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Graded 2 November 2026

Can Dify handle a simple, clearly formatted table?

Dify passes this simple table lookup scenario. The chat answer returned £487 (excluding VAT), and the supporting passage showed that value in the Extended row under Out-of-hours callout; the retrieval output showed the same table passage.

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Pass rate100%1 of 1 gradable
Coverage1 of 1test case with a result
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0FailNo test case failed.
0Not gradableEvery result here could be graded.
0UntestedEvery test case in this scenario has a result.
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The test case

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Table value asked by its row and column labelsPassEvidence
What we sent

Input 1: “What is the out-of-hours callout charge on an Extended cover contract?”

Input 2: “What is the out-of-hours callout charge on an Extended cover contract?”

What the tool returned

Response 1 answers Input 1.

Response 2, the final response, answers Input 2.

Text
£487 (excluding VAT).

Transcript: both calls, answer, and supporting passage

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Every message the tool sent, in order (2)
  1. Response to input 1

    12. Callout and attendance charges All figures in pounds sterling, excluding VAT. Cover level Weekday callout Out-of-hours callout Offshore day rate Standard 216 352 1,140 Extended 284 487 1,265 Critical 331 615 1,408

  2. Final response

    The final response, printed above.

Source excerpt · partial file · response 1

Text
  "records": [
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        "position": 20,
        "document_id": "0eeae560-0e74-44e9-aaee-2cc6b599dee8",
        "content": "Where an engineer attends on two consecutive days, the second day is\r\ncharged at the day rate rather than as a second callout.\r\n12. Callout and attendance charges\r\nAll figures in pounds sterling, excluding VAT.\r\nCover level Weekday callout Out-of-hours callout Offshore day rate\r\nStandard 216 352 1,140\r\nExtended 284 487 1,265\r\nCritical 331 615 1,408\r\nOut-of-hours means any call answered outside 08:00 to 18:00, Monday to Friday, and any call answered on a statutory non-working\r\nday.",
        "sign_content": null,
        "answer": null,
        "word_count": 485,
        "tokens": 124,
        "keywords": [],
        "index_node_id": "624d063b-9d1e-43c4-bb66-819b4e92277a",
        "index_node_hash": "e4a353565886ce2a16a19c5b3aee50cd18fc89db5b019768a0fc9c0407925965",
        "hit_count": 0,
        "enabled": true,
        "disabled_at": null,
        "disabled_by": null,
        "status": "completed",
        "created_by": "f1034bbd-04df-4592-ba22-56dac49ae8ad",
        "created_at": 1789752844,
        "indexing_at": 1789752846,
        "completed_at": 1789752852,
        "error": null,
        "stopped_at": null,
        "document": {
          "id": "0eeae560-0e74-44e9-aaee-2cc6b599dee8",
          "data_source_type": "upload_file",
          "name": "A01_field_service_policy_and_charges_uk.pdf",
          "doc_type": null,
          "doc_metadata": {
            "region": "uk"
          }
        }
      },
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      "score": 0.638875,
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    },

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Source excerpt · partial file · response 2

Text
  "answer": "£487 (excluding VAT).",

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Expected vs. Found
✓Expected: The value matched to its row and column, not a neighbouring row's value.Found: The chat answer gave £487 (excluding VAT), which matches the Extended row under Out-of-hours callout; the neighbouring values were not returned.
Supporting proof
Proof 1Screenshot
Retrieval screenshot: the matching table passage and truncation notice
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Proof 2Screenshot
Chat screenshot: the matching answer and supporting passage
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Why this result

It is a pass because the answer is the correct row-and-column value, not a neighbouring row's value, and the same table passage supports that match.

Also observed in this test case

Shared passage. Both calls used the same top passage, so the answer came from the same retrieved table passage.

Usage details. The chat response reported 521 prompt tokens, 189 completion tokens, $0.0025413 and 6.51 seconds of latency, with no model name.

Tested by Vivek Tomar · evidence dated 24 September 2026

Configuration and setup

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Software that produced the output
Dify
Build or version
Dify Cloud
Surface
API
Set up before the run
A simple table had to exist with at least two data rows and two labelled columns; the target value needed to appear only in the matching row and column.
Response mode
blocking
Knowledge base
R6-managed-rag-ss-v1
Retrieval settings
default retrieval settings
Tested
24 September 2026 · Vivek Tomar

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LevelNameScope
BenchmarkManaged RAG →15 scenarios · 9 tools
CapabilityData Ingestion →
ScenarioA simple, clearly formatted table →
ToolDify →

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29 October 2026First publishedManaged RAG v1
29 October 2026Taken down
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3 November 2026Republished

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aidemos.com/benchmarks/managed-rag/results/dify/a-simple-clearly-formatted-table · 1 pass · 0 fail · coverage 1/1 · graded 2026-11-02

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