# Single Select field in airtable, replicated in Glide as text field

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-select-field-in-airtable-replicated-in-glide-as-text-field/71882
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**Created:** [March 21, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-select-field-in-airtable-replicated-in-glide-as-text-field/71882 "2024-03-21T08:40:32Z")
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### Author: ![jacquepradel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jacquepradel/32/72573_2.png) [@jacquepradel](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jacquepradel)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-select-field-in-airtable-replicated-in-glide-as-text-field/71882/1 "2024-03-21T08:40:32Z")

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Hello all

I have really a problem with Single Select field in airtable, replicated in Glide as text field

is there a solution ?  
meny thanks

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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: [March 21, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-select-field-in-airtable-replicated-in-glide-as-text-field/71882/2 "2024-03-21T12:05:19Z")

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Single Select is an Airtable specific feature. Glide is bringing in the value that’s been selected. What are you expecting to happen in Glide?

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### Author: ![Connor\_Finlayson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/connor_finlayson/32/79079_2.png) [@Connor\_Finlayson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Connor_Finlayson)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-select-field-in-airtable-replicated-in-glide-as-text-field/71882/3 "2024-03-21T12:49:29Z")

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If you are coming from Airtable, then the Glide Editor will seem less intuitive. As @Jeff_Hager said “Single Select” or “Multi-Select” or “Linked Records” are Airtable specific features. Any other database tool like the Glide Editor or Supabase don’t do this.

**This means you will have to adjust your approach to using databases that are outside Airtable**

As someone who has come from Airtable, I have a few recommendations:

- Don’t use formula fields or lookup fields in Airtable as fields to display data in Glide. Why? There is going to always be a delay in the Airtable data being sent back to Glide
- Data being sent from Glide to Airtable happens close to instantly
- Data being sent from Airtable to Glide has a 3 (on Extra) to 5 minute delay

I’ll add more as I think of them. For now, just remember that Airtable makes databases look pretty and visual - that is their value proposition. Glide lets turn database records into apps.

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### Author: ![jacquepradel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jacquepradel/32/72573_2.png) [@jacquepradel](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jacquepradel)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-select-field-in-airtable-replicated-in-glide-as-text-field/71882/4 "2024-03-21T15:53:00Z")

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thanks a lot @Connor_Finlayson that’s cristal clear 🙂