> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redivis.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.redivis.com/reference/tables/cells.md).

# Cells

The **Cells** tab allows you to quickly preview and explore the table's data as a grid, even for tables with billions of records. To view this tab, you will need [data access](/reference/data-access/access-levels.md#data-access) to the corresponding table.

Selecting any of the header or cells of a column will display the variable's summary statistics. You can also right click a cell to filter by a specific value, or sort on that variable.

For any Geography type variables, you can select or hover over the cell to see a preview of the geospatial feature.

For [file index tables](/reference/datasets/data.md#folders-and-index-tables), select or hover on a cell corresponding to the `file_id` to preview that file.

{% hint style="info" %}
The order of records within a table is arbitrary and non-deterministic, unless the table is the result of a transform or query that specifies an [order clause](/reference/workflows/transforms/step-order.md).

This behavior allows for the performance and scaling characteristics of tabular data on Redivis, and is typical for relational databases and other tabular data stores.

If the order of records is considered to be part of the "data" in your table, you should create an additional `record number` variable that can be sorted on. Alternatively, you can upload your source files as [unstructured data](/reference/datasets/create-and-edit-datasets/import-files.md), in which case an exact copy of the original file will be stored.
{% endhint %}

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