# Quering with multiple vectors at a time

**URL:** <https://community.pinecone.io/t/quering-with-multiple-vectors-at-a-time/6566>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** vector-database\
**Created:** [September 13, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/quering-with-multiple-vectors-at-a-time/6566 "2024-09-13T05:05:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![gayani.parameswaran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.pinecone.io/gayani.parameswaran/32/3196_2.png) [@gayani.parameswaran](https://community.pinecone.io/u/gayani.parameswaran)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/quering-with-multiple-vectors-at-a-time/6566/1 "2024-09-13T05:05:20Z")

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Is it possible to query multiple vectors in a single request by passing several vectors at once? I need to retrieve information for five data points simultaneously, and performing sequential retrieval increases latency. I’m considering **batch querying** to improve efficiency. Can this be achieved in Pinecone?

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**Author:** ![ZacharyProser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.pinecone.io/zacharyproser/32/1146_2.png) [@ZacharyProser](https://community.pinecone.io/u/ZacharyProser)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/quering-with-multiple-vectors-at-a-time/6566/2 "2024-09-13T19:11:03Z")

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Hi @gayani.parameswaran, and welcome to the Pinecone community forums!

Thank you for your question.

Here’s [our official data querying guide](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/data/query-data), in case you haven’t seen it.

Are the 5 data points you’re trying to retrieve related or associated? if so, you could experiment with different top\_k values to retrieve multiple relevant vectors at once.

You could also use [metadata filtering](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/data/filter-with-metadata) - this would involved specifying a field on your metadata when upserting your vectors to Pinecone - it could be the same field for multple vectors, for example: `category: dinosaur` - you would then use that category as a filter in your query:

```javascript
{ "category": ["dinosaur"] }

```

Hopefully that helps and gives you some ideas to go on!

Best,  
Zack