# Block and deblock option for all users

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/block-and-deblock-option-for-all-users/68162
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [November 27, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/block-and-deblock-option-for-all-users/68162 "2023-11-27T12:38:30Z")
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### Author: ![Ninjaaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ninjaaa](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ninjaaa)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/block-and-deblock-option-for-all-users/68162/1 "2023-11-27T12:38:30Z")

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Hello fellow Gliders!

I need your help! 🙂

I’ve got a challenge app. If a user decides to take on a challenge it shall be blocked for everyone else. If he finishes it, the challenge shall be deblocked. I managed to set this up by using a boolean column “is\_blocked” and direct an action to it when the user clicks on a button “accept challenge” or “finish challenge”.

BUT

I also want to deblock it, when a certain time has elapsed. I’ve got an timestamp for when the user clicks accept and a timer that starts & counts down to 0. When it has come to 0 the deblocking shall happen.

PROBLEM

I think I can’t transform the upper mentioned “is\_blocked” column to an if-then column because then I can’t use it for the above described user button actions anymore.

If not like this, how else can I do it? 🙂

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!