# App maintenance/Clutter clean-up

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/app-maintenance-clutter-clean-up/44139>\
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**Created:** [July 8, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/app-maintenance-clutter-clean-up/44139 "2022-07-08T16:51:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/app-maintenance-clutter-clean-up/44139/2 "2022-07-08T18:19:07Z")

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In this very recent thread I asked the same question since I have wondered about this.

> [@Table relations & choice as filter](https://community.glideapps.com/t/table-relations-choice-as-filter/44004/6):
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> Now that you brought this up, from a design perspective I read (thought I read/thought I understood) that you should _not_ use the ‘user profile’ table except for ‘user’ info from a security perspective.
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> But the user profile is the one table that is accessible in actions, visibility and filters so it has become a _very_ wide row with lots of USC/xxx columns with many templates/filters plus relations and is the source for four of my five TABs and many ‘New Screens’,
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> Is this a reasonable/usual best practice? I especially needed access to data within actions which have a very limited scope.
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> TIA

@Jeff_Hager replied with good insight. Hope this helps.

> [@Table relations & choice as filter](https://community.glideapps.com/t/table-relations-choice-as-filter/44004):
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> Hi there, I am struggling to use a choice as a filter with following structure. I have TOPICS SUBTOPICS CONTENTS The properties relate like this: A TOPIC HAS MANY SUBTOPICS A SUBTOPIC CAN BELONG TO MANY TOPICS A CONTENT CAN BELONG TO MANY TOPICS A CONTENT HAS MANY SUBTOPICS The target UX is like this Step 1 User chooses one TOPIC only Step 2 User is shown a list of CONTENTS & can filter the CONTENTS with the “choice” component according to the SUBTOPIC (the “chips” are SUBTOPICS). …

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