# Users table "Role" column values disappear

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/users-table-role-column-values-disappear/61692>\
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**Created:** [May 12, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/users-table-role-column-values-disappear/61692 "2023-05-12T15:20:45Z")\
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That’s correct and expected behaviour.

> **[Glide • Roles](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/reference/security-and-user-data/roles)**
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> Define roles for your users and build different expereriences and permissions for those groups.

Roles can only be assigned when the user record is created, and only if the creating user has the same role.

Other than that, roles can be assigned via the Data Editor, or via the Glide API.

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