Get TemplateRepeater object from within repeated template component

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The template that I’m repeating is able to delete its entry from the SQL table that’s providing the Template Repeater dataset, so upon deleting it, I want to also trigger the templateParams dataset to refresh.

I have tried to get the containing Template Repeater component from the Template by using:

# assuming event.source.parent is the Template root container, go back one level
templateRepeater = event.source.parent.parent

However this returns this object:
com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.components.TemplateRepeater$VerticalView

Three questions:

  1. what does the $ mean in that object? I presume it means that VerticalView is a child component of the TemplateRepeater?
  2. how can I get a reference to the TemplateRepeater object from ...TemplateRepeater$VerticalView?
  3. what is the best way to get a reference to the TemplateRepeater object from the Template? (may be the same answer as (2))
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You gotta go higher up.

event.source.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.PropertyOnTheTemplateRepeater

Another option is to refresh the template repeater dataset based on a client tag. Then inside the template whenever you need to refresh, update the client tag.

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