# Allow Sheet/Column selection in the Filters "Enter Value" field

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-sheet-column-selection-in-the-filters-enter-value-field/683>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-sheet-column-selection-in-the-filters-enter-value-field/683 "2019-09-28T20:35:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-sheet-column-selection-in-the-filters-enter-value-field/683/1 "2019-09-28T20:35:04Z")

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If in the Enter Value field (or an adjacent component), you had the ability to select a tabsheet and a column, similar to the add columns in the Data section Relation dialog. The developer could have a tabsheet with a bunch of columns, with data that would have application wide scope adding variable sheet data into the developer. This would allow those values to be dynamic, by using formulas that are controlled by sheet logic.

I use this technique now in my scripts so my scripts don’t need to be changed because a the info is not hard coded in the script. The scripts are more portable and in some cases multi purpose. I store URL’s and sheet ID’s, next unique ID numbers (for shortened style UUID for relationships between sheets) and any choices for dropdowns. In this case you would only pull back the contents of row 2 for that column but you get the idea I hope. It would greatly expand the capabilities of the filter.

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**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-sheet-column-selection-in-the-filters-enter-value-field/683/2 "2019-09-28T22:48:43Z")

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With this feature you could have something like now() - 7 which would show back 7 days in the calendar. Or even have a switch somewhere that could be turn on and off which would control that “look back” feature of the calendar, subtracting 7 days or 0 days.

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**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 29, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-sheet-column-selection-in-the-filters-enter-value-field/683/3 "2019-09-29T00:57:44Z")

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We’ll get to all of that 😉