# AirTable linked records

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/airtable-linked-records/36273>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** airtable\
**Created:** [July 17, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/airtable-linked-records/36273 "2018-07-17T20:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Graham\_Charles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/graham_charles/32/19373_2.png) [@Graham\_Charles](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Graham_Charles)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/airtable-linked-records/36273/1 "2018-07-17T20:47:49Z")

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I am having trouble working with linked records in AirTable. Using GetField on the linked field itself doesn’t return the text of the field — is there a way to get that? And adding a record with a matched value in the linked field doesn’t actually link the record — it creates a new record with the same value in the cross referenced table.

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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/airtable-linked-records/36273/2 "2018-07-18T06:51:01Z")

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In the linked Table1 field, you get a reference to the \_id of the entry in Table2. After that, you can easily get the entire record in Table2 by the record with \_id.

For a better understanding, see the contents of Label3.Text in the example below.

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**Author:** ![Graham\_Charles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/graham_charles/32/19373_2.png) [@Graham\_Charles](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Graham_Charles)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/airtable-linked-records/36273/3 "2018-07-19T02:35:56Z")

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Thank you! I suppose if, while creating a record, I set the foreign key’s \_id property to the appropriate value (using SetProperty), then the records will be linked.

g.

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Bober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Martin\_Bober](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Martin_Bober)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/airtable-linked-records/36273/4 "2018-08-20T08:14:08Z")

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Hi Graham\_Charles,

i have the same Problem. Can You show me please some Blocks of your Solution?  
THANKS…

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/airtable-linked-records/36273/5 "2024-11-08T12:00:39Z")

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