# Access template properties in a template repeater

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-template-properties-in-a-template-repeater/10791>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 15, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-template-properties-in-a-template-repeater/10791 "2015-11-15T13:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanCas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@DanCas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DanCas)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-template-properties-in-a-template-repeater/10791/1 "2015-11-15T13:00:55Z")

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Hi, I want to modify with a period script the value of a property in a template that I have defined.  
How to do this?  
I think that starting with a code as the following:

`window = system.gui.getWindow("Win")
components = window.getRootContainer().getComponents()
for c in components:
    #determine if a component is a template repeater
    #loops for all the templates contained in the repeater
    #access to the properties of the specific template object and modify them
`  
I should do something like the things in the comments.  
Otherwise, I would access the Template Parameter dataset to modify the properties from there, but even in this case I don’t know how.

In general, there is a reference (like Javadoc, doxygen, or similar) to know which properties/methods I can use for a specific component?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![cody.tamaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@cody.tamaki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cody.tamaki)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-template-properties-in-a-template-repeater/10791/2 "2015-11-24T23:27:59Z")

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I copy and paste the following as a custom method on all of my template repeaters:

```auto
def getChildren(self):
	c1 = self.getComponents()
	c2 = c1[1]
	jpanel = c2.getComponents()[0]
	view = jpanel.getComponents()[0]
	templates = view.getComponents()
	
	return templates
# end def
```

You can then access the templates inside by using:

```auto
templates = event.source.parent.getComponent('Template Repeater').getChildren()
for template in templates:
	propertyVal = template.getPropertyValue("PropertyA")
# end for
```

Where PropertyA is the property name on the template you’re trying to access.

If you’re trying to find all properties of a component, I usually use dir() inside of python and print the output to the console.