# How to leverage the "hint" component

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**Created:** [April 30, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-leverage-the-hint-component/61197 "2023-04-30T15:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nathan\_M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathan_m/32/43901_2.png) [@Nathan\_M](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Nathan_M)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-leverage-the-hint-component/61197/1 "2023-04-30T15:05:02Z")

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Hey guys,

So I have users recording vaccinations on an app. They record the type, date and next appointment date for this example.

I know the frequency of vaccinations so i would like to leverage the hint component to suggest the next appointment date.

Is this possible?

I have the following in place:

Sheet to recode all vacinations

A separate sheet containing the vaccination name + next appointment date in two separate columns. (I’ve done this so that users can select from a dropdown)

Thanks!

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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 1, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-leverage-the-hint-component/61197/2 "2023-05-01T00:25:48Z")

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As long as you can construct a logical flow to pull back the right appointment date, I believe you can easily show it using a template and the hint component.

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathan_m/32/43901_2.png) [@Nathan\_M](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Nathan_M)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-leverage-the-hint-component/61197/3 "2023-05-01T18:22:09Z")

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Thanks for the response. So this is what I have:  
Three sheets: 1) Dog profile {To link vaccinations to} 2) Vaccinations 3) Dog vaccines {for a dropdown list}

When creating a new vaccination log, I have its a popup from a pets profile. When I then try to add the hint component, its source is the pet profile and not the Dog Vaccine sheet I would need it to pull from.

Any tips here?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/b/1b3cbdd3c8d91955188aeaf3291c9067347b6201.png)

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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 1, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-leverage-the-hint-component/61197/4 "2023-05-01T23:25:38Z")

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Can you clarify at which point you need to show the hint?

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathan_m/32/43901_2.png) [@Nathan\_M](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Nathan_M)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-leverage-the-hint-component/61197/5 "2023-05-02T04:48:45Z")

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Sure!

So it displays the pet profile sheet but I need to pull from the vaccinations sheet as per image below.

Dog vaccinations:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/0/70934e2c6cffe09e33d5d1bb8187187a3e59958d.png)

Pet profile:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/b/1b9af43de390364a280fbd11e1dea70c4439f002.png)

So the hint I want to pull through would be as follows:

If “rabies” is selected display “every 1 year”

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-leverage-the-hint-component/61197/6 "2023-05-02T04:58:47Z")

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You mentioned that you’re using the Vaccination list in a Choice component (drop-down). Although it’s not shown in your screen shots, presumably that’s writing the selection to a column in your Pet Profile table?

Assuming yes, then you can add a single relation column in your Pet Profile table that matches the selected Vaccination with the Vaccination Name in your Vaccinations table. Then use a Lookup column operating through that relation to fetch the Next Due Date value.

Side note: I’d recommend adding a RowID column to your Vaccinations table and store that in your Pet Profile table instead of the Vaccination Name. RowID’s are stable and will never change, so that’s a more robust approach.