# How to connect/manipulate data inside Glide Tables from the outside **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-connect-manipulate-data-inside-glide-tables-from-the-outside/23545 "2021-02-28T11:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ric\_1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ric_1/32/22052_2.png) [@Ric\_1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ric_1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-connect-manipulate-data-inside-glide-tables-from-the-outside/23545/1 "2021-02-28T11:12:22Z")
Glide webhooks allow us to send data out of the app, is there any mechanism to do so in reverse (feed data into the app) or am I forced to use Google Sheets instead of Glide Tables for this purpose? ---
**Author:** ![Jacktools\_Net](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jacktools_net/32/18500_2.png) [@Jacktools\_Net](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jacktools_Net)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-connect-manipulate-data-inside-glide-tables-from-the-outside/23545/2 "2021-02-28T11:20:57Z")
No way at the moment. Yes you have to use google sheet if you want generate data from outside. If gtable works like airtable that would be crazy cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ric\_1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ric_1/32/22052_2.png) [@Ric\_1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ric_1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-connect-manipulate-data-inside-glide-tables-from-the-outside/23545/3 "2021-02-28T11:29:48Z")
Thanks for the quick reply! Is there already a guide on best practices when using Google Sheets? I’m wondering what are the disadvantages. If I store only basic columns in Google Sheets and do all the computing within Glide vs using Glide Tables only? Do you usually used mixed setups, with one Google Sheet for bulk import and automation and Glide Tables for everything else? ---
**Author:** ![Jacktools\_Net](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jacktools_net/32/18500_2.png) [@Jacktools\_Net](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jacktools_Net)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-connect-manipulate-data-inside-glide-tables-from-the-outside/23545/4 "2021-02-28T11:49:23Z")
If you only use gtables there is one sync step less and you have no row limits. As far as i know. ---
**Author:** ![Ric\_1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ric_1/32/22052_2.png) [@Ric\_1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ric_1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-connect-manipulate-data-inside-glide-tables-from-the-outside/23545/5 "2021-02-28T15:02:30Z")
From what I read in another thread the row limit is the same in both Sheets & Tables but that this might change in the future. By sync steps you mean the 1.000 sheet updates on the free tier? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-connect-manipulate-data-inside-glide-tables-from-the-outside/23545/6 "2021-02-28T16:57:05Z")
Tried to kind of explain things here. > [@Sheet Edits Quota—1000 per month?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sheet-edits-quota-1000-per-month/12907/143): > > There’s nothing wrong with using a google sheet as the data source for choice components, but I think what @Uzo is saying is that if you can migrate any data into glide tables, then it can help reduce the amount of data that has to syncronize between glide and google. If it’s static data, then no it’s not going to make much of a difference, but any sheets that have data updated as well as being located in a google sheet will count against sheet edits. There’s no functional difference between g… ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-connect-manipulate-data-inside-glide-tables-from-the-outside/23545/7 "2024-01-17T16:53:16Z")