If you ever use the Miracle method, you need sequential numbers all the time. Not to mention a myriad of other use cases. There are a few solutions floating around, but I’m not sure I’ve seen this one cited. At the same time, it is so stupidly simple, I can’t believe it took me so long to think of i…

Found it!!! [image] How do I create an auto-incrementing row number with Glide Tables? Community Resources This is a question that comes up a lot, so creating this topic to use as a reference. Typically, there are two distinct use cases when it comes to auto-incrementing…

Yes, this method is mentioned multiple times ; -) We use an array index to get the number

This method is a godsend, I learnt it from Darren, Jeff or Bob. It’s been shared in the forum a number of times but it doesn’t hurt to repeat it. Good post to link to, thanks. I use this method so often that I wish we had a Row Index column.

Yep… Glide already is numbering rows… They should give acces to that number, so we can save 3 columns

Amazing, I couldn’t believe it wasn’t mentioned before, but searching through this forum did not yield the expected results :woman_facepalming: Well, unless admins think this is a waste of space, let it sit here for linking purposes :sweat_smile:

Not a waste at all, on the contrary, it’s a useful post.

Actually, I believe the method was first described by @11183 in the below post: [image] RowID is great. Could REALLY use Row Number Feature Requests RowID column Lookup to gather all rowIDs as an array Find Element Index column… Should I continue?) [image]

BTW… just ONE column LOL! [Screen Shot 2023-05-21 at 9.47.30 AM]

1 column NO Java script :wink: [Screen Shot 2023-05-21 at 4.18.35 PM]

[image] Eric Penner: :wink: OK, I give up…

One column JavaScript @Eric_Penn . no cheating like you LOL

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Actually, I believe the method was first described by @11183 in the below post:

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