# What Type of Column Should I be Creating?

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [September 26, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395 "2020-09-26T14:25:56Z")
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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/1 "2020-09-26T14:25:56Z")

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Hi!

I am trying to create a column, so only the featured image for a business populates in this said column for an inline list.

I want to pull the name of the business and populate the featured image I have for that business in a single column. It’s all on the same sheet.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![\_eric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/5f9b8f/32.png) [@\_eric](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_eric)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/2 "2020-09-26T14:49:21Z")

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Use an image column and call it featured image.

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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/3 "2020-09-26T15:03:19Z")

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I already have a column with the featured image…I want to pull it and copy it over to another column, but it needs to correlate with the business in the same row.

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### Author: ![\_eric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/5f9b8f/32.png) [@\_eric](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_eric)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/4 "2020-09-26T15:08:00Z")

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A template column would work if I am understanding you correctly.

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### 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: [September 26, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/5 "2020-09-26T15:54:54Z")

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Would a relation column and a lookup column work to pull the featured image? Just use the lookup column for the the image component.

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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/6 "2020-09-26T16:12:58Z")

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I made these two columns, does that seem right? The lookup is not coming up as a data source for the inline list.

 ![rek](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/e/e33f4140caaff2e87f0e91174d79c73fa9434fc1.png)

 ![look](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/9/9a5beb87cde21510241266337390883d251fb18f.png)

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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/7 "2020-09-26T16:14:20Z")

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Hmm let me try!

It’s not coming up as a choice for source data ☹

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### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/8 "2020-09-26T16:54:52Z")

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> [@Jen\_NYCP](#):
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> I want to pull the name of the business and populate the featured image I have for that business in a single column. It’s all on the same sheet.

From your screenshots, I think the relation should be set on the business name/ID rather than the featured image. From that single relation you can pull the name & image over.

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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/9 "2020-09-26T17:21:54Z")

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Then do that relation column as a lookup of the featured image?

My issue is none of the new columns are popping up as a data source when Im trying to make the inline list.

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### 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: [September 26, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/10 "2020-09-26T20:01:39Z")

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OK, based on your other post, I think I now understand what you are trying to do. Looks like you already figured it out? You’re doing a self relation to use and inline list for the circle image, correct? I do the self relation thing quite a bit too. I think the problem was you were using a single relation, and instead needed a multiple relation. The lookup column isn’t necessary in this case as you only need the relation to assign to the inline list.

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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/11 "2020-09-26T20:13:41Z")

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That other post was for the homepage so it’s a single image. That was easy no relation or anything needed.

In this case, it’s for the directory, so each business has their own featured image.

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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/12 "2020-09-27T12:10:47Z")

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Is there a minimum amount if relations that can show up when selecting a data source? Because nothing new is popping up.

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### 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: [September 27, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/13 "2020-09-27T15:29:06Z")

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Are you talking about the data source for an inline list? That only works with “multiple” relations.

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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/14 "2020-09-28T02:25:47Z")

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Ah yes! That was the issue. Thank you!

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### Author: ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/15 "2020-09-28T13:56:12Z")

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Soo, it works if the business has the said photo, but some do not. For those, a multiple relation pulls the images for all businesses as blank boxes.

There’s no way to display a single relation?

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### 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: [September 28, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-type-of-column-should-i-be-creating/16395/16 "2020-09-28T14:09:04Z")

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Do as @ThinhDinh said and use the business name or row ID for the relation instead of the photo. Linking a blank value to every other blank value in the sheet is going to give you several results.
