# Folders within Data

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/folders-within-data/73173>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 8, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/folders-within-data/73173 "2024-05-08T04:13:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AdrienneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/adriennec/32/74774_2.png) [@AdrienneC](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AdrienneC)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/folders-within-data/73173/1 "2024-05-08T04:13:42Z")

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Hello again! Is it possible to create folders for types of Data within the database? The idea is to click on a folder to populate specific data. Please advise!  
Thank you!

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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:** [May 8, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/folders-within-data/73173/2 "2024-05-08T04:47:05Z")

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Can you explain in more detail what you are trying to do? You could have a category column and assign a category when adding a row.

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**Author:** ![AdrienneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/adriennec/32/74774_2.png) [@AdrienneC](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AdrienneC)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/folders-within-data/73173/3 "2024-05-09T00:22:18Z")

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Hi, I have a list of students but I would like to categorize them by school. So I would love to be able to tap on a folder to open up the students in that school.

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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:** [May 9, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/folders-within-data/73173/4 "2024-05-09T00:46:58Z")

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That should be pretty easy to do. First you need a column in your student table to hold the School Name or ID that each student goes to. Then create a new table that is just a list of schools. This new table will be your “folders”. Then create a relation column in the Schools table that links the school name or ID to the school name or ID that is in the Students table. Create a tab or screen with a collection sourced from the Schools table. When you click on a school, you will be taken to it’s detail screen. On that screen, add a collection that is sources from the relation column that you created. That should be it.

If you create a new app in Glide with Glide tables as the source, the default apps demonstrate this very well, whether it’s Categories/Things or Companies/Contacts. It’s the exact same concept.

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**Author:** ![raajkumars](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/raajkumars/32/74046_2.png) [@raajkumars](https://community.glideapps.com/u/raajkumars)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/folders-within-data/73173/5 "2024-05-09T00:47:46Z")

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You can use filters in collections. You can also use the group by feature for this.