# What is the equivalent of set data structure or dropdown list in Glide? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [May 20, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-set-data-structure-or-dropdown-list-in-glide/81942 "2025-05-20T10:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ramya_venkatesh/32/88271_2.png) [@Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ramya_Venkatesh)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-set-data-structure-or-dropdown-list-in-glide/81942/1 "2025-05-20T10:19:35Z")
Hello, I’m designing an app and there are a lot of places where I want dropdown to be populated from a list of items. For example, list of sports or list of events. Basically, I’m looking for something that does the job of a set in data structure or a dropdown list in Sheets. The only way I can think of right now is to create different tables with single column and add the values. Then create another table with computed columns for all of the single column tables. This seems complicated, is there a simpler way? ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-set-data-structure-or-dropdown-list-in-glide/81942/2 "2025-05-20T10:45:17Z")
You could configure a dedicated ‘Resource’ table. Store your choice component options in there without the need for multiple tables. ---
**Author:** ![Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ramya_venkatesh/32/88271_2.png) [@Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ramya_Venkatesh)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-set-data-structure-or-dropdown-list-in-glide/81942/3 "2025-05-20T11:16:14Z")
Thank you, @Eric_Penn. Yes, I can do that. With this, I’m trying to add a choice component where the source is this Resource table and I want to write to a column in a different table. However, the dropdown values are not getting populated. Any idea why? Attaching screenshot ![Screenshot 2025-05-20 at 4.45.45 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/5/15073e8aa5b0ea1e2fc3b2e570d49b00933150d9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ramya_venkatesh/32/88271_2.png) [@Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ramya_Venkatesh)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-set-data-structure-or-dropdown-list-in-glide/81942/4 "2025-05-20T11:39:05Z")
Okay, I got it. I was trying to create a dropdown list from an array but it needs to be regular columns with text values. Working fine now, thanks again! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-set-data-structure-or-dropdown-list-in-glide/81942/5 "2025-05-20T11:39:24Z")
On the right hand side you should select a value. This will be a column in your Resource table. ---
**Author:** ![Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ramya_venkatesh/32/88271_2.png) [@Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ramya_Venkatesh)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-set-data-structure-or-dropdown-list-in-glide/81942/6 "2025-05-21T04:51:23Z")
Right, the ‘Values’ dropdown was disabled because I had used array type for the Resource columns. I changed it to regular text and added values as separate entries. It worked after that. Thanks again, @Eric_Penn ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-set-data-structure-or-dropdown-list-in-glide/81942/7 "2025-05-28T04:51:37Z")
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