# Ask Questions to a System Group

When you have configured system groups, you can use them in the `Ask` action in the same way as individual systems. When you add a system group to the `SystemNames` parameter, Answer Server sends the `Ask` action to all the systems in that group.

For example:

`http://localhost:12000?Action=Ask&Text=Who won the award for Best Picture in 2012?&SystemNames=AllEnglish,AllFactBank`

When you send the `Ask` action to a system group rather than individual systems, Answer Server sends the action to the groups in the order that you specify them in `SystemNames`. In each group, it sends the action to the systems in the order that you configure them in the group.

You can include a combination of groups and individual systems in `SystemNames`.

NOTE: If you specify a particular system more than once in the `Ask` action (for example because it occurs in more than one specified group), Answer Server sends the action to it only once, the first time it occurs.

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