# Ways to use the Set Column action

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/ways-to-use-the-set-column-action/18684>\
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**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ways-to-use-the-set-column-action/18684 "2020-11-19T21:17:51Z")\
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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:** [November 20, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ways-to-use-the-set-column-action/18684/10 "2020-11-20T01:57:03Z")

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I use it in the same way that @ThinhDinh & @Jeff_Hager described, but I also use it to increment/decrement counters (which I learned how to do from [this](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-column-action-alter-a-different-sheets-values/18342) post)

Users of my app are given “credits”. Every time they submit a form, I need to decrease their credit count. And conversely, if they delete a submission (which I allow them to do, within a certain time window), then I need to return that credit to them. They can also have different types of credits - free credits and paid credits - and I need to keep track of both. For example, if they submit using a free credit, then I need to “remember” that, just in case they come back later and delete the submission. It’s all a little fiddly, but thanks to the new compound actions feature is fully achievable without having to resort to any spreadsheet tomfoolery.

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