# Session Variable without Email

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [June 15, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903 "2020-06-15T13:55:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![zeki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/zeki/32/9068_2.png) [@zeki](https://community.glideapps.com/u/zeki)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903/1 "2020-06-15T13:55:46Z")

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Hello, are there anyway to store and manage a session variable without using email login in glide.

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903/2 "2020-06-16T12:04:08Z")

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If you create a User Specific column in Glide, you can use it to store values for the duration that the user has the app open. Public apps will only store the values until they close and return the app. If they sign in, the values are saved in the user specific columns.

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**Author:** ![zeki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/zeki/32/9068_2.png) [@zeki](https://community.glideapps.com/u/zeki)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903/3 "2020-06-16T13:04:22Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion but it still needs and email address in order to work.

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**Author:** ![zeki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/zeki/32/9068_2.png) [@zeki](https://community.glideapps.com/u/zeki)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903/4 "2020-06-16T13:05:29Z")

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What, I’m trying to do is creating session id and bind data to it during the session.  
Like preferences etc.  
With these values, I will regenerate the table with if-else columns.

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903/5 "2020-06-16T13:16:01Z")

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Where does it indicate that you need an email to use user specific columns? Last I tried, email has no bearing on the use of user specific columns. Only that once a user signs in the user specific column value is saved across all instances of the app for that user. If they are not signed in, then it’s only saved for that one instance of the app until the user closes the app.

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903/6 "2020-06-16T13:18:08Z")

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So you want a “session variable” tied to a Public session? This is not currently supported to record as a variable in your data I’m afraid.

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903/7 "2020-06-16T13:20:19Z")

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**Author:** ![zeki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/zeki/32/9068_2.png) [@zeki](https://community.glideapps.com/u/zeki)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/session-variable-without-email/10903/8 "2020-06-18T13:39:23Z")

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Thanks so much Jeff.  
I figured it out after your comments.  
I did something very very weird but it’s working.