# Auto-populating fields in Glide

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-populating-fields-in-glide/67445>\
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**Created:** [November 1, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-populating-fields-in-glide/67445 "2023-11-01T14:26:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-populating-fields-in-glide/67445/2 "2023-11-01T23:52:44Z")

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> [@MattGlides](#):
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> The problem I am running into is that I want the numPlateManual in the layout page (See image 2) to auto-populate with the plate number that we pull.

I assume you must have a flow somewhere that sets the plate number column to txtPlateNumber. This would allow the number to be manually edited after the API automation.

> [@MattGlides](#):
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> I thought converting it to text would make this possible however now it just shows the very first number in the column no matter what.

That doesn’t sound right. On which screen and at what point of the flow are you using the text entry component?

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