# \[Solved\] Using VLookup in Airtable to display a picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** solved, image, airtable\ **Created:** [May 15, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-using-vlookup-in-airtable-to-display-a-picture/568499 "2020-05-15T17:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-using-vlookup-in-airtable-to-display-a-picture/568499/5 "2020-05-18T18:09:08Z")
@thestrengthinstitute Retrieve the column of exercises. Search through the returned list for the first occurrence of that exercise, that is the row number [http://community.thunkable.com/t/performing-a-vlookup-in-localdb/66057?u=jared](http://community.thunkable.com/t/performing-a-vlookup-in-localdb/66057) first save the active exercise to a variable named tempActiveExercise then call airtable and get column ExerciseName, save this to a variable named allExerciseNames. now allExerciseNames is a **list** of all the cells (or exercises) in the column ExerciseName. next in **list** allExerciseNames, find the first occurence of tempActiveExercise save this result to a variable named tempRowNumber use tempRowNumber in your Airtable call to retrieve the image. get cell in row (tempRowNumber) in column (“ExerciseGIF”) ### then i reread the entire post so i made this ![Screen Shot 2020-05-18 at 3.36.51 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/d/8d85927edf08bdd2a5a73bce42c62966cf464f55.png) _[\_remixThisProject](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/9cb95a696849675d7c5fff5b4207bf47)_ --- _[View the full topic](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-using-vlookup-in-airtable-to-display-a-picture/568499)._