# How could I use a new lookup that does not depend on a relation

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**Created:** [September 2, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-could-i-use-a-new-lookup-that-does-not-depend-on-a-relation/31257 "2021-09-02T03:54:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shinya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shinya/32/26996_2.png) [@Shinya](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Shinya)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-could-i-use-a-new-lookup-that-does-not-depend-on-a-relation/31257/1 "2021-09-02T03:54:01Z")

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Let me ask you a quick question.

New lookup was released two days ago.  
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# Lookup column can now look up tables

]([https://updates.glideapps.com/lookup-column-can-now-look-up-tables-1b90Ig](https://updates.glideapps.com/lookup-column-can-now-look-up-tables-1b90Ig))

Now we can pick a table without depending on a relation column, which sounds great.  
However, what could we use the lookup for?  
When I created a lookup column and connected it to a random column of a random table, then I got all the values of that column…and what is next?

Thank you very much in advance!

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-could-i-use-a-new-lookup-that-does-not-depend-on-a-relation/31257/2 "2021-09-02T04:19:45Z")

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In the case you don’t connect it through a relation, the thing that will be returned is an array of the chosen column for all rows of the chosen table.

Personally I haven’t found a use case for this, maybe save me some columns when I connect the output array with an Experimental Code column to reverse/do more data manipulation with it.

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**Author:** ![Shinya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shinya/32/26996_2.png) [@Shinya](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Shinya)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-could-i-use-a-new-lookup-that-does-not-depend-on-a-relation/31257/3 "2021-09-02T05:56:41Z")

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Thank you for your speedy reply!

Well then, we still need a relation column to make the best of a lookup column…OK Thank you!