# Perspective - Flex container - Hierarchic meta.name

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [March 15, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-flex-container-hierarchic-meta-name/57208 "2022-03-15T14:45:12Z")\
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> [@lrose](#):
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> I don’t think you can build a dynamic property name in an expression.

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/property](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/property)  
You can in Perspective, actually 🙂

I would have expected `{parent.parent.parent.etc}` to work, honestly.

EDIT: It looks like an intentional restriction that I don't see a way around. I'm not sure what technical limitations are implied; someone else may have more luck playing around with things:  
[https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.15/com/inductiveautomation/perspective/common/api/PropertyRef.html](https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.15/com/inductiveautomation/perspective/common/api/PropertyRef.html)

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