# Using \_ragicId to load a linked value instead of ambiguous displayed value?

**URL:** <https://community.ragic.com/t/using-ragicid-to-load-a-linked-value-instead-of-ambiguous-displayed-value/17956>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Tags:** link, api\
**Created:** [June 30, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://community.ragic.com/t/using-ragicid-to-load-a-linked-value-instead-of-ambiguous-displayed-value/17956 "2025-06-30T03:13:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ratscanadadogsports](https://community.ragic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@ratscanadadogsports](https://community.ragic.com/u/ratscanadadogsports)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://community.ragic.com/t/using-ragicid-to-load-a-linked-value-instead-of-ambiguous-displayed-value/17956/1 "2025-06-30T03:13:26Z")

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Hi, I feel like I am asking a very basic question but here it goes.  
When using the API to create a new record, I would like to use the Ragic ID to specify a linked and loaded value instead of the actual value which could be ambiguous/non-unique.

lets say I have a “ **cars** ” table that links and loads the _displayname_ (combination of first and last name) column from a “ **customers** ” table.

Lets say I have three customers:  
\_ragicId, displayname, phone  
4301, “John Smith”, “313-999-4444”  
4302, “Jane Doe”, “313-123-4567”  
4303, “John Smith”, “902-782-5555”

When creating a new record in the “ **cars** ” table via the API, I am only able to successfully enter a record by specifying “John Smith” as a string… but I don’t want to do that because there are multiple John Smiths - Instead, I know that I want to specifically reference John Smith with Ragic ID of 4303… I tried submitting 4303 as an integer hoping that the endpoint would understand it as a foreign key, but when I do that, I just get a blank value in the “ **cars** ” table for the customer’s displayname.

I tried so many things but I am out of guesses ☹

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**Author:** ![katet](https://community.ragic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@katet](https://community.ragic.com/u/katet)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://community.ragic.com/t/using-ragicid-to-load-a-linked-value-instead-of-ambiguous-displayed-value/17956/2 "2025-07-03T08:15:12Z")

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Hi there – this is Kate from Ragic Support. If you’d like input from our development team regarding your API question, feel free to reach out to us at [support@ragic.com](mailto:support@ragic.com). We’d be happy to take a closer look and discuss it further with you. Thanks!