# Can I make my column editable?

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**Created:** [April 3, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-i-make-my-column-editable/60069 "2023-04-03T12:50:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-i-make-my-column-editable/60069/1 "2023-04-03T12:50:41Z")

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With an If This Then Else formula I made a new column based on info from 10 other columns. Is it possible to make the info in that column (or a new column based on the info in that column) editable by the user?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-i-make-my-column-editable/60069/2 "2023-04-03T13:26:30Z")

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IF columns do not store data, so no you cannot make it editable.

You need to use a Set Column action somewhere in your app flow to fill a basic type column with the value from the IF column. Then a user can edit that basic column.

An alternative is to just have a basic column for the user to fill, and then have another IF column that returns either the user entered value, or the value from the prior IF column.

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**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-i-make-my-column-editable/60069/3 "2023-04-03T13:58:52Z")

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Thanks, I’ll have a go!

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**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-i-make-my-column-editable/60069/4 "2023-04-03T14:09:14Z")

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This did the trick! Thanks a lot.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-i-make-my-column-editable/60069/5 "2023-04-04T14:09:23Z")

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