# How to render a boolean as true/false in a table instead of a checkbox

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-render-a-boolean-as-true-false-in-a-table-instead-of-a-checkbox/94114>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 2, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-render-a-boolean-as-true-false-in-a-table-instead-of-a-checkbox/94114 "2024-08-02T14:29:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![face\_plant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@face\_plant](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/face_plant)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-render-a-boolean-as-true-false-in-a-table-instead-of-a-checkbox/94114/1 "2024-08-02T14:29:28Z")

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Hello! I am using ignition perspective and want to render a boolean tag in a table as true/false and not a checkbox. [According to the docs](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/components/perspective-components/perspective-display-palette/perspective-table), I just need to set the `column.boolean` property to `value` instead of `checkbox`. As shown in the screenshot below, I have the 'boolean' property of the 'value' column set to 'value' but it is still rendered as a checkbox.

I know that I can set the `column.render` property to `string` instead of `auto`, but that messes up the formatting that I have for other datatypes within the table (ex: formatting floats breaks because they are changed to a string).

 ![Screenshot 2024-08-02 102734](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/e/de913d5ca1ad20d3457180c464265a25f981b29f.png)

Please let me know if I can provide anymore info, thank you!

- ignition edge 8.1.21
- perspective 2.1.21

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-render-a-boolean-as-true-false-in-a-table-instead-of-a-checkbox/94114/2 "2024-08-02T14:36:23Z")

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Use a cell render view. Have that inner view check the actual datatype of the cell value to control the formatting of a label component.

The Perspective table is not really designed to handle multiple different data types in the same column. (Nor are Vision's tables, fwiw.)

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**Author:** ![face\_plant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@face\_plant](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/face_plant)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-render-a-boolean-as-true-false-in-a-table-instead-of-a-checkbox/94114/3 "2024-08-02T14:52:49Z")

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That'll work, thank you!