# Property/parameter binding between views

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-parameter-binding-between-views/67286>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-parameter-binding-between-views/67286 "2022-12-06T14:16:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Theodorska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Theodorska](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Theodorska)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-parameter-binding-between-views/67286/1 "2022-12-06T14:16:25Z")

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Hello,

New guy here just trying his best.

I have struggled with binding properties between views. I have managed to do it, but there must be a more efficient way of doing this.

I want to change a tag path in a subview by changing a property value in a mainview. This requires that the tag path in the subview is referencing a property from the main view.

First I made a bidirectional memory tag and wrote the value property from a dropdown in the main view to this memory tag. In the subview, I bind this memory tag to a different dropdown (that i visually hide) to convert the memory tag value to a property value within the subview. see the image below.

 ![ignition](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/c/5cde8800787ec3f8d38ce14f57d59db350cef9a5.png)

Pretty dumb but it works.

Can it be done simpler?

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**Author:** ![Felipe\_CRM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Felipe\_CRM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Felipe_CRM)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-parameter-binding-between-views/67286/2 "2022-12-06T14:31:51Z")

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I don't think you need the dropdown in the subview. You should be able to bind it to a param or custom prop on the view itself:

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Property+Bindings+in+Perspective#PropertyBindingsinPerspective-PassaPropertyintoanEmbeddedViewUsingaViewParameter](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Property+Bindings+in+Perspective#PropertyBindingsinPerspective-PassaPropertyintoanEmbeddedViewUsingaViewParameter)

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-parameter-binding-between-views/67286/3 "2022-12-06T16:12:30Z")

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1. Locate the View you're using in the Embedded View, and select the named View node (not the root node).
2. In the Perspective Property Editor, underneath `CUSTOM`, you'll see `PARAMS`.
3. Add a new View parameter of type `value`.
4. Change the key of this new param to be `path` (it could be anything, but since you'll be using it to represent a passed-in tag path, "path" makes sense.
5. If desired, you can set a default value for this parameter. I usually just set it to an empty string at this point.
6. You also have the option of modifying the data direction (in, out, in/out), but you just need the default "input" mode for this use-case.
7. Save your changes.
8. In the "main" view, locate your Embedded View.
9. Within the props of the Embedded View, locate `params`.
10. Click "Add Object Member" then in the resulting popover, hover over "Parameters" and select "path".
11. Now, just bind the value of `EmbeddedView.props.params.path` to whatever path you desire.

I realize this looks like a lot of steps, but it's easier than this post makes it look - especially after you've done it previously. Also, this process is a bit more intuitive if you do it while you're building the View to be instanced/embedded.

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**Author:** ![Theodorska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Theodorska](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Theodorska)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-parameter-binding-between-views/67286/4 "2022-12-08T09:31:35Z")

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Now, that is the proper way to do it!

Thank you