# Writing to a column via Add Row action does not appear in Find Uses

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/writing-to-a-column-via-add-row-action-does-not-appear-in-find-uses/87138>\
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**Created:** [May 22, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/writing-to-a-column-via-add-row-action-does-not-appear-in-find-uses/87138 "2026-05-22T14:33:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/writing-to-a-column-via-add-row-action-does-not-appear-in-find-uses/87138/1 "2026-05-22T14:33:14Z")

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I just stumbled upon a behavior I didn’t have on my radar and that surprised me.

I created an `add row` action and within the action, Column A is written to. So column A is being used (according to me).

Now back in the data editor, I happened to run “Find Uses” on column A and it appears to have no uses. It is true that Column A isn’t directly used by a component on the layout editor (nor indirectly), nor is it used directly or indirectly by another column in the data editor. However I would consider that it is being used by an action, and yet according to “Find Uses”, it isn’t.

Is this expected behavior?

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/writing-to-a-column-via-add-row-action-does-not-appear-in-find-uses/87138/2 "2026-05-23T01:35:22Z")

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I would consider that a bug.