# User specific columns - Which to select **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [August 7, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-which-to-select/83717 "2025-08-07T22:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndrewGardini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AndrewGardini](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AndrewGardini)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-which-to-select/83717/1 "2025-08-07T22:27:27Z")
Completely new to Glide and not a techy. Using Glides Personal Financing Template as a learning guide. Not quitevunderstanding specific user columns and when to use them. The idea is for many people to have access to a budget planner and create their own personal Budget Plans. Currently have a few glitches! Could anyone give me guidance as to what columns I should tick for User Specific in Glides Personal Financing Template Screen shots. I have circled the ones I have chose but not a clue. The app seems to be working OK for users in the app but when looking at the data tables, different data is showing in other users data ![Category 1 My View](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/8/1889c133f21b03f4aa0d36ba71e0e6057492afca.jpeg) ![Transactions 3 My View](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/f/fffa38d8f0d5f49fd410aeee670b278b5d482df1.jpeg) ![Transactions 2 My View](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/0/b09c7ec15d1d19f208e0f5f44c7437de8f7ce5a2.jpeg) ![Transactions 1 My View](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/9/9910784dfae3659700eac15f9f1998716a3d8953.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Joseph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nicolas_joseph/32/76105_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Joseph](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Nicolas_Joseph)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-which-to-select/83717/2 "2025-08-07T23:59:49Z")
Hi @AndrewGardini and welcome! šŸ™‚ ### User Specific _User specific columns_ are often used to store notes, comments, preferences. Also for adding an element to favorite contents (cf. [User-specific columns | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/essentials/security-and-user-data/user-specific-columns)). For example, you could let the user select the icons of the **`Options`** table by making the column where they are available _User specific_. This way, if one donā€™t likes the red/green colors or shapes, (s)he would be able to make it more personnal. * * * ### Template > [@AndrewGardini](#): > > The idea is for many people to have access to a budget planner and create their own personal Budget Plans. Just to be sure: your objective is to have **multiple users** on your app, each with **their own data** , right? And following from that, each user will have **their own email address to log in**? In this scenario, the only way to ensure your app is secure (i.e. users only have access to their own data, no matter what) is by using the _Row Owner_ feature. Hereā€™s the documentation: [Row Owners | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/row-owners) I checked the template you mentioned (hoping itā€™s the right oneā€¦ [Personal Finance | No Code App | Glide](https://www.glideapps.com/templates/personal-finance-m9)), and it was built for single-user use only. To adapt it for multiple users, hereā€™s what you probably need to do: - Add a column in the **`Transactions`** table to store a unique user identifier (e.g. their email address), and mark this column as a _Row Owner_. - When a user adds a new transaction, their email address will be automatically written into this column. This ensures that only they will have access to that row. * * * ### Row Owner or User Specific? Tables like **`Categorie`** are not concerned by the previous point because they aggregate values from the **`Transactions`** table. However, you could implement _Row Owner_ in your **`Users`** table or in any other table that contains user-specific data. To give you one last example (hoping it helps): even though _Row Owner_ is not relevant for the **`Categorie`** table, a `Notes` column with the _User Specific_ setting enabled could make sense. Each user could add a personal note to better understand the transactions listed in a given category. For example, you have two similar categories: **Others** and **Unknown**. One user might use just one of them as a ā€œjunkā€ category and would appreciate being able to leave a note as a reminder of that choice ā€” while another user might do something completely different. In this case, everyone sees the same list of categories, but thanks to the _User Specific_ feature, each person can add their **own** comment šŸ˜Š Glad to clarify further if needed! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-which-to-select/83717/3 "2025-08-08T02:47:44Z")
Only use user specific columns if you want multiple users to store their own unique values in the same cell within the same row. If each user has their own row, then you donā€™t need user specific columns. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewGardini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AndrewGardini](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AndrewGardini)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-which-to-select/83717/4 "2025-08-08T09:51:29Z")
I set up a column as email and set it as row owner. Works ok in app for different users, all have their own data entries but in the data transaction table, the owner sees their entry/transaction highlighted but also sees all other owners transactions greyed out but visible. ![row owner matt](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/7/275535d2f195c632a926fdb5b45977ffb42a99f4.jpeg) ![row owner me](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/2/423fc0bf7d74eaa826776f1a29bf8c001f0b51bb.jpeg) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-which-to-select/83717/5 "2025-08-08T10:06:25Z")
> [@AndrewGardini](#): > > the owner sees their entry/transaction highlighted but also sees all other owners transactions greyed out but visible. Thatā€™s only in the Data Editor. In the published App, those greyed out rows will not exist. ie. they will not be downloaded to the users device. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewGardini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AndrewGardini](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AndrewGardini)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/user-specific-columns-which-to-select/83717/6 "2025-08-08T10:15:44Z")
Ah that makes sense then. Many thanks