# How to append a value to a profile column

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-append-a-value-to-a-profile-column/61917>\
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**Created:** [May 19, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-append-a-value-to-a-profile-column/61917 "2023-05-19T13:47:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emilio\_Roqueta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/emilio_roqueta/32/38981_2.png) [@Emilio\_Roqueta](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Emilio_Roqueta)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-append-a-value-to-a-profile-column/61917/1 "2023-05-19T13:47:20Z")

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Hi everyone,

For a customer loyalty app, I want to record, in some column of the user’s profile, the amount of money the user spends at a coffee shop.  
So when the user buys something, they can add the ticket/invoice with the value spent. And I want to add that spent value to a column on his profile.  
But I see that there is no “append” function to a column.  
I understand that when uploading the invoice, I can bring the value spent from your profile up to that moment, but how do I set the new value to the profile? Why I can’t set A+B either?  
Being “A” the current value of the profile and “B” the value of the ticket.

Thanks for any help!

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-append-a-value-to-a-profile-column/61917/2 "2023-05-19T13:49:49Z")

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> [@Emilio\_Roqueta](#):
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> but how do I set the new value to the profile?

When using the set column values action choose ‘Users Profile’ for the row instead of ‘This Item’.

> [@Emilio\_Roqueta](#):
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> Why I can’t set A+B either?

Simply setup a Math column with A+B and use that new Math column in your set column values.

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**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:** [May 19, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-append-a-value-to-a-profile-column/61917/3 "2023-05-19T14:07:53Z")

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I’m not sure about why the action needs to be used here, isn’t a rollup sufficient?