# Cannot set default value in glide page

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/cannot-set-default-value-in-glide-page/46478>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [August 11, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cannot-set-default-value-in-glide-page/46478 "2022-08-11T10:17:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_engineer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/larry_engineer/32/18874_2.png) [@Larry\_engineer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Larry_engineer)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cannot-set-default-value-in-glide-page/46478/1 "2022-08-11T10:17:12Z")

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**Describe the bug:**  
_I was creating a new form. Inside the form, I have a choice component. When I was trying to set a default value, I found that I couldn’t use one of the choice as default._

**Demonstration:**

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**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cannot-set-default-value-in-glide-page/46478/2 "2022-08-11T11:10:53Z")

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Hi @Larry_engineer,

What property you need as the default value? Is it the Status property?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Larry\_engineer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/larry_engineer/32/18874_2.png) [@Larry\_engineer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Larry_engineer)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cannot-set-default-value-in-glide-page/46478/3 "2022-08-11T11:37:02Z")

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Yup. I have three statuses, pending, shipped and refund. I want the default value to be pending.

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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:** [August 11, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cannot-set-default-value-in-glide-page/46478/4 "2022-08-11T11:57:36Z")

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I would just create a template column in the user profile table or the parent table of the screen that contains the form button. Set that template column value to ‘Pending’. Then set the default of the choice component to use that template value.

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**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cannot-set-default-value-in-glide-page/46478/5 "2022-08-11T12:31:58Z")

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What Jeff mentioned! 👆

I’m thinking maybe adding this template column in this table and not in the users table and adding that for the default value will work? 👀