# Help with Airtable retrieval of data

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-airtable-retrieval-of-data/724757
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [August 6, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-airtable-retrieval-of-data/724757 "2020-08-06T22:19:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![rwilenskyz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/rwilenskyz/32/49254_2.png) [@rwilenskyz](https://community.thunkable.com/u/rwilenskyz)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-airtable-retrieval-of-data/724757/1 "2020-08-06T22:19:27Z")

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This is actually related to another post that I can no longer find.

I took the community’s suggestion and am using airtable instead of email to send and retrieve data. I have the data posting and all is working. YAY!

But I can’t get the retrieval working with a variable. It’s works if I put a text literal in.

I’m attaching a screen shot of the code and sample data.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/2/42e9d67c351e136e855ff7f04ba80d2cba82d05e.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/e/0ecddb5fb2197e52f2337e05a31433be16254c21.png)

Can anyone see what I’m doing wrong. Happy to share the full code if it will help.

Thanks,  
Robin

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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: [August 8, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-airtable-retrieval-of-data/724757/2 "2020-08-08T09:44:40Z")

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If the text block is working, but the variable is not working, then you need to look at what is stored in the variable. Assign a literal to the variable and check if the variable is working now?

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-airtable-retrieval-of-data/724757/3 "2024-11-08T12:26:46Z")

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