# Read list entry

Finds one entry and shows it to the person using the template: a product card, an order by its number, this contact's entry.

![Settings panel of the "Read list entry" block](https://support.watbot.org/_media/en/01-chatbots/03-blocks/07-lists/_images/list-read-item.webp?v=1791781230)

## Settings

Choosing the list, "Search field", "Search type", "Additional filters", "Sort" and "Messages chain template" — as in the [common settings](https://support.watbot.org/chatbots/blocks/lists#common-settings-of-list-blocks).

- **"Search field"** — besides the list fields you can choose "ID": then the block looks for the entry by its ID. If the person sent an entry ID, the block finds it by ID whatever field is chosen.
- **"Sort"** — if several entries match, the block takes the first one in the given order.
- **"Message before sending the item"** and **"Message after sending the item"** — text before and after the entry.
- **"Shopping cart (legacy)"** — the bot's old cart; for sales, use the shop blocks.
- **"Menu"** — the block's buttons: for example, "Back to catalogue".

## Outputs

- Buttons from "Menu" — the person pressed a button.
- "Any other phrase" — the person wrote something else.
- "Continue" — right after the entry is sent.

If the entry is not found, the bot sends "Record not found".

## Good to know

The bot remembers the entry it found. A "Contact Notification" block placed next can take the recipient from it — the "List entry field from the previous block" setting.