# Split Text column

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/split-text-column/15805
**Category:** General
**Created:** [September 15, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/split-text-column/15805 "2020-09-15T09:36:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Thibault\_Milan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thibault_milan/32/4970_2.png) [@Thibault\_Milan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Thibault_Milan)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/split-text-column/15805/21 "2020-10-16T11:49:48Z")

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hum … That’s really annoying in that case because then, using with split text well … it still text and can’t be matched properly with dates object without being reinterpreted as date my glide 😢

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### Author: ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/split-text-column/15805/22 "2020-10-16T11:49:54Z")

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yes because for a certain date all the information is not available or empty. so it’s ok for me

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### Author: ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/split-text-column/15805/23 "2020-10-16T11:56:40Z")

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test with a template column as an intermediary.  
To use a date column in text format

 ![template](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/2/2edc17cedfaaf91a433df9480dda46afe57d54f5.png)

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### Author: ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/split-text-column/15805/24 "2020-10-16T12:00:01Z")

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can be before the Joint.  
let Avail\_Days therefore be a reference of the relation.

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### Author: ![Thibault\_Milan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thibault_milan/32/4970_2.png) [@Thibault\_Milan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Thibault_Milan)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/split-text-column/15805/25 "2020-10-16T12:02:51Z")

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I worked like this! Thanks! You deserve a 🏅!  
I created a template in my Config table, just like you suggested. Then I use it for the relation.

Still a lot of work to use split text column as a source for the list component in a view 😆

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### Author: ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/split-text-column/15805/26 "2020-10-16T12:08:58Z")

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cool 🙂

thank you for the chocolate medal of course

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