with the image picker. But, as soon as I move the images back into the field (in airtable), the association is lost and the image picker fails to display.

This seems like a bug, but if it’s not, can someone help?

Thanks,  
Shawn

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-image-field-not-available-to-image-picker/44412/2 "2022-07-13T23:39:14Z")

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Can you record a Loom video with the supposed bug in action? Thanks a lot.

Also, is this Glide Apps or Glide Pages?

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**Author:** ![Shawn\_T](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shawn_t/32/44968_2.png) [@Shawn\_T](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Shawn_T)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-image-field-not-available-to-image-picker/44412/3 "2022-07-14T17:07:52Z")

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So, I figured out the issue as I was making the recording for you. Airtable allows for multiple images in a field, which some of my data has. Glide is interpreting that field as a list field, rather than an image field. Is there a way to get Glide to properly identify that field as an image field?

![glide_airtableimages](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/5/2506e67e8014c209e0dd2e438764b92d9147f23e.png)

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-image-field-not-available-to-image-picker/44412/4 "2022-07-15T00:30:22Z")

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That is an array column, and I believe that is the default way Glide interprets it, I don’t think there’s a way to work around that.

I wish we can have an option to upload multiple images to an array column, but that’s not something we can do now. Only one at a time.

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**Author:** ![Shawn\_T](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shawn_t/32/44968_2.png) [@Shawn\_T](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Shawn_T)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-image-field-not-available-to-image-picker/44412/5 "2022-07-15T00:44:01Z")

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I found a workaround for now. Is this feature on the roadmap?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-image-field-not-available-to-image-picker/44412/6 "2022-07-15T00:46:34Z")

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I’m not part of the Glide team, just a fellow user so can’t say anything on that front, sorry.

If you find a working workaround and don’t mind sharing, please do so in this thread so people coming later can get help. Thank you!
