# Airtable Muti Select, Single Select, And Linked records

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-muti-select-single-select-and-linked-records/68169>\
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**Created:** [November 27, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-muti-select-single-select-and-linked-records/68169 "2023-11-27T18:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Absolute](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mr_absolute/32/66456_2.png) [@Mr\_Absolute](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mr_Absolute)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-muti-select-single-select-and-linked-records/68169/1 "2023-11-27T18:53:19Z")

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I am trying to give my logged in users the ability to view and edit fields that come from multi and single select as well as Linked records but this does not seem to be possible.

See video for more details

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-muti-select-single-select-and-linked-records/68169/2 "2023-11-27T19:09:11Z")

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If you have array type columns, that means they are not single value columns. They can potentially hold multiple values as an array. With that, you cannot place an array (of multiple values) into a container that can only hold a single value. You may need to use a Joined List column to convert the array into a single comma delimited list, which would be a single text value. Then you you can display that joined list on the screen.

Column components in a form are values from the parent table that you can pass directly through the form to a destination column without the need for a visible entry component on the screen.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Absolute](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mr_absolute/32/66456_2.png) [@Mr\_Absolute](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mr_Absolute)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-muti-select-single-select-and-linked-records/68169/3 "2023-11-28T17:58:15Z")

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- What is a “Joined List column” and how do I use it?
- If I created a single comma delimited list as text would that field be able to be edited.
- How do you pass data in Column components in a form?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-muti-select-single-select-and-linked-records/68169/4 "2023-11-28T18:20:38Z")

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> [@Mr\_Absolute](#):
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> What is a “Joined List column” and how do I use it?

Spend some time with the documentation. It will explain what all of these column types are.

> **[Joined List | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/automation/computed-columns/joined-list)**
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> Join multiple values together into a single value.

> [@Mr\_Absolute](#):
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> If I created a single comma delimited list as text would that field be able to be edited.

If it’s a Joined List column, then no you don’t edit it because it’s a computed column based on values in a different column. You edit the source column. Not the Joined List column.

> [@Mr\_Absolute](#):
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> How do you pass data in Column components in a form?

> **[Column Values | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/reference/values/column-values)**
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> Column values are the values contained in your data source tables.