# Populating a Tree View

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/populating-a-tree-view/22051>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [January 22, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/populating-a-tree-view/22051 "2019-01-22T20:46:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dkyerger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkyerger/32/7423_2.png) [@dkyerger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkyerger)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/populating-a-tree-view/22051/1 "2019-01-22T20:46:15Z")

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Populating a tree view in Vision is a relatively simple matter by using a SQL binding to a table that has ‘path’, ‘text’, and the other optional columns. In Perspective, the property “items” is a more complex object. Before I go to the trouble of creating a script to populate that object, I was wondering if there was an easier way similar to the method used in the Vision module.

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**Author:** ![PerryAJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/perryaj/32/3281_2.png) [@PerryAJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PerryAJ)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/populating-a-tree-view/22051/2 "2019-01-22T21:38:40Z")

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There is currently no automatic configuration of properties based on binding or data type right now. In a more general sense, this _type_ of thing is part of a class of broader improvements we are planning in order to make some components ‘smarter’ in how they handle/provide data to/from various binding sources. Don’t have specifics I can offer, but we’re definitely looking at ways we can improve/smooth the design experience for Perspective. “Smarter” components and bindings are definitely areas we plan to look at in upcoming development cycles.

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**Author:** ![dkyerger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkyerger/32/7423_2.png) [@dkyerger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkyerger)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/populating-a-tree-view/22051/3 "2019-01-23T15:12:02Z")

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I’m looking forward to those additions. The ease and flexibility of configuration for complex objects is one of the many things that make Ignition a joy to work with.