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Table Question Answering — AI Glossary
An AI task answering natural language questions about structured tabular data (spreadsheets, HTML tables, database tables).
Overview
Table QA methods: text-to-SQL (convert question to SQL, execute against database), table linearization (flatten table rows as text, feed to LLM), and specialized table transformers (TAPAS, OmniTab). Challenged by multi-hop aggregations, implicit relationships, and ambiguous column names. Relevant for BI copilots and data analyst AI.
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| Topic | applications |
|---|---|
| Last reviewed | 2026-06-24 |
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What is Table Question Answering?
An AI task answering natural language questions about structured tabular data (spreadsheets, HTML tables, database tables).
What concepts are related to Table Question Answering?
Closely related concepts include text to sql, data analyst ai, document qa.