# \[BUG - 16424\] Possible Bug in 8.0.11 - Flex Repeater Instances with a dataset in the array returns a string instead of the actual dataset in a script transform

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16424-possible-bug-in-8-0-11-flex-repeater-instances-with-a-dataset-in-the-array-returns-a-string-instead-of-the-actual-dataset-in-a-script-transform/34015>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16424-possible-bug-in-8-0-11-flex-repeater-instances-with-a-dataset-in-the-array-returns-a-string-instead-of-the-actual-dataset-in-a-script-transform/34015 "2020-04-17T16:54:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexmarcy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alexmarcy/32/4653_2.png) [@alexmarcy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alexmarcy)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16424-possible-bug-in-8-0-11-flex-repeater-instances-with-a-dataset-in-the-array-returns-a-string-instead-of-the-actual-dataset-in-a-script-transform/34015/1 "2020-04-17T16:54:52Z")

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In 8.0.11, possibly earlier, haven’t tried it out yet, if you bind to the instances property on a flex repeater, and have a dataset in the item, doing value[0].dataSetName or value[0][“datasetName”] will return a string of “Dataset[1xN]” instead of the actual dataset.

If you reference the instances property directly in the script instead of using value… it works without issue.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16424-possible-bug-in-8-0-11-flex-repeater-instances-with-a-dataset-in-the-array-returns-a-string-instead-of-the-actual-dataset-in-a-script-transform/34015/2 "2020-05-01T18:31:20Z")

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Yep, confirmed, this is a bug. We’ll get it fixed.