Hi, I got an edit screen with a choice component, that successfully updates the column but also I need to update that choice in another table/column… For that I resorted to the “On submit” in the edit screen. An action to set column values. [image] [image] The problem is that the on submit act…

I’m a bit confused. What exactly are you looking to update? Can you show us your data model?

I have the users table and the operators/clients table. For reasons that don’t matter, users are stored in both tables. What is happening is that when I edit the value of a column for an operator through the edit screen, I want certain data to also be updated in the users table when I press Submit. …

Hola Matias, If I followed your problem well, the solution isn’t possible. The roles cannot be changed from your APP, it must be done using GDE directly. Here you can read further details https://community.glideapps.com/t/cannot-write-info-to-role-column-in-user-table/ Saludos!

But the roles are created by me, the programmer, in a table external to the users table… why couldn’t a user change the data of other users within the users table? [image] [image]

So the role columns mentioned here are not used as Glide’s role in user profiles setup, is that correct?

The roles, there are related in the Users table yes [image]

I mean this. [image] Roles | Glide Docs Define roles for your users and build different experiences and permissions.

Yes is that, I have used roles to set visibility conditions…

[image] Cannot Write Info to "ROLE" Column in User Table Ask for Help This is documented and expected behaviour. You cannot set user roles via the user interface. The only way to do it other than directly in the Data Editor is to use the API. Check the FAQ section in the…

Creating psuedo roles compared to using Glide’s built in Role functionality are two similar but quite different things and serve different primary purposes. One can control visibility and filtering, but cannot secure data. The other can be used to control visibilty/filtering as well as secure data…

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ThinhDinh June 20, 2024, 12:24am 10

So this point stands from @gvalero 's comment.

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