# Search in Airtable list but show another field of that record

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-in-airtable-list-but-show-another-field-of-that-record/2787937>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-in-airtable-list-but-show-another-field-of-that-record/2787937 "2024-01-17T13:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-in-airtable-list-but-show-another-field-of-that-record/2787937/2 "2024-01-17T23:30:13Z")

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This question comes up about once a week on the forums. What you’re describing is a VLOOKUP. Here’s one solution for that:

> [@\[Solved\] A better strategy for a fast VLOOKUP](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-a-better-strategy-for-a-fast-vlookup/2651442):
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> Due to my work need, I’m using the current blocks to perform a VLOOKUP, it works fine but it’s very slow as the blocks has to loop throw 14k of rows to get the desired value which takes about a couple of Seconds, I tried both local data source and google sheet without a difference as both of them are uncomfortably slow. Any better strategy is available for an instant result.

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