# Table Component columns have "Data Source", yet some column types dont seem to have a use for it?

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**Created:** [February 13, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/table-component-columns-have-data-source-yet-some-column-types-dont-seem-to-have-a-use-for-it/86348 "2026-02-13T20:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ja\_ke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ja_ke/32/83176_2.png) [@Ja\_ke](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ja_ke)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/table-component-columns-have-data-source-yet-some-column-types-dont-seem-to-have-a-use-for-it/86348/1 "2026-02-13T20:11:31Z")

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I had a few columns that i was trying to clear out and they showed in use in a table. This was odd as they are not really related at all, and i would not have selected this column as the “source” for anything.

Turns out it was the source for a “numbers” column, but i cant figure out why a numbers column has a source? It doesn’t limit what can be entered, doesn’t change accessible values for filter/visibility, and has no consequence if i change it to an empty table, a user table, or any other table.

What gives?

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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:** [February 13, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/table-component-columns-have-data-source-yet-some-column-types-dont-seem-to-have-a-use-for-it/86348/2 "2026-02-13T23:57:08Z")

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It’s a weird bug, there’s no real use for it in Text type like you said. Likely they meant to use it for a choice/tag but forgot to remove it for other types.

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**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:** [February 22, 2026, 8:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/table-component-columns-have-data-source-yet-some-column-types-dont-seem-to-have-a-use-for-it/86348/3 "2026-02-22T08:30:09Z")

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