# Best Practice Databse
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [October 30, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926 "2022-10-30T09:38:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@stefansladdeneng1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/stefansladdeneng1)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926/1 "2022-10-30T09:38:05Z")
Hello Folks,
Suggestion of best practices wanted using Drag and Drop version
Example Use case: I have a text label stating “Hello all users”
Without updating with a new release to App Store and Google play
I want the text to change to “Happy Halloween all”
I can obviously not use the Cloud Store in Thunkabe but need an external DB. ( I guess)
Can someone give me an idea of easiest way to do this ?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926/2 "2022-10-30T11:06:54Z")
> [@stefansladdeneng1](#):
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> Can someone give me an idea of easiest way to do this ?
Any external database works for this need. Firebase. Xano. Supabase. Airtable. Whichever.
The important part would ensuring your app has a pointer to the relevant cloud record such that when the app opens it doesn’t display data from memory but the cloud.
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### Author:  [@stefansladdeneng1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/stefansladdeneng1)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926/3 "2022-10-30T11:24:33Z")
OK Sounds great - How do i get the Firebase to communicate with the cloud… Thosw block does not exist do they ?
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926/4 "2022-10-30T11:43:51Z")
Please go read the docs on cloud variables or watch this
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvFvSkG6G-k)
It’s super easy
Firebase = cloud variables
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### Author:  [@stefansladdeneng1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/stefansladdeneng1)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926/5 "2022-11-13T15:06:44Z")
Hello Again - I have checked these and other movies and i dont get it - (Sorry it sook so long time)
This is what i want to do and the problem i have…
When an iteration is made i want to set the iteration number to “ITERATION = ITERATION + 1”
When the number is set i want to add this iteration number - lets say 32 to a db (Grad iteration = Granditeration + iterations" ( so that all iterations from all is summarized into a grand total
Ths problem is that i do not undertstand how to move the numbers bac and forth to the Firebase DB as the Firebase DB blocks are removed.
It is super easy - i have heard - But the movie only reflects the sign is process available through
firebase…
So can anyone give me a step by step process for it ? - How to get a number to a Firebase DB and how to pick ut up
Thanks in advance…
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926/6 "2022-11-13T16:54:18Z")
Let’s say your Firebase database looks like this:
Iterations
→ GrandTotal
To change the value of the GrandTotal key by 1, you would do this:
To get the value of the GrandTotal key, you would use this:
Those variable blocks are at the bottom of the Variables drawer and by default show “app” variable but you can change the drop-down menu to “cloud” variable:
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practice-databse/2104926/7 "2023-02-11T16:54:40Z")
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