# \[IGN-6563\]How to get view name inside the view itself

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6563-how-to-get-view-name-inside-the-view-itself/63819>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6563-how-to-get-view-name-inside-the-view-itself/63819 "2022-09-07T04:43:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 6

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6563-how-to-get-view-name-inside-the-view-itself/63819/6 "2022-09-07T07:48:52Z")

</div>

`self.view.id`  
it puts some extra stuff after the name tho

so you’ll want something like this i guess  
`self.view.id.split('@')[0]`

---

_[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6563-how-to-get-view-name-inside-the-view-itself/63819)._