# Load Single Record

This action will retrieve a single record from a given collection by using a supplied unique id or a filter.

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### Settings

The action uses the following settings:

| Setting          | Description                                                                                                                                                    | [Parsed](/actions-and-operations/dynamic-parsing.md) |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Bot              | The bot that is providing collection access. The current bot is selected by default.                                                                           | :no\_entry:                                          |
| Collection       | The collection to be used for the action                                                                                                                       | :no\_entry:                                          |
| Record Unique Id | The unique id of the record to be loaded. If left empty,[ Filter Operations](/actions-and-operations/database/set-field-filter-value.md) will be used instead. | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |

### Remarks

This action will retrieve a single record from the specified collection. When using filters a single record will be returned, even if the filter applies to multiple records in the collection.

If no unique id and not filters are specified, no record will be returned.

### Trigger

If no unique id is specified, this action will trigger [all filters](/actions-and-operations/database/set-field-filter-value.md) added as operations.

### Variables

This action produces the following variables after being triggered:

| Variable                | Description                                                                 |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cursor\_current\_record | Contains the complete JSON of the record loaded if the query is successful. |

### Availability

Channel specific availability follows the table below:

| Channel          | Availability     |
| ---------------- | ---------------- |
| Facebook         | Fully Available. |
| WhatsApp         | Fully Available. |
| SMS              | Fully Available. |
| Telegram         | Fully Available. |
| Web              | Fully Available. |
| Alexa            | Fully Available. |
| Google Assistant | Fully Available. |
| Slack            | Fully Available. |
| API              | Fully Available. |

This action requires an active [Database ](broken://pages/-LdYpe93z-UqrvvQdX7V)package.


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