Retrieve One Row from a Table, Not the Whole Table: Row-Level Chunks for RAG

For RAG systems that process documents with tables, treating each individual row as a distinct, retrievable chunk is more effective than indexing the entire table as one unit. This row-level approach allows a system to precisely fetch the single line of data that directly answers a user's specific question. To achieve this, each row is serialized into a self-contained string by pairing its cell values with their corresponding column headers. A smart dispatcher can then choose the appropriate retrieval scale, either returning a single row for a targeted lookup or the whole table for a broader synthesis query.