# Use a Remote Answer System

When you have a remote answer system, Answer Server treats it in the same way as a local answer system when it processes results.

You can include a remote answer system in a query in the same way that you do any local systems. By default, the `Ask` action retrieves answers from all systems, or you can limit the action to particular systems by setting the `SystemNames` parameter to a comma-separated list of system configurations. For example:

    http://12.3.4.56:7000/action=Ask&Text=What is the largest city in Norway?&SystemNames=FactBank,MyRemoteFactBank

The `Ask` action is the only action that Answer Server forwards to the remote servers. To manage your systems, for example by using `GetResources` and `ManageResources`, you must send the actions directly to the Answer Server where the system is configured.

NOTE: When you send a `GetResources` action with the `SystemName` parameter set to the name of a remote answer system, it returns only JSON schemas and XSDs for the `GetResources` action. To retrieve the full set of XSDs and schemas, you must send the action directly to the remote Answer Server.

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