# Transfering images from glide table to glide table
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [March 4, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397 "2024-03-04T15:28:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/1 "2024-03-04T15:28:05Z")
Hello!
I have some images on a Glide table and would like to transfer them on the Glide table of another app, is this possibile?
thanks!
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/2 "2024-03-04T15:43:31Z")
It’s just a url. Change the column type to text, or add a template column that returns the url of the image column. Then copy and paste the urls.
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/3 "2024-03-04T16:15:22Z")
thanks Jeff, but what if there are multiple images like this:
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/4 "2024-03-04T16:30:17Z")
From, To, or Both?
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/5 "2024-03-04T16:51:12Z")
Sorry what do you mean?
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/6 "2024-03-04T16:52:45Z")
So you want to transfer images from a multiple images column to a multiple images column in a different table?
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/7 "2024-03-04T16:52:58Z")
Correct
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/8 "2024-03-04T16:55:30Z")
Hm. I think this may only be possible by using a set column action through a relation column. What’s the purpose of transferring the images? Are you trying to do a one off transfer because you’re cleaning up your database, or a are you looking to allow some sort of in app functionality that saves these images to a new table on demand?
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/9 "2024-03-04T16:59:19Z")
I have different clients with different apps and I keep the developments on 1 main app. From time to time I upgrade all other apps by duplicating the main app, changing the data sources etc. From when I implemented this multi image/file feature i am having this problem.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/10 "2024-03-04T17:10:39Z")
Duplicating the app/ data table shouldn’t require you to transfer anything though…
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/11 "2024-03-04T17:10:40Z")
I guess it could be a multi-step process.
- Joined List to convert the multiple image array into a comma delimited string of text.
- Copy that comma delimited text to the other table.
- Split Text to convert it back to array.
- Set Column action to move it to the Multiple Images column.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/12 "2024-03-04T17:11:30Z")
Right. This would be the solution…still don’t understand the problem though 😅
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/13 "2024-03-04T17:14:31Z")
“Duplicateing” as in ‘making the same change in each separate app’???
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/14 "2024-03-04T17:21:24Z")
> [@Jeff\_Hager](#):
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> Joined
Yes because I duplicate “App A” into “App B” then connect “App B” to its previous Google Sheet so the client has his data. After doing so I still need to copy/paste the client’s data that was present in his previous app in Glide’s tables. I can copy and paste everything except this multi images column
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/15 "2024-03-04T17:23:03Z")
No, this would mean replicate all developments into many apps. So what I do is I develop on 1 app then I duplicate the app with the duplication option (3 dots on the app)
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/16 "2024-03-04T17:31:36Z")
Got it. Well, there’s no way to copy and paste arrays into array columns…so only way in glide is to recreate the array using a join then a split and then setting up a collection with a set column action on each row that saves the split into the multiple images column.
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/17 "2024-03-04T18:14:14Z")
> [@Jeff\_Hager](#):
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> - Set Column action to move it to the Multiple Images column.
Interesting but the last step I don’t quite understand: [Loom | Free Screen & Video Recording Software | Loom](https://www.loom.com/share/1b1f2ff7bc6541a890daa18fce5bc133?sid=b04f1ceb-90a8-4c4a-8c34-5aaec3246880)
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/18 "2024-03-04T18:23:18Z")
That’s where @Robert_Petitto was saying that you need to set up a temporary collection with a Set Column action on your app’s front end and click through every item to transfer from the Split Text column to the Multiple Images column.
> [@Robert\_Petitto](#):
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> then setting up a collection with a set column action on each row that saves the split into the multiple images column.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/19 "2024-03-04T18:28:41Z")
One day, when we have looping actions, this will be less of a headache.
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transfering-images-from-glide-table-to-glide-table/71397/20 "2024-03-04T18:35:58Z")
Thank you guys🙏 @Robert_Petitto @Jeff_Hager
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