# Accessing an embedded View in another Perspective view folder (Component Methods)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-an-embedded-view-in-another-perspective-view-folder-component-methods/82028>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 17, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-an-embedded-view-in-another-perspective-view-folder-component-methods/82028 "2023-11-17T07:34:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Roy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Roy)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-an-embedded-view-in-another-perspective-view-folder-component-methods/82028/1 "2023-11-17T07:34:02Z")

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Hello everyone,

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I have an event script triggered when 'button' is clicked. The script is suppose to assign a path to EmbeddedView which is in another folder. How can I go about this? The following doesn't seem to work:  
`self.parent.parent.getSibling("Users_Management").getChild("Flex_View1").getChild("EmbeddedView").props.path = "Admin Folder/Flex_View2"`

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> The script is suppose to assign a path to EmbeddedView which is in another folder.

If clicking the button also opens Flex\_View1 then use parameters:

1. Create a parameter on Flex\_View1, `embeddedViewPath`.
2. On the Embedded View component, create a Property Binding on `props.path` and set it to `view.params.embeddedViewPath`.

If not, (because the view is already open, for example) then consider using a session variable:

1. Create a session variable, `embeddedViewPath`.
2. Modify the script to update the session variable with the correct path.
3. On the Embedded View component, create a Property Binding on `props.path` and set it to `session.custom.sessionViewPath`.

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**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-an-embedded-view-in-another-perspective-view-folder-component-methods/82028/4 "2023-11-20T16:28:50Z")

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> [@Roy](#):
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> self.parent.parent.getSibling("Users\_Management").getChild("Flex\_View1").getChild("EmbeddedView").props.path = "Admin Folder/Flex\_View2"

"Siblings" in this context means "component" - NOT View.

Your provided View hierarchy doesn't suggest you have an Embedded View placed within Flex\_View1. So this is your first step.

1. Place an Embedded View into `Flex_View1`.
2. Modify your script to be this:

```python
self.getSibling("EmbeddedView").props.path = "Admin Folder/Flex_View2"

```