# Select x rows from Dataset for template repeater

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-x-rows-from-dataset-for-template-repeater/73024 "2023-04-28T14:10:00Z")\
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View is an expression, not a scripting thing. So you can make a custom dataset property utilizing the `view()` expression and then grab that in your scripting.

Additionally though if you'd like there is the convenience utilities module [Ignition Extensions - Convenience utilities for advanced users](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-extensions-convenience-utilities-for-advanced-users/64615)

You could also install that and then you can use the expression language in scripting as well with `system.util.evalExpresssion` if you really want to use view in the scripting directly.

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