# Local Data source
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** help
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162 "2023-11-21T16:03:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@dosantoss](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dosantoss)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162/1 "2023-11-21T16:03:17Z")
Hello,
Can someone explain how to get a specific value with column as a variable in a local Data source, in the Drag-and-Drop version?
Here’s what I used in the StP version:
I’ve tried this on the DnD version, but it doesn’t work…
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162/2 "2023-11-21T20:05:15Z")
Are you trying to return a Row ID?
Can you give an example of your data source layout and how you would use this set of blocks if it did work?
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### Author:  [@dosantoss](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dosantoss)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162/3 "2023-11-22T10:03:49Z")
I want to select a specific column that can vary, depending on the language chose by the user. Then select a value in this column.
Here’s an example:
If the user select French as a language, I want to display game explanations in French.
It works well using the blocks of StP, but I don’t know how to proceed in DnD.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162/4 "2023-11-22T16:01:46Z")
So you’re wanting to do a vlookup. There’s an example here that uses a green `item` block but you can just substitute “explanations” for that.
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### Author:  [@dosantoss](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dosantoss)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162/5 "2023-11-22T16:53:56Z")
That’s exatly it! Can you share the link or images of the example?
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162/6 "2023-11-22T19:06:09Z")
Sorry, I’m not sure why the url wasn’t included in my post. Here it is: [Performing a VLOOKUP in LocalDB - #28 by tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/t/performing-a-vlookup-in-localdb/66057/28)
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### Author:  [@dosantoss](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dosantoss)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162/7 "2023-11-22T20:55:25Z")
That was part of the solution, as I wanted both row and column to be variables.
But watching your blocks just inspired me the solution I needed!
Thank you for your help Tatiang 👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source/2714162/8 "2024-02-20T20:55:53Z")
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