# Single Value Random - How often, When **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [July 5, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-value-random-how-often-when/74642 "2024-07-05T12:34:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Curtis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/curtis/32/59826_2.png) [@Curtis](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Curtis)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-value-random-how-often-when/74642/1 "2024-07-05T12:34:16Z")
How does the random option on the single value column work? How often is the random choice changed, what triggers the change, does each user see a different value or only if its a user specific column? ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-value-random-how-often-when/74642/2 "2024-07-05T13:08:41Z")
Hola! The Random Number plugin depends on its “seed” and if it is based on time and you want to have a unique value, its value will change every 10 secs (fastest speed). Of course, if you create your own seed to get a new value as fast as possible, you need to be sure that a variable associated to time is involved in your process. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/3/7381bb48a001a27b4d2e507b66513d7387d8027d.png) Saludos. ---
**Author:** ![Curtis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/curtis/32/59826_2.png) [@Curtis](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Curtis)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-value-random-how-often-when/74642/3 "2024-07-05T15:05:49Z")
Thanks Gvalero, but I’m referring to the single value column not the random number plugin. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-value-random-how-often-when/74642/4 "2024-07-05T17:54:30Z")
Single Value Random will update when a user refreshes the app. It’s specific to each user. ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-value-random-how-often-when/74642/5 "2024-07-05T19:14:37Z")
Ah… the Single Value!! Sorry for the misunderstanding 🥴, the answer is what @Eric_Penn wrote! Saludos! ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-value-random-how-often-when/74642/6 "2024-07-05T21:23:33Z")
Hi again! but you could create your own random values changing every 10 secs ready to be used by any Single Value Column. Something like this: . ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/3/733fe2cc4a51a1c3ad4fdb352e475a46f507c59c.png) In this case, my “Name+Time” column is the seed used by my “Random Number” column (plugin). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-value-random-how-often-when/74642/7 "2024-07-12T21:23:59Z")
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