# User profile columns
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [October 3, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809 "2024-10-03T14:09:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/1 "2024-10-03T14:09:18Z")
I feel like this is a stupid question, but if I’m adding a column to my users’ table where I want them to fill in something about themselves, their employer for example, do I need to set that column as user specific? Or is it already, by default, user specific since the user would need to be logged in to access their profile, so it’s really only possible for them to edit their own personal info? Hopefully this question makes sense 😬
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### Author:  [@micheal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/micheal)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/2 "2024-10-03T14:13:23Z")
Yeah, your question is totally valid, there’s no need for you to make it user-specific, in that scenario as the row can only be seen by the user.
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### Author:  [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/3 "2024-10-03T15:02:48Z")
Thank you! I’m feeling really stupid right now, but I’m trying to set up a form to collect data for users to add to their already created user profile, so I want to use the edit data action, so that it writes the data into the user’s row instead of adding a new row to the user table, but I’m now sure what I’m doing wrong. It keeps adding a new row to my user table.
I know that I need to set the action somewhere to edit data, but I can’t figure out where I’m going wrong, and I’m going crazy!
I have two fields, and I have it set to automatically pull in the text for Organization, but then I want the user to enter in a password that I am going to provide for them.
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/4 "2024-10-03T15:18:32Z")
You should be using the Show Edit Screen action to open an edit form. It appears that you are opening a detail or new screen with a form container component embedded inside of it. A form container is only for adding rows, as well as a form screen. Make sure you are using the Show Edit Screen action.
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### Author:  [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/5 "2024-10-03T15:24:18Z")
oooh, ok. Sorry, you might have seen that I also opened a new topic post to more specifically ask my question, and I put in a screen recording because I didn’t want this part of my question to get lost.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox4LQOcxz6U)
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### Author:  [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/6 "2024-10-03T15:24:57Z")
So, I should not be using a form component container is what you’re saying, correct?
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### Author:  [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/7 "2024-10-03T15:26:38Z")
But then I need a component to attach the action to, yes? What component should I be using to attach the “show edit screen” to?
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/9 "2024-10-03T15:37:19Z")
I’ll close this and continue in the new thread so the conversation doesn’t get split up.
> [@Forms & Writing Data](https://community.glideapps.com/t/forms-writing-data/76810):
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> EDIT - Sorry, I have two posts going on this question now. I didn’t want this specific question to get lost. I’m trying to collect user data on a form and have it write into the user table for users who already have a profile set up, so I think I need to use the edit data action, but I can’t get it to write into the already existing user row. It keeps adding a new row. I keep partially getting it right, but I can’t figure out where I’m going wrong. I did a screen recording to show what I’m doi…
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-profile-columns/76809/10 "2024-10-03T15:37:23Z")