# Accessing Session Prop/ Data

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-session-prop-data/108840>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [July 23, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-session-prop-data/108840 "2025-07-23T16:11:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaerrydairy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@chaerrydairy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chaerrydairy)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-session-prop-data/108840/1 "2025-07-23T16:11:26Z")

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I am trying to access a variable in the Session Custom from a script embedded into a component as I am trying to get user ID (clockNumber here). How can i do so?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-session-prop-data/108840/2 "2025-07-23T16:12:47Z")

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Typically `self.session.custom.clockNumber`.

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**Author:** ![chaerrydairy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@chaerrydairy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chaerrydairy)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-session-prop-data/108840/3 "2025-07-23T16:14:47Z")

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that worked, I had been trying session.sessioncustom.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-session-prop-data/108840/4 "2025-07-24T13:07:15Z")

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You can also select session props from the property selector in a binding's script transform script editor