# Conditional visibility of components usage question **URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/conditional-visibility-of-components-usage-question/1993 **Category:** Ask for Help **Created:** [November 14, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/conditional-visibility-of-components-usage-question/1993 "2019-11-14T19:28:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 15
### 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 19, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/conditional-visibility-of-components-usage-question/1993/15 "2020-04-19T01:11:57Z")
@Cesar_Huber Here’s some more information on a method that I use for conditional visibility based on user type. Basically I use a template column to create a value, such as ‘Admin’. In my user sheet I have a similar user type value, but only on the users that have Admin access. I then create a relation column to link the template ‘Admin’ to the user’s user type column. Then I create a lookup column to pull back an array of user emails that match the value ‘Admin’. I can then use the lookup column for filtering or visibility based on signed-in-user. @George_Lewis1 I’m really intrigued with your method. I might have to read through it a few times to see if I get some ideas. You don’t happen to have a sample app that you can share, do you? > [@Newsletter Subscription](https://community.glideapps.com/t/newsletter-subscription/7291/4): > > You can control visibility and filtering based on a certain values. You can do this by putting a template, relation and lookup column on the content you want to control, and then pull back an email array of users that have access to that content. Then you can apply filtering and visibility of components based on that lookup column of emails by checking it against the signed in user. This would allow for one single app, but would require sign in for all users, but really comes down your your u… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/conditional-visibility-of-components-usage-question/1993)._