# Using Row ID with some universal rows

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-row-id-with-some-universal-rows/37208>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [January 15, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-row-id-with-some-universal-rows/37208 "2022-01-15T02:22:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-row-id-with-some-universal-rows/37208/1 "2022-01-15T02:22:21Z")

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Hi, when I was filtering by @Owner, but @Owner was not a Row Owner, I was able to allow users to see a row if their @Email matched @Owner _or_ if @Owner “Is Empty”

Now that I have implemented Row Owners, I would still like this functionality. But with Row Owner, Glide won’t let the row get anywhere near the device to allow filtering.

Any thoughts? Should I add this as a feature request? I realize that an ADMIN users would need to have the capability to clear the @Owner to make a row “universal”, but that’s what I was doing before anyway.

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**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:** [January 15, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-row-id-with-some-universal-rows/37208/2 "2022-01-15T02:34:51Z")

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I get what you are asking, and I agree that this would be be useful.

You can already (effectively) do this using roles. ie. you could have a “Staff” role and assign this role to every user. Then for any record you want public, you could make “Staff” the owner. This option is only available however, if you have a private pro app.

btw… is this a typo?

> [@David\_Gabler](#):
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> filtering by @Owner, but @Owner was not a Row ID

That threw me at first until I realised that you probably meant Row Owner where you have Row ID 😉

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**Author:** ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-row-id-with-some-universal-rows/37208/3 "2022-01-15T02:40:10Z")

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Yes, I cannot use Roles, unfortunately.