# Counting favorites **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [April 4, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/counting-favorites/60113 "2023-04-04T05:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/counting-favorites/60113/3 "2023-04-05T00:11:17Z")
The way to make your own “favorite” flow is somewhat like this: > [@Preserve visibility of star ratings after being submitted by user](https://community.glideapps.com/t/preserve-visibility-of-star-ratings-after-being-submitted-by-user/22695/2): > > I have never used a rating component outside a form. I usually write the rating via a form/add row action to a Ratings sheet so I can do rollups and show ratings afterwards. There’s another method that you can do with compound action, which is: Show a rating component Have a button that says something like “Send your rating”. Increment a “Global rating total” column by the rating value. Increment a “Global rating count” column by 1. Increment a “User rating” user-specific column by the rating… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/counting-favorites/60113)._