# Select and relation columns

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/select-and-relation-columns/69198>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [January 3, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/select-and-relation-columns/69198 "2024-01-03T10:43:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@Tech](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tech)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/select-and-relation-columns/69198/1 "2024-01-03T10:43:56Z")

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Hi all,

I’m new to glide and i have two questions:

1. There is an option to create a select column in Glide’s tables?
2. I created a relation column, but i see that i need to update each connection manually. there is an option to make it work as “link to another record” field in the Airtable works?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/select-and-relation-columns/69198/2 "2024-01-03T11:07:59Z")

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You have to be more precise about what you want to do… Your description is way too wild.

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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:** [January 3, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/select-and-relation-columns/69198/3 "2024-01-03T12:27:20Z")

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> [@Tech](#):
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> There is an option to create a select column in Glide’s tables?

What do you mean by “select column”? Do you have a visual example? Do you mean like a dropdown?

> [@Tech](#):
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> I created a relation column, but i see that i need to update each connection manually.

What do you mean by “update each connection manually”?

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/select-and-relation-columns/69198/4 "2024-01-03T16:06:28Z")

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> [@Tech](#):
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> 1. There is an option to create a select column in Glide’s tables?

Hello @Tech . Welcome to Glide’s community forum and happy new year.

I am not an Airtable power user but I do use it on occasion: in Airtable you can limit what data can be input in a column, similar to ‘Data validation’ in Google Sheets.

In Glide it works differently. You cannot limit what data will appear in a basic column in the backend in the Data Editor (the limitation is limited to data type). You can decide, however, what a picker in the frontend will display. The dropdown or selection happens in the Layout Editor (the frontend). You would achieve this by using a `Choice` component.