# Hello I need help!

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hello-i-need-help/3759725 "2025-04-22T02:19:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hello-i-need-help/3759725/4 "2025-04-23T05:06:32Z")

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The `Realtime_DB` block has been replaced by cloud variables. I would recommend using those as explained in the [documentation](https://docs.thunkable.com/blocks/blocks/variables-overview/connect-a-firebase-realtime-database).

This topic has some examples of what those cloud variables look like: [From where can we get the realtime DB block in new thunkable? - #2 by tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/t/from-where-can-we-get-the-realtime-db-block-in-new-thunkable/2404301/2)

If you can write to the Firebase realtime database then you should use cloud variables to read from it. Also, before you work on an alert, make sure you can set a label’s text to a simple value from your realtime database. What is the green `value` block’s value from your screenshot? And the object properties of `value`?

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