# Default value for columns

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-for-columns/46471>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [August 11, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-for-columns/46471 "2022-08-11T08:03:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ovi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@Ovi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ovi)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-for-columns/46471/1 "2022-08-11T08:03:28Z")

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Without creating an IF ELSE column there is no way to have a default value in a column … it will be great to have a field like that.

Some use cases

1. Let’s say we have a number column and at first is empty … If I create a visibility rule to show only the records that have the value \<= 9 it will not display those that are empty because when it’s empty it will not take any numeric value … so in this case, we could add a default value of 0 to every new record

2. For roles … let’s say in a users table we want to make all the users that are added, to belong automatically to a certain role group when a record is created … if we create a column that will have a value with that role added by default, then all the users could be managed by the main role without any manual work behind.