# Row specifier in Glide AI "Answer question about table"

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-specifier-in-glide-ai-answer-question-about-table/67382
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [October 30, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-specifier-in-glide-ai-answer-question-about-table/67382 "2023-10-30T14:34:40Z")
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### Author: ![Raphael\_Aebersold](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/raphael_aebersold/32/64167_2.png) [@Raphael\_Aebersold](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Raphael_Aebersold)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-specifier-in-glide-ai-answer-question-about-table/67382/1 "2023-10-30T14:34:40Z")

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Hi Gliders,

I was wondering what exactly the “row specifier” does in Glides “Answer question about table” and how it works.  
Specifically I was wondering if it is more like an “includes” condition or more like a “first match” condition.

- If I insert “xyz” as the row specifier, do all rows that include that specifier in any cell get pushed to the API or just the first one that matches?

Thanks for your help 🙂

Best,  
Rafi

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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: [October 30, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-specifier-in-glide-ai-answer-question-about-table/67382/2 "2023-10-30T23:39:06Z")

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Good question. Might be one for @Jeremy .

If Glide is pulling only one row that is “most related” to your question, then I would think the row specifier will be that row Glide uses to answer your question.

If they use multiple rows, then your statement might be correct, as they don’t specifically say it has to be a rowID. It can be anything. Just guesses.

> [@Raphael\_Aebersold](#):
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> do all rows that include that specifier in any cell get pushed to the API or just the first one that matches?

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### Author: ![Jeremy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeremy/32/29121_2.png) [@Jeremy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeremy)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-specifier-in-glide-ai-answer-question-about-table/67382/3 "2023-10-31T16:23:06Z")

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The row specifier is the thing it matches against. If it’s not specified, the question will be what it finds the best match for. I think of it as a query if the user’s question value is not really the right thing to find the best match.