# Get a Column's Values

### Overview

This procedure retrieves a list of values from a specified column in a table. This can be helpful for tasks such as generating summaries, performing calculations, or feeding specific values into another part of a workflow.

{% hint style="info" %}
Note: You can retrieve up to a maximum of 1,000 column values.
{% endhint %}

### Input Concepts

| Concept       | Type   | Description                         | Default    | Required |
| ------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------- | ---------- | -------- |
| `column name` | string | The name of the column to retrieve. | No default | Yes      |

### Output Concepts

<table><thead><tr><th width="201.71484375">Concept</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>list</code></td><td>The specified column from the table as a list of values.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Examples

#### 1. Get Column Values from a Sample Table

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Automation" %}

```
create a sample table
get the sample table's column's values where
  the column name is "City"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Results" %}
the values

`San Francisco`\
`San Jose`\
`San Francisco`
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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