# Creating an action to copy a cell into another cell

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/creating-an-action-to-copy-a-cell-into-another-cell/35794>\
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**Created:** [December 10, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/creating-an-action-to-copy-a-cell-into-another-cell/35794 "2021-12-10T18:39:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Dublin\_Network](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/the_dublin_network/32/15721_2.png) [@The\_Dublin\_Network](https://community.glideapps.com/u/The_Dublin_Network)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/creating-an-action-to-copy-a-cell-into-another-cell/35794/1 "2021-12-10T18:39:39Z")

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Hi,

I am working with the fetch function and I am trying to create an action that when I click a button it will copy a specific field which is a temporary field and then save it on another column in the same row.

Screenshot attached as an example

Thanks in advance

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/f/0f9184b71f36d7e5bcd9b8f8bd2c580e60217789.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/creating-an-action-to-copy-a-cell-into-another-cell/35794/2 "2021-12-10T18:49:14Z")

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Try this one: [https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/actions/single-actions/data/set-columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/actions/single-actions/data/set-columns)

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**Author:** ![The\_Dublin\_Network](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/the_dublin_network/32/15721_2.png) [@The\_Dublin\_Network](https://community.glideapps.com/u/The_Dublin_Network)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/creating-an-action-to-copy-a-cell-into-another-cell/35794/3 "2021-12-10T23:46:44Z")

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Thank you, I had tried that but realised I was using it incorrectly. Appreciate the link

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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:** [December 11, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/creating-an-action-to-copy-a-cell-into-another-cell/35794/4 "2021-12-11T23:46:51Z")

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