# Relation value to text

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/relation-value-to-text/61393>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/relation-value-to-text/61393 "2023-05-05T15:46:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![filipr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/filipr/32/57781_2.png) [@filipr](https://community.glideapps.com/u/filipr)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/relation-value-to-text/61393/1 "2023-05-05T15:46:20Z")

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Hi Guys,

I’ve noticed that I can’t easily assign a value from the relation type column to a simple text. It’s only possible when picking the choice type.

How do you manage to make it work?

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**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:** [May 5, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/relation-value-to-text/61393/2 "2023-05-05T15:48:23Z")

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Relations don’t contain specific column values. They contain links to related Rows. If you need a specific value from the related row, then you need a Lookup column.

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**Author:** ![filipr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/filipr/32/57781_2.png) [@filipr](https://community.glideapps.com/u/filipr)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/relation-value-to-text/61393/3 "2023-05-05T15:53:56Z")

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Thanks Jeff!

Sometimes it is hard to switch from Airtable’s logic 😅

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**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:** [May 5, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/relation-value-to-text/61393/4 "2023-05-05T16:35:44Z")

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Hehe, likewise it’s hard for me to comprehend Airtable logic and how it integrates with Glide. Just haven’t had any experience using Airtable.