# I can't use value of lookup in text component

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-use-value-of-lookup-in-text-component/47703>\
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**Created:** [August 25, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-use-value-of-lookup-in-text-component/47703 "2022-08-25T07:19:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![hango1311](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f4b2a3/32.png) [@hango1311](https://community.glideapps.com/u/hango1311)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-use-value-of-lookup-in-text-component/47703/1 "2022-08-25T07:19:20Z")

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hi guy, can you help me!!  
How i can use the value of a lookup for text component.  
I can’t find out the value of lookup when adding component

Any way to fix this

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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:** [August 25, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-use-value-of-lookup-in-text-component/47703/2 "2022-08-25T07:45:43Z")

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It looks like your Lookup column is returning an array, which can’t be used in a text component.

Where is the lookup value coming from? Is it via a relation? If it is, you probably need to change that to a single relation.

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**Author:** ![hango1311](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f4b2a3/32.png) [@hango1311](https://community.glideapps.com/u/hango1311)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-use-value-of-lookup-in-text-component/47703/3 "2022-08-25T08:07:27Z")

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oh thanks for your help.  
It was fixed from multiple relation to single relation.

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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:** [August 26, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-use-value-of-lookup-in-text-component/47703/4 "2022-08-26T08:07:38Z")

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