# Update multiple row values via relation / action **URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-multiple-row-values-via-relation-action/24715 **Category:** Ask for Help **Created:** [March 25, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-multiple-row-values-via-relation-action/24715 "2021-03-25T11:47:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### 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: [March 25, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-multiple-row-values-via-relation-action/24715/2 "2021-03-25T11:58:20Z")
> [@merkle](#): > > The issue I seem to be running into is that the set columns action can’t (yet??) work with multiple relations? It would be sooo painfully simple if this did. Correct. It’s been requested as a feature, so hopefully it’s on the way… > [@merkle](#): > > Is there another fancy way that essentially “find and replaces” all the old temporary email placeholders with the updated email address when the contact profile is updated? Only thing I can think of is that if you can present the contacts to your user as an Inline List, then you could associate an action that sets the email and at the same time removes the contact from the list. Also, maybe the following will provide some inspiration… > [@Reset Multiple Rows At Once](https://community.glideapps.com/t/reset-multiple-rows-at-once/22211): > > There have been several requests for people to find a way to clear a value in multiple rows. I was thinking about that and came up with a quick example of a way to handle that. Instead of trying to clear a value in an entire column, I realized we could just change one value on a parent column, load it as a single value in our sheet and then compare that parent value to a column that we set or unset for each row. It’s not about clearing an entire column, it’s about making a value in each row n… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-multiple-row-values-via-relation-action/24715)._