# How do you populate a treeview in perspective, I could not find any documentation on how to do it **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Exchange\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [February 19, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-populate-a-treeview-in-perspective-i-could-not-find-any-documentation-on-how-to-do-it/85947 "2024-02-19T15:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
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You may find my post below helpful. The Tree component (not Treeview as you have in your title) is tricky because the 'items' property is recursive. > [@Vertical menu tree in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vertical-menu-tree-in-perspective/75685/8): > > Here's how I did it. [Page configuration] Figure 1. Do the Page Configuration. Figure 2. Create the menu structure in text. I do this in the actual application. Note the use of the '|' pipe character to separate the menu and URL. Bind the tree's items property to the text and apply a script transform on it: > > > **The 'items' binding script transform.** > > > > def transform(self, value, quality, timestamp): # Update the test tree with the structure. # Anchors and path URL… > **[Perspective - Tree | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/components/perspective-components/perspective-display-palette/perspective-tree)** > > The Tree component displays a tree hierarchy based on an array of objects. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-populate-a-treeview-in-perspective-i-could-not-find-any-documentation-on-how-to-do-it/85947)._