# Server Value Expressions for Data Connect

DevFeed: [Server Value Expressions for Data Connect](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/server-value-expressions-for-data-connect-16609.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2025/06/dataconnect-server-values>)

Author: Andrea Wu

Published: 2025-06-05T16:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sql-connect](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql-connect.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>)

## AI overview

This Firebase Data Connect tutorial explains how server value expressions populate fields with server-computed values during data creation. It covers existing server values and new CEL expressions for more complex values, including authenticated user data, timestamps, and region-based user ID prefixes.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.