# Allow editing of references **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [September 12, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195 "2019-09-12T15:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pspeter3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pspeter3/32/184_2.png) [@pspeter3](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pspeter3)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/1 "2019-09-12T15:48:11Z")
Being able to edit references (with the choice component?) would be really useful. Currently I achieve this by creating a new column which is an array formula that copies the column and sets up the reference. This leads to lag on editing and feels unnecessarily complex ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/2 "2019-09-13T04:06:45Z")
Have you tried the new Data Editor? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/3 "2019-09-13T22:11:01Z")
Without knowing anything about your app…is there any advantage to changing the child value being referenced, instead of the parent? This would probably only work in certain scenarios, but I thought I would just throw it out there. ---
**Author:** ![pspeter3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pspeter3/32/184_2.png) [@pspeter3](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pspeter3)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/4 "2019-09-14T05:20:41Z")
Just tried it but I don’t think I fully get it. I think that’s probably because I’m thinking in terms of join tables and foreign keys. I’ll try again soon. ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/5 "2019-09-14T14:12:58Z")
Like @david said, if you set up the reference in the Data Editor there’s no need for the `ARRAYFORMULA`, and you can use a Choice component on the text field the reference is based on, and the update will be immediate. ---
**Author:** ![pspeter3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pspeter3/32/184_2.png) [@pspeter3](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pspeter3)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/6 "2019-09-14T21:30:19Z")
Yeah, I just go it to work. It’s amazing. Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Llafranc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/llafranc/32/238_2.png) [@Llafranc](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Llafranc)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/7 "2019-09-15T06:52:38Z")
Please can u share a short video to show that ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Cisco\_Muratalla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/cisco_muratalla/32/12358_2.png) [@Cisco\_Muratalla](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Cisco_Muratalla)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/8 "2021-02-09T19:30:43Z")
request addressed with existing functionality, archiving topic ---
**Author:** ![Cisco\_Muratalla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/cisco_muratalla/32/12358_2.png) [@Cisco\_Muratalla](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Cisco_Muratalla)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-editing-of-references/195/9 "2021-02-09T19:30:49Z")