# Question: Creating a Role Permission Approach

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/question-creating-a-role-permission-approach/13485
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**Created:** [August 3, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/question-creating-a-role-permission-approach/13485 "2020-08-03T04:38:41Z")
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#### Post date: [August 3, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/question-creating-a-role-permission-approach/13485/1 "2020-08-03T04:38:41Z")

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I want to create a permissions system in my app for example. @Robert_Petitto@sardamit @david  
**Role, Object, Permissions (array column = flag 1, flag 2, flag 3 etc.)**

- Author (role) | Article (object) | Can Create Article, Can View Article (permissions)
- Author (role) | Category(object) | Can Create Category, Can View Category(permissions)

What I have done so far is to create a related role field in the user table. I can create a lookup on the array field to see all the permissions on field e.g. “flag 1”.

What I have since found out:

- I cannot create a lookup on an Glide created array column,
- nor can i use the lookup field created to test for a “contains” condition.

Why this approach and not just use roles, for example I can make dynamic roles or changes to a role permission, so that I need only to test for “Can Create Article” instead of “Author”. This gives me the flexibility to add additional roles without needing to change conditions using the “role” alone.

What I need is the way forward to accomplish testing for the permissions, knowing the limitations above.

Regards,