# Problem reading data from list

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, vision\
**Created:** [October 27, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741 "2022-10-27T09:48:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Krzysztof_Siklis)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/1 "2022-10-27T09:48:43Z")

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Please help me build the appropriate command so that I can read the field from the second column in the selected row  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/8/184f4126daf3d830f4e251fd0106b1cc35f8b4e7.png)

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**Author:** ![Omii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@Omii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Omii)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/2 "2022-10-27T09:53:27Z")

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Please refer, [Datasets - Ignition User Manual 8.0 - Ignition Documentation](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Datasets)

`print` `yourDataset.getValueAt(` `selectedrowindex` `, ` `"yourcolumnHeading"` `)`

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**Author:** ![Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Krzysztof_Siklis)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/3 "2022-10-27T10:13:15Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/5/a5b1ff316b956983c12d1693688e648518a18003.png)  
Thank you, where is the error?

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**Author:** ![Omii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@Omii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Omii)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/4 "2022-10-27T10:24:15Z")

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Line no-2: Get Dataset Property of Table  
line no- 3: Remove print

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**Author:** ![Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Krzysztof_Siklis)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/5 "2022-10-27T10:48:02Z")

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> [@Omii](#):
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> Dataset

sorry i dont understand  
is it {Root Container.Table.data} ?

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**Author:** ![Omii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@Omii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Omii)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/6 "2022-10-27T10:48:31Z")

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yess

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**Author:** ![Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Krzysztof_Siklis)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/7 "2022-10-27T10:49:45Z")

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**Author:** ![Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Krzysztof_Siklis)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/8 "2022-10-27T11:05:39Z")

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/9 "2022-10-27T11:57:30Z")

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The code should be:

```auto
project.cmms.upd_to_CMMS()
table_data = event.source.parent.getComponent("Table").data
nr_machine = table_data.getValueAt(1,1)
system.tag.write("[Client]nr_machine_CMMS",nr_machine)

```

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**Author:** ![Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@Krzysztof\_Siklis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Krzysztof_Siklis)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-reading-data-from-list/65741/10 "2022-10-27T12:03:43Z")

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> [@lrose](#):
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> `parent`

Thx - work