# API Call "Set-columns-in-row", does it always need "rowId"

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/api-call-set-columns-in-row-does-it-always-need-rowid/63535>\
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**Created:** [July 5, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/api-call-set-columns-in-row-does-it-always-need-rowid/63535 "2023-07-05T19:21:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Willmott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gary_willmott/32/837_2.png) [@Gary\_Willmott](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Gary_Willmott)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/api-call-set-columns-in-row-does-it-always-need-rowid/63535/1 "2023-07-05T19:21:14Z")

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I am using the API to update a table.

It works fine if I use “rowId” as the reference for the row I am calling  
However when I try using another column value as an identifier, it doesn’t work?

Does it only work on “rowId”?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/api-call-set-columns-in-row-does-it-always-need-rowid/63535/2 "2023-07-05T19:25:27Z")

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Yes, only RowID.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/api-call-set-columns-in-row-does-it-always-need-rowid/63535/3 "2023-07-06T19:26:01Z")

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