# The text component does not see the base in the Form Screen

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-text-component-does-not-see-the-base-in-the-form-screen/80137>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [February 18, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-text-component-does-not-see-the-base-in-the-form-screen/80137 "2025-02-18T06:57:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vladislav\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vladislav_n/32/84363_2.png) [@Vladislav\_N](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vladislav_N)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-text-component-does-not-see-the-base-in-the-form-screen/80137/1 "2025-02-18T06:57:12Z")

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I’ve encountered a bug - I can’t add the Text component to the Form Screen. What should I do?  
The database is on BigTables.

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**Author:** ![Vladislav\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vladislav_n/32/84363_2.png) [@Vladislav\_N](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vladislav_N)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-text-component-does-not-see-the-base-in-the-form-screen/80137/2 "2025-02-18T06:57:29Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/f/6f5046e5e3f76c749d15b5141616d2df7a58ff69.png)

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**Author:** ![Vladislav\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vladislav_n/32/84363_2.png) [@Vladislav\_N](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vladislav_N)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-text-component-does-not-see-the-base-in-the-form-screen/80137/3 "2025-02-18T06:57:54Z")

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This also doesn’t work on regular Glide tables.

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**Author:** ![Vladislav\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vladislav_n/32/84363_2.png) [@Vladislav\_N](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vladislav_N)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-text-component-does-not-see-the-base-in-the-form-screen/80137/4 "2025-02-18T07:04:05Z")

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I realized what the problem is, the Text component takes data source from the page, and not from the form.

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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 18, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-text-component-does-not-see-the-base-in-the-form-screen/80137/5 "2025-02-18T23:26:44Z")

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What do you mean by “not from the form”?

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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:** [August 17, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-text-component-does-not-see-the-base-in-the-form-screen/80137/6 "2025-08-17T23:26:45Z")

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