# Temporary variables (clipboard)

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/temporary-variables-clipboard/58024
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/temporary-variables-clipboard/58024 "2023-02-16T10:56:09Z")
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### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/temporary-variables-clipboard/58024/13 "2023-02-17T11:24:53Z")

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> [@Miroslav\_Madaric](#):
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> so it is a kind of “clipboard” table

These are commonly referred to as “Helper Tables”, or “Working Tables”.  
Check the below thread for some more examples of how they can be used, and a deeper explanation of how they work.

> [@How would you describe a helper table?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-would-you-describe-a-helper-table/54497):
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> Hi all, ‘helper table’ seems a way to get things done with Glide as ‘invented’ by users. I don’t think I find it in any official Glide docs. How would you describe a ‘helper table’ and in what cases would you use it and how? Maybe this post + reactions can make it to the help section afterward wink

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