# Alternate of Rollup in Glide Big Tables

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/alternate-of-rollup-in-glide-big-tables/68349>\
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**Created:** [December 4, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alternate-of-rollup-in-glide-big-tables/68349 "2023-12-04T18:38:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhinaw\_Srivstava](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abhinaw_srivstava/32/65796_2.png) [@Abhinaw\_Srivstava](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Abhinaw_Srivstava)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alternate-of-rollup-in-glide-big-tables/68349/1 "2023-12-04T18:38:37Z")

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Hi,

I am building an application that requires rollup to perform Sum on computed columns but the Glide Big table is not supporting it yet , Is there any alternate way to perform rollup-like functionality with Glide Big tables?

My app requires more than 25k Rows but without rollup how can I build sum for specific requirements?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alternate-of-rollup-in-glide-big-tables/68349/2 "2023-12-05T00:53:56Z")

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You can use one or more joined list columns to fetch the non-computed values required to calculate the sum, and then pass those to a JavaScript column. This will work well for smaller subsets of data from a GBT, but if you need to sum over an entire table then you are better off pre-calculating the values and saving in non-computed columns.

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**Author:** ![Fadi\_Malek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fadi_malek/32/79459_2.png) [@Fadi\_Malek](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Fadi_Malek)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alternate-of-rollup-in-glide-big-tables/68349/3 "2025-04-10T00:59:07Z")

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This is unfortunate, because usually in SQL you can call for the sum of a column for the whole table. With this limitation, things can get truly challenging for applications where you need the total of a column where the related dataset extends with over 100 rows. @Darren_Murphy did you face this challenge before?

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**Author:** ![mstam2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mstam2/32/67186_2.png) [@mstam2](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mstam2)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alternate-of-rollup-in-glide-big-tables/68349/4 "2026-01-07T20:19:13Z")

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Hi All – I’m having the same problem with not being able to SUM a Big Table column via a Relation. I tried to create a joined list of values and use JS to do math on it, but seems like a Joined List isn’t possible with Big Tables either.

Anyone know the best way nowadays to do SUM of values on a Big Table?

My use case is that I’m trying to sum up the prices of parts associated to an invoice. The parts are in a GBT and the invoice is in a GT.

Thanks!